In 1998, Westword published its fifteenth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from Best Local Girl Made Good (Pam Grier, an East High grad and ’70s star suddenly back in fashion with Jackie Brown) to Best Game: Super Bowl XXXII, that day in January 1998 when the Denver Broncos beat Green Bay to win their first Super Bowl. Our Best Guess for When the Broncos Will Win Another Super Bowl — 2525 — was way off the mark (the Broncos actually took the title again the next year), but we scored big with our Best TV News Anchor: Jim Benemann, back in Denver after a stint in Portland and being groomed for the big guy’s chair at Channel 9.
Benemann never got that chair, and we’ll bet Channel 9 is sorry about that now. Because instead, he moved over to Channel 4, where his steady presence and wry delivery has helped the CBS newscast make steady inroads at ten o’clock on longtime ratings leader KUSA. This is one anchor that won’t get dropped anytime soon.
Here are the rest of the winners from 1998:
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Best Proof that Colorado is Still The Center of The Universe:
Roy Romer and Jim Nicholson
Readers' Choice:
Denver Broncos Super Bowl win
Best Local Boys Made Good:
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Best Place to Get South ParkMemorabilia:
Elitch Gardens
Best Mistake in The South Park Press Kit:
UFO Sighting Capital of the World
Best Explanation for The Existence of Both The News and The Post:
Separate universes
Best Local Girl Made Good:
Pam Grier
Best Comeback:
John Denver
Best Comeback From Way Back:
Molly Brown
Best Titanic Special Effect:
Molly Brown House Museum
Best Joke About Colorado:
Jay Leno
Best Example of Life Imitating Art:
Rex Burn's book, The Leaning Land
Best Unmasked Saboteur:
Vinny Licciardi
Best TV Pitchman:
John Elway
Best TV Bitchman:
Wellington Webb
Best Hair on a TV Personality--Male:
Gregg Moss, Channel 9
Best Hair on a TV Personality--Female:
Aimee Sporer, Channel 4
Best Use of Props:
Phil Keating, Channel 9
Best TV News Anchor:
Jim Benemann, Channel 9
Best TV Weathercaster:
Brien Allen, Channel 7
Best TV Sportscaster:
Gary Miller, Channel 4
Best Riot:
Post-Super Bowl Celebration
Best Pg-13 Broncos Riot Coverage:
Channel 4
Best R-Rated Broncos Riot Coverage:
Channel 9
Best Bronco Boosting:
KKFN-AM/950
Best Radio Talk-Show Host:
Peter Boyles, KHOW-AM/630
Best Talk-Radio Team:
Jay Marvin, KHOW-AM/630
Best TV Traffic Aid:
Pinpoint Traffic, Channel 4
Best Radio Sky Spy:
Tony LaMonica, KHOW-AM/630
Best Synchronized Lights:
Colorado Boulevard, from I-70 to Hampden Blvd.
Best Corner in Denver:
16th and Champa streets
Best Ten-Block Strip of Denver:
Olde Santa Fe Drive, 3rd to 13th avenues
Best Colfax Tribute:
"When Kitsch Was King", City of Lakewood
Best Old Neon Sign:
Autorama Inc.
Best New Neon Sign:
Elsie's Place
Best Sign That Newer is Not Always Better:
"Welcome to Colorful Colorado"
Best Bar Sign:
Joe's Cave
Best Yard Art for The Birds:
2809 Kearney St.
Best Yard Menagerie:
8th Ave. and Sheridan Blvd.
Best Cultural Mural:
3438 Downing St.
Best Commercial Mural:
Heavenly Daze Brewery
Best Official Graffiti:
Colorado Institute of Art
Best Unofficial Graffiti:
Abandoned sewage plant at 50th Ave./Washington St.
