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Porters, Lagers and Ales On Tap This Month at Three Winter Beer Festivals

January 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM | by | Comments (0)

The holidays might be over, but that doesn’t mean that the need to warm up with an adult beverage has gone away. Sure there aren’t any holiday beers at these festivals, but there are still plenty of winter puns available and brewers are doing their best to warm you up. Here’s three winter beer festivals arriving this January on three different weekends:

· Columbus Winter Beerfest – Columbus, Ohio:
When you think of craft brews and beers you might not think of Columbus, Ohio, but organizers of the Columbus Winter Beerfest are looking to change that. This year’s festival filled with winter warmers and hoppy ales takes place on January 14. The plan is to have like 250—or more—different beers from all over the place, and they’re expecting like 6,000 beer fans to enjoy each and every one. Things take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center beginning at 6:30pm, and they even have hotel packages available at the local Hyatt in case you enjoy one too many.

Samples include pretty much every beer brewed in Central Ohio, as well as plenty of other options from outside the Buckeye State. Tickets will set you back $30 in advance, and that’ll get you 25 tickets for plenty of different samples including sips of Elevator Dirty Dick’s Brown Ale, Fat Heads Bumbleberry Ale, and Left Hand Milk Stout. Oh, and if you have a great time at this festival, be sure to check out their next event—there’s a summer beer festival in May as well.

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John Elway Will Be Slinging Steaks Soon Enough at Denver Airport

November 10, 2011 at 9:34 AM | by | Comments (0)

For football fans—and those who enjoy a juicy steak—one of the best airport restaurants is now on the drawing board. Former NFL great John Elway—quarterback of the Denver Broncos—has a couple steakhouses in the greater Denver area. Apparently the restaurants—known as Elway’s—are pretty popular and very tasty, so the plan is now to expand Elway's to the airport.

There’s still a lot of paperwork to be completed and plans to be finalized, but it sounds like Denver International Airport is getting ready for plenty of steak and excited for the opening late next year. The plan is to build the restaurant in and around the existing United Airlines gates within Concourse B.

Of course we were thinking about how the steakhouse is going to handle the lack of metal knives after security, but they’re not too concerned. One member of the restaurant group commented on the tenderness of a steak from Elway’s remarking that cutting one of their steaks doesn’t require a knife. However, if you need one, they do have plans to source some pretty descent plastic knives.

[Photo: RLEVANS]

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Lace Up Your Skates for Southwest Airlines' Downtown Denver Ice Rink

November 9, 2011 at 10:50 AM | by | Comments (0)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Southwest Airlines, and we’re not just talking about their plans to giveaway free holiday photos and Santa snapshots. Now the holiday spirit is moving to the Mile High City, as the airline and the city is bringing back the Rink at Skyline Park for the 2011 season.

Denver already has its own Southwest Porch—complete with pizzas and drinks—but now the rink is back to help you burn off some of those mozzarella induced calories. The skating is open to one and all, as long as you can get yourself over to 16th and Arapahoe streets.

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Modern Art Travel: Six Miles of Fabric, a Rocky Mountain River and Christo

November 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM | by | Comments (0)

Mark your calendars for a trip to Colorado in 2014 as plans for the next large, public art project by Christo finally moves forward.

This is a huge deal, not just for fans of Christo and modern art in general, but for Denver, Coloradans, tourists to the state and anyone who enjoys experiencing the great outdoors. Christo, in case you've forgotten the massive "Gates" installation in Central Park, is an artist who typically wraps or covers areas or landmarks in fabric. A personal favorite is his wrapped Reichstag. The project in CO, however—Over the River—would stretch some 6 miles of translucent silver fabric over the Arkansas River.

Yesterday "Over the River" received the OK from federal officials and now the plan is off to state and local authorities before work may begin. Naturally we're already imagining rafting down the river and hiking along it, Christo's creation above our heads.

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A Couple Options for Scoring Sold-Out Tickets to The Great American Beer Festival

September 16, 2011 at 9:48 AM | by | Comments (0)

The granddaddy of all beer festivals is taking place later this month in Denver. It's the Great American Beer Festival and it runs from September 29 and October 1. There’s not just a few hundred beers and breweries here either, as this sucker will have more than 450 brewers in attendance with over 2,000 beers. There are four sessions spread across the three days of the year’s festival, and whichever one you pick is going to be a winner.

Hold on a sec. It's not just about guzzling either; this festival goes way above and beyond the traditional beer festival by including an on-site beer enthusiast bookstore, discussions from the American Homebrewers Association, and a farm-to-table pavilion. Expect plenty of samples from CAUTION: Brewing Company, Del Norte Brewing Company, and Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company, along with plenty of options from outside Colorado.

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The Top City Restaurant Weeks in February 2011

February 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM | by | Comments (0)


Egg Vol-Au-Vent at NYC's L'Ecole during Restaurant Week

Can you smell that? It's the sweet and warm aroma of a three-course meal being brought out to you for the cost of just one course. That's right; it's Restaurant Week season again, and we've rounded up the best five in the coming weeks. Most are already open to booking, so text your friends to see when they're free and then get on it:

· Chicago, IL: February 18-27. The only other US restaurant week with the potential to really rival New York's is Chicago Restaurant Week. Chicago is such a foodie town, and with three-course meals for $22 (lunch), $33 or $44 (dinners), you can bet that the city will trek out in the cold snow for a warm meal at some of the city's best eateries. We've already recommended our favorite five here, just to get you started. Only keep in mind that, because of winter weather delays, if you're flying in for it to schedule your meals the day after you're due to arrive. Reservations are open—more info here.

