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Denver Chalk Art Festival

Daily from June 2 until June 3

Street painting began in the palazzos of Renaissance-era Italy, when artists adorned the avenues with images of saints as the public looked on. Now...
A "Peachy" Sidewalk Sale

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. July 14

Annual Western Slope peach giveaway and sidewalk sale.

2007 | Best Free Entertainment

For one weekend each June, Larimer Square becomes a giant canvas for chalk artists. Mimicking the street painting of sixteenth-century Renaissance Italy, dozens apply to the Larimer Arts Association for permission to create their masterpiece on some of Denver's highest-rent asphalt. The lucky are selected on a first-come, first-served basis; all materials are provided, and participation is free. It's also free to watch, and a stroll at dusk through this urban festival is one of the year's... More »
2005 | Best New Restaurant Neighborhood

How great is it that Denver's best new neighborhood restaurant is also Denver's oldest restaurant neighborhood Once the center of the city's commercial district, by the '60s all those great Victorian buildings in the 1400 block of Larimer Street had slid down to skid-row status, and only the intervention of Dana Crawford saved them from destruction. Still, for many years, Larimer Square served primarily as a tourist attraction that locals visited only for seasonal events, with restaurants... More »

Denver Firefighters Chili Cook-Off at Larimer Square

By Amber Taufen | Fri, September 9, 2011

Firefighters know from good chili -- they should, since they have to cook enough of it in the station house. So the competition should be heated today when firefighters face off to see whose chili rec... More »
Larimer Square is a garden of eatin'

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, June 11, 2009

This week's review of Rioja served a couple of purposes. One, it cleared up a bothersome bit of karmic dead weight. Two, it gave me a chance to see how a strong-starting restaurant with a solid crew and a talented chef can get so much better in fo... More »
Ground Zero

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 24, 2006

Larimer Square is hot -- not just as a fine-dining center, but also as a source of great restaurant gossip. And even in these scorching summer months, when almost everyone in white tries to put their heads down and survive, there's been plenty of ... More »