Best Vernacular Architecture:
River Rock Homes
Best Undiscovered Building Facade:
Denver Public Schools Food Administration
Best New Building:
ICG Communications Building
Best Addition to The National Register:
Nordlund House
Best Historic Rehab:
Corner of 17th and Champa streets
Best Resurrection of an Abandoned Building:
Wyatt School
Best Piece of Soho in Denver:
Baldwin Lofts
Best Commercial Building Redo:
Stritch Building
Best Downtown Parking Lot:
Larimer Square Parking Garage
Best-Looking New Parking Lot:
Botanic Gardens
Best Parking Lot for Impromptu Motorcycle Gatherings:
Johnny's Diner
Best Place to Pick Up Geezers:
Crossroads Mall
Best Place for a Gay Man To Find Husband Material:
Target
Best Place for a Lesbian to Find Wife Material:
The Dyke March, State Capitol
Best Drag Queen:
Miss Krystal Towers, www.accumind.com/krystaltowers
Best Porno Web Site:
AmateurCam.com, www.amateurcam.com
Best Place to Meet a Drunken Drag Queen:
White Spot
Best Place to Get Drunk for Free:
Denver Police Citizens' Academy
Best Gay Web Page:
Cafe Vivid, www.cafevivid.com
Best Web Page Dedicated to JonBen‚t:
Mrs. Brady's URLs,www.joshua-7.com/mrsbrady
Best Quote From a Book Dedicated to JonBen‚t:
Carlton Smith's Death of a Little Princess
Best Nostalgic Web Page:
Neal's Denver, www.charm.net/brooklyn/Denver/index.html
Best Public Radio on the Internet:
KGNU/88.5FM, www.kgnu.org
Best Local Politician:
Don Mares
Best Colorado Lawmaker:
Dottie Wham
Best New Colorado Law:
Minimum Hospital Stay for Newborns and Mothers
Sports and Recreation
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Best Place to Shoot Up The Wilderness:
Kelsey Creek Shooting Area, Pike National Forest
Best Rendezvous:
Rocky Mountain College Rendezvous, South Park
Best Place for a Mountain Man to Stock Up:
Mountain Rendezvous and Trading Co.
Best Buffalo Soldier Re-Enactment Group:
Buffalo Soldiers of the American West, Inc.
Best Place to Commune With Spirits While Imbibing Them:
Sipapu Bar, Mesa Verde National Park
Best Place to Overcome Waves of Nostalgia:
South Platte Visitors Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tri-Lakes Project Office
Best Place to Get Into Hot Water:
Hot Sulphur Springs Resort, Hot Sulphur Springs
Best Big Chill:
Boulder's Polar Bear Plunge, The Boulder Reservoir
Best Heavy Competition:
Concrete Canoe Race
Best Place to Beat It:
Cheesman Park Pavilion
Best Impromptu Dog Show:
Washington Park
Best Place to Feed Ducks:
Clement Park
Best Zoo Attractions:
Dakin and Kerinda, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Best Zoo Babies:
Attie and Elway, Denver Zoo
Best Walk on the Wild Side:
Glen Hanket
Best Country Walk in the City:
Three Ponds Park
Best Working Farm:
Delaney Urban Farm
Best Spice-Up-Your-Life Road Trip:
Rabbit Shadows Farms
Best Nature Field Trips:
Nature Conservancy of Colorado
Best Urban Campground:
Golden Clear Creek R.V. Park
Best Yurts for Yuppies:
Advance Canvas Design
Best Place to Get Away From Denver Without Leaving Denver:
The Gregory Inn
Best Black Velvet Room In A B&B:
Elk Echo Ranch
Best Mountain Room B&B:
Redstone Castle
Best Cheap Mountain Getaway With Texans:
Creede
Best Cheap Mountain Getaway Without Texans:
Walden
Best Quickie Mountain Day Tours:
The Mountain Guides
Best Mountain-Town Day Trip:
Idaho Springs
Best Daytime Star Trip:
Red Rocks
Best At-School Field Trip:
Denver Fire Department
Best Downtown Field Trip:
Denver Public Library
