City Cast Denver

The 2025 Michelin Guide has officially dropped and everyone from a seasoned sushi chef to a restaurant that just opened this summer picked up accolades. So, how did our Michelin predictions from last week pan out? Then, as Evergreen reels from the shooting last week, local businesses and a rival school are stepping up to support the community. Host Bree Davies and producers Paul Karolyi and Olivia Jewell Love discuss the latest news, plus respond to listener comments about our recent coverage of the school shooting and the killing of Charlie Kirk.  

The Colorado Healing Fund is collecting donations to support shooting victims and needs of the Evergreen community; there is also a GoFundMe for Evergreen shooting survivor Matthew Silverstone. Paul mentioned Don’t Name Them, which like “No Notoriety” campaign was founded by families of victims of the Aurora theater shooting.

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Denver’s dating scene is changing, and it will soon be on display for the whole world to see when Netflix’s “Love is Blind” premieres on October 1. The trailer dropped last week, featuring a brand new cast of Denverites hoping to find love. They’ve been filming in the city for the past year and reality dating show lovers are excited. So we’re revisiting a conversation host Bree Davies had with snow-former Denver Post reporter Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton and Westword reporter Hannah Metzger, who had each been looking into the local story of dating apps, bars, creeps, and the persistent stereotype of ‘Menver.’

This episode originally aired on July 25, 2024.

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As Colorado was rocked by yet another school shooting Wednesday afternoon, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was also shot and killed on a college campus in Utah. Coloradans are shocked, saddened, and enraged as the conversation yet again turns to guns, violence, and our polarized media. Then, the Broncos have officially announced that their future stadium will be built in Denver proper. Are we gonna call this one Mile High Stadium, too? Comedian Adam Cayton-Holland joins producer Paul Karolyi and host Bree Davies to dig into these stories, plus our wins and fails of the week.

Paul talked about Ben Roy’s Facebook post about social media, Westword’s coverage of the scandal at the Mexican Consulate in Denver, and his friend Jem’s album release concert at The Bug this Saturday. Bree discussed the passing of photojournalist Corky Scholl and his Save the Signs project and SarahFest happening this weekend at Manos Sagrados. Adam mentioned yet another Rockies record-breaking loss, the rare wood stork sighting in Broomfield, and next weekend’s High Plains Comedy Festival (which is still looking for volunteers!)   

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Colorado’s Michelin Era enters year three on Monday, with another fancy party for the local restaurant industry and some prestigious awards at stake. So who will the French tire company recognize this year? And will the big awards help buoy restaurant industry struggling with rising costs and increasingly discerning diners? Westword food editor Molly Martin is back with host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi to dish on the cream of Denver’s restaurant crop, with rumors, gossip, predictions, and speculation about the upcoming Michelin Guide to Colorado, 2025 edition.

Paul mentioned this great New York Times article about Michelin’s arrival in Colorado from 2023.

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La Loma has been serving its beloved green chile in Denver for more than 5 decades. But behind the scenes, a bitter divorce has put ownership of restaurant’s name and its closely guarded green chile recipe in jeopardy. Denver Post food reporter Miguel Otárola sits down with host Bree Davies to lay out the future of the restaurant’s name, a judge’s ruling on the claims of intellectual property of a recipe, and explain what connection, if any, owners Renee and William Brinkerhoff have to “Grandma” Savina Mendoza and her green chile magic that put La Loma on the map.

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The number of Denverites who don’t like Mayor Mike Johnston has grown by a lot, according to a new poll from the Colorado Polling Institute. But at the same time, Denverites are more optimistic about the city’s future and think it’s safer than it was when he was inaugurated. So what’s going on? Westword editor Patty Calhoun joins host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi to dissect the new CPI poll and how some big recent stories might be affecting the numbers. Plus, we’re checking in on some of our predictions for 2025 and a listener calls in to demand an update on the long-awaited animatronic dinos in RiNo. 

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When a new national women’s soccer stadium was announced earlier this year, a lot of Denverites were excited. But when the mayor proposed around $70 million to support the project, the debate became contentious. And no, post-layoffs, the prospects are looking murky. So host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi are sitting down with City Councilwoman Flor Alvidrez, who was a big booster of the project in her District 7, to talk through the latest and all the other big issues facing her district, including Broadway businesses’ recent struggles and why she thinks the mayor’s hyper focus on downtown might mean he’s neglecting other parts of the city.

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After Waymo’s surprise announcement earlier this week, Denver is abuzz with talk of driverless cars. The ride-share service isn’t live yet, but the Waymos are on our streets, and Denverites’ feelings are big. Local writer and events producer Jake Browne joins producer Olivia Jewell Love and host Bree Davies to talk autonomous cars — plus, a Ballpark resident recently installed something called a “blue chirper” on her building, and this new era of hostile architecture is dividing the neighborhood. And as always, all our wins and fails of the week.  

We discussed previous episodes with Jake involving Michelin star hype and the best things we ate in 2024, as well as Olivia’s deep dive into Gov. Jared Polis’ weird online persona. Jake talked about the Rockies and Adam Cayton-Holland’s call for a boycott and r/Denver’s mods. Olivia mentioned Gov. Polis’ latest Taylor Swift post. Visit Colorado’s recent ad, and the Denver Gazette’s recent reporting on Ballpark. Bree discussed Hannah Metzger’s tour of Denver with her six-year-old niece and Riverdale Animal Shelter. 

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Both Governor Jared Polis and Mayor Mike Johnston are very excited that Waymo is bringing self-driving cars to the Mile High. But what will these autonomous vehicles mean for our already congested streets? And where will they park??? Probably not along Colfax, as BRT construction is eating up spaces and business owners are stressed about it. Host Bree Davies is joined by Jill Locantore, executive director of Denver Streets Partnership, to talk about Waymo’s relationship to pedestrian safety and share her big idea that could change Denver’s parking scarcity mindset. 

Bree and Jill talked about the Denver Streets Partnership’s East Colfax parking management study and what a parking benefits district could look like. 

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Months into an investigation, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has decided that East High School’s all-gender restrooms do, in fact, violate Title IX. The feds gave DPS ten days from last Friday to comply with a resolution to convert the bathrooms back to single gender — and while Superintendent Alex Marrero responded by doubling down on the district’s support of trans students, he has yet to comment specifically on whether DPS will follow through. Host Bree Davies and producer Olivia Jewell Love dig into the bathroom battle, plus discuss new data from RTD that shows customer complaints about open drug use along the transit system are down dramatically. Will it be enough to bring ridership back to pre-pandemic levels? 

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