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Spotted! Southwest's Free Pedicabs Are Going Strong In Denver

October 21, 2010 at 1:30 AM | by | Comments (0)


We’d written about the Southwest Airlines-sponsored pedicabs of Denver when they launched in July, of course, but we were still tickled when we actually found one of them during our trip to the Mile High City last week.

We found our cheery-looking fellow decked out in a Southwest t-shirt and his rickshaw dolled up in the colors outside the Hyatt Regency hotel, standing on the corner of the street calling out: “Free rides! Free downtown rides!”

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Southwest Airlines Opens a Porch with Pizza and Beer Today in Denver

September 16, 2010 at 10:43 AM | by | Comment (1)


The Southwest Porch in NYC's Bryant Park

Now that it's been well over a year since Southwest celebrated the launch of their first LaGuardia routes with a successful "porch" in New York City's Bryant Park, they're expanding with another one in Denver. The just-opened Southwest Porch at Skyline Park may not have the fancy olive appetizers and DIY S'mores of the NYC one, but it does have great thin-crust pizza and a (mostly) full bar.

The Porch, at the intersection of 16th and Arapahoe streets in the base of the Daniels and Fisher Tower will be open year-round, beginning today. The goal of the Porch is to show Southwest's dedication to Denver, but also to just give locals a cool place to hang out, says Southwest:

Linda Rutherford, Southwest's vice president of communication, said the venue will showcase the carrier's 'legendary customer service' and 'warm hospitality.' From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, the Porch will serve pizza by David Bravdica, whose street cart Brava! Pizzeria Della Strada has been at the Skyline site. Lannie Garrett's Clocktower Cabaret will pour the drinks.

Free stuff alert! Southwest will give away a pair of round-trip tickets to Porch customers at lunch and during happy hour today, and will double frequent-flier miles for travel to and from Denver between Sept. 23 and Dec. 15 on the airline.

[Photo: Jaunted]

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Southwest Airlines Will Take You for a Free Ride in Denver...by Rickshaw

July 7, 2010 at 10:55 AM | by | Comments (0)

If you’re headed to Denver this summer and you hate walking, then Southwest Airlines is your new best friend. The airline that shows a little too much love for checked baggage is teaming up with Mile High Pedicabs to offer free rides to plenty of events in and around the city for the next six months.

In total you’ll be able to hitch a ride to around 20 events including baseball games at Coors Field. Be on the lookout for 25 pedal-powered vehicles fully decked out in Southwest colors, stickers and flags on the back promising free rides. Just make sure you tip your driver, and do so even more if it’s especially hot out.

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The Egyptian God Anubis Freaks Out Travelers at Denver Airport

June 9, 2010 at 2:40 PM | by | Comments (0)

It’s only a few weeks until King Tut and his treasures arrive in Denver for a stop at the Denver Art Museum. Starting June 26, the boy king will be on display, but you’ll actually be able to see some of his possessions and history as soon as you arrive in the city. Officials with the traveling exhibit have installed a 26-foot statue at the airport, but the thing is kind of a downer.

It’s a replica of Anubis—that’s the god of the afterlife for these that don’t remember—and this creature from beyond weighs in at seven tons. It’s definitely large enough to provide an interesting welcome for travelers around the country. Many are already questioning why on earth they’d throw up a huge monument to the underworld at a place like an airport, especially with Anubis being the one responsible for helping out the newly dead on their final journey.

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Denver Jumps On Board the Bike Sharing Wagon With 'B-Cycle' Program

March 23, 2010 at 8:42 AM | by | Comments (0)

2009 seemed to be the year that bike sharing programs blossomed, as everywhere from Montreal to Rio de Janeiro set up racks and programs to get their citizens cycling. And although we told you yesterday all about how to get your own bike on the plane with you, bike sharing programs are just as cool and convenient...if you're in a city that has one.

Up until now, the only US city to offer bike sharing was Washington DC with their Smartbikes, but it was recently announced that Denver is going whole-hog with their bike sharing program, called B-Cycle. Registration is already open for the city-wide program, and they're planning on offering 45-50 stations with 500 bikes from late April. Perhaps Google's move to map Boulder's 360 miles of bike paths gave them a little kick in the seat to get things going in Denver?

So how much is it? Find out, after the jump

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Watch Candy Canes Get Twisted In Denver

Where: 5735 N. Washington Street [map], Denver, CO, United States
December 16, 2009 at 11:44 AM | by | Comments (0)

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Thanks to those radio stations that only play Christmas music, we’ve had thoughts of candy canes dancing through our head since Thanksgiving. Instead of just licking through a few of the sweet treats and drooling over some of the great holiday travel deals, we decided to do something about it, like take a tour of a candy cane factory. Right in Denver sits Hammond’s Candies, and they would love to show you around their place.

They’ve been making candy since 1920, and they continue to do things the old-fashioned way. You'll find more than just candy canes at Hammond's though; they have peppermint straws, clove pillows, and even some candy coal for those that have been naughty this year. Miles of ribbon candy including bunches formed into snowflakes are flowing through the factory now until the big day later this month.

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