Best Birthday Surprise:
Rockies Birthday Certificates, Coors Field
Best All-Day Birthday Party:
The Ski Train, Union Station
Best Official Tribute to John Denver:
Rocky Mountain High, Snowmass
Best Unofficial Tribute to Jerry Garcia:
Jerry Garcia shrine, Aspen Mountain
Best Cross-Country Ski Trip with the Kids:
Francie's Cabin, Blue River
Best Snowboarding Terrain:
Breckenridge Terrain Garden, Breckenridge Ski Resort
Best Snowboarding Terrain for Beginners:
Buttermilk, Aspen Ski Resort
Best Double-Diamond Run:
Jackpot, Aspen Mountain
Best Cruiser:
Sneaky's, Snowmass
Best Ski Outlet Store:
Berthoud Discount Sports, Berthoud Ski Area
Best Old-Time Ice Skating:
Keystone Lake, Keystone Resort
Best New-Fangled Ice Skating:
Big Bear Ice Arena
Best Ice-Skating for Showoffs:
Founder's Square Ice Rink
Best Ice Ice Babies:
Shaka Franklin Foundation, Inner City Edge Youth Hockey and Skating Program
Best Place to See the Avs For Free:
South Suburban Ice Arena
Best New Skate Park:
Lakewood Skate Park
Best Skate for Exhibitionists:
Against Speer Boulevard Rush-Hour Traffic
Best Roller Rink:
Funplex
Best Mass-Transit Improvement:
RTD Bike-n-Ride Program
Best Daily Vespas:
Sportique Scooters
Best Emergency Bike Shop:
Canyon Cycles
Best Martial Arts Dojo:
Grappler's Edge Jujitsu Academy
Best Martial Arts Supply:
Tigron Ltd.
Best New Golf Course:
Saddle Rock, Arapahoe and Liverpool
Best Public Golf Course:
Willis Case Golf Course
Best Private Golf Course:
Fox Acres County Club, Red Feathers Lake
Best Golf Hole:
Number 10, Castle Pines Golf Club
Best Miniature Golf Course:
Colorado Journey
Best Softball Field:
Sonny Lawson Field
Best Pre-and Post-Baseball Bar:
Redfish
Best Gay Gym:
Broadway Bodyworks
Best Performance by a Personal Trainer:
Daphne Eslick, Oxford Club
Best Pool Room:
Shakespeare's
Best Sporting League:
Denver Sport and Social Club
Best Sports:
Rocky Mountain Benefit Gamers Association, http://bengames.org
Best Fun Run:
Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half-Marathon
Best Racing Greyhound:
Beams Full Moon
Best Race Horse:
Ms. Yankee Doodle
Best 1998 Colorado Olympian:
Shannon Dunn
Best Air Force Academy Athlete--Male:
Christ Gizzi
Best Air Force Academy Athlete--Female:
Michelle Roxburgh
Best DU Hockey Player:
Paul Comrie
Best CU Athlete--Male:
Adam Goucher
Best CU Athlete--Female:
Line Selnes
Best CSU Athlete--Male:
Bryan Berryhill
Best CSU Athlete--Female:
Becky Hammon
Best CU Football Player:
Hannibal Navies
Best Ex-CU Linebacker with a Seven Iron:
Hale Irwin
Best Dynasty:
University of Northern Colorado Bears
Best Reason to Watch Basketball at McNichols:
Colorado Xplosion
Best Xplosion:
Crystal Robinson
Best Nugget:
Johnny Newman
Best Rapid:
Paul Bravo
Best Av:
Claude Lemieux
Best Rockie:
Vinny Castilla
Best Bronco:
John Elway
Best Sports Coach:
Mike Shanahan
Best Sports Team:
Denver Broncos
Best Game:
Super Bowl XXXIII, January 25, 1998
Best Guess for when The Broncos will Win Another Super Bowl:
In the year 2525
Best Football Date:
Saturday, September 5, 1998
Best Name for a New Broncos Stadium:
Rich Stadium
Best Realistic Name for a New Broncos Stadium:
John Elway Field
Best Sports Quote:
Dale Earnhardt
Best Sports Quote--Political Division:
Mayor Wellington Webb
Goods & Services
Best Warning Label:
US West Dex "On the Go" Driver's Edition of the Yellow Pages
Best Place to Buy/Sell a Used Car:
Vacant lot at 21st and Federal
Best Place to Buy a Car That Isn't Really a Place:
