There are many reasons that would bring you to Aurora on your Colorado vacation, whether it is for their annual trout fishing competitions or their pumpkin chuckin’ events. Whatever the reason may be, the city of Aurora has a great deal to offer those looking for a change of pace or scenery. With a unique [...]
There was a movie about the things you can do in Denver when you’re dead but a better question would be what can you do when you’re alive in Aurora? Nestled in between Denver and Buckley Air Force Base and just south of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, this city offers a number [...]
Some people celebrate the birth of a child with a cigar or a bottle of expensive wine. My family? They celebrated my birth in a different way. They went out to Bender’s Brat Haus and brought back krautburgers for the whole family to enjoy at the hospital. Bender’s has had a special place in my [...]
Some 65 years ago, Aurora, Colorado’s, Quonset hut-style Fox Theatre opened with the Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire film, “Claudia and David.” Its stepped stadium seating area at the rear was unusual at the time, but it was welcome, as it is today, for the venue’s stage shows and concerts. Built by architect Charles Dunwoody [...]
In Colorado, Latin American food rules the restaurant scene. Cuisines of central and South America can be found in venues ranging from El Salvadorean papusa carts in the suburbs, to exquisite modern Mexican restaurants in Englewood, Lone Tree and downtown Denver, to an endless selection of taquerias and casual restaurants throughout Colorado.
Whether you pride yourself [...]
Wonder where to find those hard-to-find grocery items? Or are you looking for something unusual? Here are five unique markets in Denver that you won’t want to miss.
H-Mart
2751 S. Parker Rd.
Aurora, Colorado 80014
303-745-4592
Why we love it: Arguably one of the nation’s most spectacular Asian markets with aisles and aisles of rice cookers and rice crackers, [...]
Dinner and a movie… with children.
An evening of being led to a table in the far back corner of a restaurant as a hostess warily eyes my pint-sized crew, knowing that a single cracker in those cute little hands has the potential to scatter crumbs farther than the naked eye can see.
An evening of excusing [...]
