Things to do in Denver: Virtual tour edition
We’ve gotten out and tried a bunch of restaurants, day trips and other things in Denver you might want to check out before going. Here’s a running list of our virtual tours.
Inside 12@Madison, 1160 Madison St. (Ashley Dean/Denverite)
We’ve gotten out and tried a bunch of restaurants, day trips and other things in Denver you might want to check out before going. Here’s a running list of our virtual tours.
Food & drink
Frozen Matter. (Ashley Dean/Denverite)
When you’re done getting ice cream at Frozen Matter, walk through the freezer door and have a cocktail.
Inside the new location of Il Posto at 26th and Larimer. (Ashley Dean/Denverite)
Fill up on Italian food with a nice view at Il Posto. (RiNo)
Outside The Fort, 19192 CO-8, Morrison. (Ashley Dean/Denverite)
Get your pioneer on at famed Morrison steakhouse The Fort.
12@Madison. (Ashley Dean/Denverite)
Share a small feast at 12@Madison. (Congress Park)
Maine Diver scallop at Mister Tuna. (Ashley Dean/Denverite)
Go a little crazy at Mister Tuna in the Industry Building. (RiNo)
Shortrib at The Nickel, 1100 14th St. (Ashley Dean/Denverite)
Enjoy Americana with a twist at The Nickel. (Downtown)
Day trips
Garden of the Gods is a great Colorado day trip for families with kids of different ages. (Dave Burdick/Denverite)
Take in the sights at Garden of the Gods
Cave of the Winds in Manitou Springs. (Dave Burdick/Denverite)
Watch your head at Cave of the Winds.
Seasonal
The mini corn maze at Chatfield Farms. (Dave Burdick/Denverite)
Get lost (or not!) in the corn maze at Chatfield Farms.
Foosball and other games at the beer garden at Skyline Park in downtown Denver. (Dave Burdick/Denverite)
See what the summer downtown Denver beer garden looked like.
Denver City Council will vote Monday on delaying sidewalk fee collection for six months
Voters approved the sidewalk fee in November 2022.
Denver sweater weather watch: It’s gonna get windy before cooler temps roll in for the week
Strong winds are expected Monday afternoon.
One night at historic El Chapultepec, Denver’s once bustling but now shuttered jazz club
The show was meant to call attention to the cultural touchpoints that the city will lose if it doesn't prioritize the preservation of arts, culture and nightlife.
An Asian community center in Aurora was vandalized. In less than a week, the community tripled its repairs fundraising campaign goal
Happy Living’s GoFundMe campaign raised over $10,000 within a week.
Denver officials just closed an East Colfax motel that had been a chaotic home to people without one
The Regis Motel’s owner hoped to turn it into a shelter before its license was suspended over drugs, prostitution, theft and a homicide.
Things to do in Denver this weekend, Sept. 29-Oct.1
The Lumberjack Festival, Suave Fest, the far East Center's Mid-Autumn Festival and much, much more!
See the future of Denargo Market, a 17-acre development bringing thousands of new residents near downtown Denver
The first phase of the project just off Brighton Boulevard will include four acres of open space.
Live jazz returns to the old Chapultepec venue Friday night. Organizers say the special performance is about more than just the music
“How far down the line do we have to get before we realize that one of the very things that is sustaining us is also disappearing?”
A new mural representing the Asian diaspora’s reach in the West will be unveiled at the Auraria Campus this weekend
The mural, sponsored by Colorado Asian Pacific United, seeks to continue publicizing Denver’s rich but often forgotten Asian history.
Finding a restroom or water fountain isn’t easy in Denver — especially if you don’t have a home. A new report shows how the unhoused get by
Seeing feces on the streets? There's a reason for that: It's hard to get to a toilet.
Denver’s considering reallocating nearly $15 million toward mayor’s goal of housing 1,000 people
City Council will vote on the proposals pulling from COVID and American Rescue Plan funds in the coming weeks.
Denverites will soon be able to fly directly to Monterrey, Mexico
Viva Aerobus is the latest airline to add operations at Denver International Airport.
Spike in eviction assistance calls leaves housing nonprofit Brothers Redevelopment ‘floored’
The nonprofit's hotline has seen an almost 60% spike in calls regarding rental and eviction prevention assistance, especially in Barnum, Westwood and Villa Park.
RTD’s A Line will still be called the ‘A Line’ because no one wanted to pay to rename it
A 2022 review valued the naming rights of the train to DIA at $1 million per year.
Four painters will battle it out at the Black Love Mural Festival at RiNo’s Art Park this Saturday
The event, born after the 2020 murder of George Floyd, will highlight Black women artists.
We’re telling scary stories in October. You should join us (if you dare)
Denverite presents "Denverfright: Tales of the Strange and Unusual" on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Bug Theatre.
Man charged in August shooting at Logan Street homeless encampment that was later swept by city
The shooting served as a justification for the sweep, though one witness interviewed by police said they'd never seen the alleged shooter.
At Denver’s sanctioned campsites, a model similar to Mike Johnston’s micro communities, roughly half of residents return to homelessness
Officials say their burgeoning "micro-community" program will strengthen the services needed for success.
Anna Sie remembered as trailblazing philanthropist across the state
“My mom’s story was a love story between an immigrant from Italy and an immigrant from China."
Denver pedestrians give a collective shrug to CDOT’s ‘neon navigators’ safety campaign
CDOT this week recognized dangerous intersections in the Denver metro, including 14th Avenue and Federal Boulevard.