J.V. Auto Consultants
Best Gearshift Art:
Galeria Mexicana
Best Car Museum:
Gallery of Cars
Best Bus Route:
SKIP in Boulder
Best Free Service:
Denver Public Library 24-hour telephone renewal service
Readers' choice:
16th Street Mall Shuttle
Best Almost-Free Labor:
City of Englewood Rent-a-Worker Program
Best Free Advice:
Ellen Speare, Wild Oats Market
Best Tell-A-Medicine:
Health and Medicine Resources,www.aclin.org
Best Cheap Smiles:
CCD Dental Hygiene Clinic
Best Health-Care Idea:
The HMNo
Best Potions:
Apothecary Tinctura
Best Bargain Massage:
Colorado School of Healing Arts Clinic
Best Mental-Health Service:
Weekend Ventures, Aurora Central Library
Best Womb With A View:
"Family Birth Palace," Presbyterian/St. Luke's Hospital
Best Training for Fathers-To-Be:
Boot Camp for New Dads, St. Joseph Hospital
Best Place for Grandparents Expecting Out-Of-Town Visitors:
Baby Junction
Best Advice On Where to Throw Away Your Trash:
RecycleNet recycling bulletin board, governor.state.co.us/gov_dir/oec/recyclenet/
Best Educational Web Site:
Denver Museum of Natural History, www.dmnh.org
Best Post Office:
Glendale Post Office
Best Way To Make Book:
Library self check-out equipment
Best Bookstore For Bibliophiles:
Abracadabra
Best Specialty Bookstore:
The Gallagher Collection at the Antique Guild
Best History Section in a Used Bookstore:
I chabod's
Best Collection of War Books:
Imaginary Wars collection, Colorado State University
Best Collection of Romance Books:
Beth Anne's
Best Bookstore Crannies:
West Side Books and Curios
Best Boulder Used Bookstore:
Red Letter Secondhand Books
Best LoDo Used Bookstore:
Book Roundup
Best Star Wars Memorabilia:
Space Station
Best Xena Collection:
The Book Garden
Best Army Guys:
Musket Miniatures
Best Place to Buy Your First Work of Art:
Zip 37
Best Holiday Shopping:
Kaleidoscope
Best Halloween Costumes:
Red Rocks Community College Theater Department
Best Valentine's Day Cards:
Boulder Arts & Crafts Cooperative
Best Embarrassing Valentines:
Barbershop Quartet Singing Valentines
Best Lingerie:
Le Soutien
Best Support Services:
Treva's Bras, Villa Italia Shopping Center
Best Supportive Service:
Tailored Transitions
Best Place to get a Prom Dress:
The Prom Dress Exchange
Best Bridal Discounts:
Karen's Discount Bridal Outlet
Best Place to Outfit Your Little Princess:
Jordan Marie, Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Best Pricey Kids' Clothes:
B. Bear Express
Best One-Of-A-Kind Kids' Clothes:
Porcupine Kids' Clothing
Best Used Kids' Clothing:
Children's Exchange
Best Affordable Consignment Store:
Mercer Place
Best Vintage Store for A Limited Budget:
The Bunker, The Tivoli
Best Vintage/Contemporary Store for an Unlimited Budget:
Babareeba Clothing Exchange
Best Outlet for Local Designer Fashions:
Squid Clothing Company
Best Hole-In-The-Wall Boutique:
Attitudes
Best Cavern-In-The-Wall Boutique:
Iris Fields
Best Place for The Time Of Your Life:
The Little Watch Company, The Shops at Tabor Center
Best Place to Buy Prisoners' Handiwork:
Colorado Territorial Prison Museum, Canon City
Best Telescopes:
S&S Optika Ltd.
Best Locally Produced Toys:
Zometool, Inc., www.zometool.com
Best Toy Gun Collection:
Maggie May's Sandbox
Best Place to Buy Beanie Babies:
Caravan & Company
Best Puppets:
The Puppet Store, Denver Puppet Theatre
Best Gewgaws:
Al's Collectibles and Antiques, Upstairs in the Broadway Broker
Best Folk Curios:
Garnet Gecko.
