Patricia Calhoun

2 weeks ago | westword.com | Patricia Calhoun

Today, April 24, is Dining Out for Life, back for its 31st year. When you patronize a participating restaurant — whether for breakfast, lunch, happy hour, dinner or takeout — 25 percent of your check will be donated to Project Angel Heart, a nonprofit that provides medically tailored meals for Coloradans living with severe illnesses, including HIV/AIDS. That was the major focus when the nonprofit started thirty years ago, but it's since expanded its scope in both service and geography.

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Patricia Calhoun

You used to be able to find old-school red-sauce joints all over metro Denver, but their ranks are dwindling. Gennaro's Lounge, which opened back in 1951, closed for good earlier this year after a few revival attempts, and next month Frank the Pizza King must leave the home where it's been since 1961. Over the last decade, the metro area lost Louisville's Blue Parrot, which closed just shy of its 100th birthday, as well as Dino's, which made it almost sixty years before closing in 2019.

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Patricia Calhoun

We know — the economic times are hard. We believe that our work in upholding the First Amendment and reporting on these changing, challenging times is more important than ever. We need to raise $15,000 to meet our goal by April 27. If you’re able to make a contribution of any amount, your dollars will make an immediate difference in helping ensure the future of local journalism in Denver. Thanks for reading Westword. Progress to goal $15,000

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Patricia Calhoun

Where are you getting your breakfast burrito this morning? For a big, bargain option, it's been hard to beat the deal at the five locations of Los Dos Potrillos, a homegrown chain created by the Ramirez family. And now there's a sixth as handy as those to-go burrito options: Los Dos Potrillos opened on April 15 in the former home of Hacienda Colorado off Colorado Boulevard.

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Patricia Calhoun

Some of the scene's biggest restaurateurs have been complaining that it's impossible to do business in Denver and are now looking for opportunities outside the city...sometimes outside the state. But one of the metro area's most successful homegrown chains just opened its first location inside Denver city limits. Los Dos Potrillos founder Jose Ramirez grew up on the Northside, where he got his first job bagging at a grocery store when he was thirteen.