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Check out this really well-written Rolling Stone article on the unchecked greed which led to the current economic catastrophe in this country.

There’s already a food thread here, but I was composing this list to an out-of-town visitor and thought I would keep it here handy for Denver food n00bs:

–NAD’S DENVER RESTAURANT GUIDE, V 1.0 —–
—-Mexican————————————

Best pork chili verde in Denver (make sure to order the hot–since it’s made with a new batch every day the heat varies widely, and you don’t want to get a dud):
Brewery Bar II
150 Kalamath St Denver, CO 80223

There are also 2 Brewery Bars out here in the burbs and they are not nearly as much of a dive as the original (they tend to be not quite as spicy tho):
Brewery Bar III
9228 Park Meadows Dr Lone Tree, CO 80124-6711

Brewery Bar IV
6482 S Parker Rd Aurora, CO 80016-1080

There are also 2 Rio Grande restaurants which are quite good and they have a slightly-less-flavorful-but-just-as-hot green chili, one of them is downtown on Blake St, between 15th and 16th streets …. the other is in Park Meadows quite close to Brewery Bar III.

All of the above feature high-end tequilas and good Margaritas–order the “Agave Martini” from Rio Grande or just specify your tequila type if at BB.

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—-Thai:————————————-

Best Thai in town is Taste of Thailand at 502 E Hampden Ave Englewood, CO
80113-2703

Hottest Thai in town is U.S. Thai at 5228 W 25th Ave Edgewater, CO 80214-1242

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—-Jamaican:———————————
Right across the street from the downtown Rio Grande, there’s one of my
all-time favorite restaurants called 8 Rivers. Order the Jerk Chicken
Pasta….and a Planter’s Punch (or Mojito - either one is served in a freakin tumbler).
8 Rivers: 1550 Blake St Denver, CO 80202-1322

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—-Middle Eastern:—————————
Best in town is right down here on Arapahoe, and is called Sahara.
They do Lebanese/Morroccan (really, it’s pan-Mediterranean)–husband and wife, one of whom is from Lebanon and the other Morocco, hi!
Order the Spicy Chicken….and make sure to get one of the appetizers that features their Babaganouj and the grape leaves.
Sahara: 9636 E Arapahoe Rd Greenwood Village, CO 80112-3703

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—-Higher-end:——————————–

Potager: 1109 Ogden St. Denver, CO 80218-2809
Osteria Marco: 1453 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80202 (especially if you’re planning on wine)

Many great high-end places on Pearl Street right around Stella’s (1476 S Pearl St).
Some decent high-end places on Larimer St around Osteria Marco.

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—–Burgers!———————————-

Duffy’s Cherry Cricket: 2641 E 2nd Ave Denver, CO 80206-4702
My Brother’s Bar: 2376 15th St Denver, CO 80202-1112 (a Denver institution)
City Pub Grille: 3575 S Yosemite St Denver, CO 80237 (dive bar - hangover food )

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—-Coffee————————————–

The Market: 1445 Larimer Square Denver CO 80202 ( best cappuccino in Denver )
Stella’s Coffeehouse: 1476 S Pearl St Denver, CO 80210-2227
Tattered Cover (OK, it’s a bookstore, but 2nd best cappuccino in Denver):
1628 16th St Denver, CO 80202-1308 and also 2526 E Colfax Ave Denver, CO 80206

Any Peaberry Coffee shop (even if it is a chain).

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Boing Boing’s Mark Fraunfelder explains it all.

I’m going to try it this weekend.

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Please visit them and sign their petition.

See for yourself.

Is that a tablecloth?

Like an artist whose medium is shit, I’m guessing their plan is to provoke a reaction through a conceptual performance piece called In Really, Really Poor Taste (Sacrilege?). Can’t see how this would garner any sympathy from the “Happy Holidays” crowd they’re apparently going after.

Secondly, this being the Christmas season and all, shouldn’t they be dressing as the baby Jesus? Like with diapers and halos or something?

One:

I went to a Rush concert a while ago. (This is part of some sort of karmic penance I have to do. Look, I don’t want to go into it. Just bite me. I went. Let’s leave it at that, right?) The way these things go is they play a bunch of new crap no one has heard of before while we, the ticket buyers who paid a metric ass-load of money for the privilege, stand around getting drunk waiting to hear Red Barchetta or Spirit of Radio. That’s how these things work.

This is what people at Cure concerts are waiting for:

UPDATE: Had to replace broken link with “Lullaby”, hope this is what Cannonballer intended–if not he can fucken fix it his own damn self when he logs in sometime on 2011 or so.

If you’re not doing that stupid goth dance by the end of that, congratulations, you are not old. Also, too bad for you.

Two:

I like this number by The Duke Spirit:

That is all.

Click it bitch, you know you want to! You know you need it! Oh yeah!!!

OBAMA!

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