Best Flea Market in a House:
Paris Flea Market
Best Antique Tea Sets:
Willow Antiques and Gifts
Best Personalized Plates:
Wilma Jolly, Sponsler Specialized Services, www.sponslergifts.com
Best Jewelry Artist:
Suzanne Williams
Best Bead Shop:
Skyloom Fibres
Best Head Shop:
Pipe Dreams
Best Hat Shop:
Minerva's Hat and Fashion Boutique
Best Shade Shop:
Lili Marlene Custom Lamp Shades
Best One-Of-A-Kind Furniture:
Rue 22
Best Rustic Furniture:
El Paso Import Co.
Best Furnishings for Lush Livers:
Djuna
Best Architectural Salvage:
Architectural Salvage, Inc.
Best Cast-Iron Gates:
Metropolitan Antique Gallery
Best Lumber Yard Circa 1865:
Hayden Forest Products
Best Handy Handymen:
Handyman Express, www.handymanexpress.com
Best Store at DIA:
U.S. Post Office, DIA Main Terminal, Level 6
Readers' choice:
Natural Wonders
Best Store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center:
Learningsmith
Readers' Choice:
Neiman Marcus
Best Store at Park Meadows:
Papyrus
Readers' Choice:
Nordstrom
Best Superstore:
Half Price Store
Readers' Choice:
Kmart Super Centers
Best Old-Fashioned Shopping Center:
Bonnie Brae
Readers' Choice:
Olde Town Arvada
Best 16th Street Mall Vendor:
James Lawson
Readers' Choice:
Tristan, the 50-cent hot dog guy
Best Pets to Go:
Denver Dumb Friends League Pet Careavan
Best Place for Pets When They Go:
Evergreen Pet Cemetery and Crematorium
Best Place to Get Your Puppy Fixed:
MaxFund Veterinary Hospital
Best Place to Get Your Rug Fixed:
Sarkisian's Oriental Rugs
Best Place to Get Flocked:
Paulino Gardens
Best Place to Plan Your Garden:
Denver Water Department Gardens
Best Free Gardening Help:
Plant talk
Best Seeds:
Botanical Interests, Inc.
Best Place to Buy A Birdhouse:
Echter's Greenhouse & Gardens
Best Garden Tools:
Birdsall & Co.
Best Potted Plants:
Wild Flowers
Best Bouquet Makings:
The Perfect Petal
Best Fake Bouquet Makings:
Zync
Best Tepees and Yurts for Yuppies:
Advance Canvas Design
Best Computers for The Image-Conscious:
TechStyle, www.techstyle-com.com
Best Used Macs:
Media Guide Mac Center,www.mediaguide.com
Best Computer Store for Mac Users:
Neighborhood Computer Store Inc.
Best Place to Buy Used CDs Online:
Second Spin, www.secondspin.com
Best Music Store:
Golden Music Center
Best Place to Buy A Sitar:
Aeolian Art & Music Center
Best Recycled Instruments:
Music Go Round
Best Used Record Store:
Don's Discs
Best Used CD Store:
Twist & Shout
Best New CD Store:
Wax Trax
Best Video Store:
The Video Station
Best Alternative Video Store:
Across the Trax.
Best Adult Video Store:
Universal Video's Las Vegas Adult Video Palace
Best Quick Art Dip:
Art Students League Summer Samplers
Best Place for Artists to Find Treasures:
Meininger's garage sales
Best Treasure Chest and Art Gallery:
Me L Yu
Best Studios for Hire:
Workshops
Arts and Entertainment
Best Free Entertainment:
"Free For All," Denver Center Theatre Company
Readers' Choice:
People's Fair
Best Free Arts Link-Up:
Colorado Arts Net, www.electracity.com/can
Best Way to put Art in The Heart:
AHA (Artists Helping Artists) benefit auction for Brigitte Schluger, March 21, Mackey Gallery
Best Free Artistic Advice:
Karen Lee Dance International, Karavan Studios
Best Annual Festival:
Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival
Readers' Choice:
Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Best Annual Arts Festival:
Passport to Asia
Best Festival for Kids:
Kidspree
Best Place for Kids to Dress up like Queen Elizabeth:
Bernadette Berger Discovery Library, Denver Art Museum
Best New Community Center:
Roundtree Center for the Arts
Best Art-World Upstart:
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Best Friend of Art in Denver:
Nancy Tieken
Best Comeback by a Local Institution:
Children's Museum
Best Cultural Connection:
Cleo Parker Robinson and the DCPA
Best Place to get a Slice of Buenos Aires:
Tango Colorado
Best Irish Culture Center:
Denver Irish Seis'un Common Grounds Coffee House
Best Place to Rub Elbows With Authors--and Everyone Else in Town:
Tattered Cover
Best Performance by a Literary Publication:
Bloomsbury Review
Best Performance by a New Writer:
Robin Troy
Best Local Kids' Book:
Girls Who Rocked the World: Heroines From Sacagawea to Sheryl Swoopes
Best Western Roundup:
Jon Chandler
Best Romance Writer:
Anne Holmberg (Anne Avery)
Best Verse-Case Scenario:
Going to Extremes Poetry Therapy Program
Best Poet:
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Best Poetry Reading:
Ed Ward, Mercury Cafe
Best Place to Get Slammed:
Brother Jeff's Cultural Center and Cafe
Best Reference to Denver in a T.V. Show:
The Closer
Readers' Choice:
South Park
Best Denver Actor in a T.V. Show:
Greg Germann
Readers' Choice:
Tim Allen
Best Locally Produced T.V. Show:
First Thusday With the Mayor and Council
Readers' Choice:
South Park
Best Performance by a Coloradan Behind the Scenes:
Joshua Colwell
Best Performance by Colorado Filmmakers:
Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak, A Story of Healing
Best Boost for Colorado Filmmakers:
The Creative Film Group
Best Movie Web Site:
Mr. Cranky, internet-plaza.net/zone/mrcranky/
Best Outdoor Movie Theater:
Cinderella Twin Drive-In Theater
Best Movie-Theater Lobby:
Mann Chinese Theater, Arapahoe Crossing Shopping Center
Best Pre- and Post-Movie Watering Hole:
Poppies
Best Movie Date:
AMC Highlands Ranch 24 Theaters
Best Way to Sip Into Something More Comfortable:
Tazo teas at landmark Theaters
Best Way to Bite Into The Art-House Scene:
Biscotti at Landmark Theaters
Best Hot Movie About a Cold Cadaver:
Grandpa's in the Tuff Shed
Best Movie Theater--Multiplex:
UA Colorado Center
Best Movie Theater--Classic:
The Mayan
Best Revival Run:
Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt, Esquire Theater, December 1997
Best Denver International Film Festival Film:
The Sweet Hereafter, Atom Egoyan, Director
Best Denver International Film Festival Sleeper:
Mother and Son, Aleksandr Sokurov, Director
Best Film Series:
Haunted Carnival, Boulder, July 1-31, 1998
Best Exhibit of Art Talent by a Rhino:
Mshindi, Denver Zoo
Best Museum Exhibit:
Christo and Jean-Claude: Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-1972--A Documentation Exhibition, Denver Art Museum
Readers' Choice:
Searching for Ancient Egypt
Best Long, Strange Trip in Time:
The Times They Are A-Changin': Colorado in the 60s and 70s, Colorado History Museum
Best Seventies Flashback:
KRFX-FM/103.5 (The Fox)
Best Place to Go Through The Looking Glass:
Alice in Wonderland Sculptures, William McKinley Carson Park
Best New Public Art:
"Elements," by Nancy Lovendahl, Cuernavaca Park
Readers' Choice:
"Lao Tzu," by Mark di Suvero
Best Solo Sculpture Show:
Jesus Bautista Moroles, Museum of Outdoor Art/Artyard
Best Group Sculpture Show:
Contemporary Metals, USA, Metropolitan State College, Denver Center for the Visual Arts
Best Installation Show:
John McEnroe's Voyage, ILK @ Pirate
Best Drawing Show:
Mark Brasuell: I aint a'gin nobody..., Edge
Best Political Art Show:
Left/Right: The Nazi Attack on Modern Art, Singer Gallery, Mizel Family Cultural Arts Center
Best Photography Show:
The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to the Present, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Best Focus on the Inner City:
Curtis Park Photo/Story Project
Best Group Show Combining Locals and Out-of-Towners:
Implied Nature, Robischon Gallery
Best Group Show of Out-of-Towners:
Embodies (faces and figures), Round World Gallery
Best Out-of-Town Gallery:
OneWest Art Center
Best Group Show:
The Third Degree: 3 Investigations in Abstraction, Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery
Readers' Choice:
The King at CORE
Best Solo Show:
Clark Richert: Unfolding the Vacuum, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Best Solo Show--Emerging Artist:
Jason Hoelscher's NeoNow, Edge
Best Solo Show--Dead Artist:
Vance Kirkland: The Late Paintings, Denver Art Museum
Best Solo Gallery Show (readers' choice only):
Jerry Simpson at Zip 37
Best Kitsch Art:
The King, CORE New Art Space
Best Show of Miniatures:
William Stockman: Libros, Pirate
Best Comics--Group Show:
Art and Provocation (Images From Rebels), Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Best Comics--Solo Show:
Arthur Szyk: The Man and His Art, Mizel Museum of Judaica
Best Storytellers:
Spoken Wheel
Best Reader's Theater:
Vaughn, New Mexico, Christmas Eve, 1956 by Terry Dodd, The Acoma City Center
Best Non-Politically Correct Production:
Day of Absence, Shadow Theatre Company
Best Environmental Theater Production:
IronCloud Productions
Best Experimental Production:
Eighty-Four, The LIDA Project
Best Shakespearean Mini-Series:
Troilus and Cressida, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Best Ensemble Performance:
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Denver Center Theatre Company
Best One-Man Show:
Tony Church in Give 'em a Bit of Mystery: Shakespeare and the Old Tradition, Denver Center Theatre Company
Best Hero in The Making:
Jeremy Palmer
Best Bio-Mechanics:
Maggie Simms in Return to the Forbidden Planet, Actors Ensemble
Best Costumes:
Bruce McInroy, The Would-Be Gentleman, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Best Set Design:
Richard Finkelstein, You Can't Take It With You, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Colorado at Boulder
Best Director:
Anthony Powell, Denver Center Theatre Company
Best Supporting Actress:
C. Kelly Douglass
Best Supporting Actor:
John Seifert, Endgame, Germinal Stage Denver
Best Theater Production:
Angels in America, Hunger Artists Ensemble
Readers' Choice:
Poor Superman, Theatre on Broadway
Best Theater Company:
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Readers' Choice:
Denver Center Theatre Company
Best Kept Theater Secret:
CU Lyric Theatre Program, Colllege of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder
Best Musical:
Susannah, Central City Opera
Best New Way to Play Old Notes:
Trouble Clef Theater Company, The Guild at the Dairy
Best Musical Renaissance:
The Ars Nova Singers, Boulder
Best Music Zine:
State of the Union
Best Belter:
Nina Storey
Best Nationally Recognized Singer-Songwriter:
Sherri Jackson
Best Nationally Unrecognized Singer-Songwriter:
Wendy Woo
Best Country Act:
Denver Joe
Readers' Choice:
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Best Graduate of The Colorado Country Scene:
Tim O'Brien
Best C&W Club:
The Grizzly Rose
Readers' Choice:
Grizzly Rose
Best Polka Band:
The Polka Nuts
Best Bluegrass Band:
Front Range
Best Bluegrass Jam:
Palph's Top Service
Best Blues Jam:
Catacombs at the Hotel Boulderado
Best Blues Club:
Brendan's Pub
Best Blues Musician:
Otis Taylor
Best Blues Band/Musician (readers' choice only):
Chicago Skinny
Best Son-Son Act:
Brian and Michael Hornbuckle
Best Acoustic Blues Musician:
Lonesome Dan Kase
Best Blues Recording:
As the Sun Goes Down, Lionel Young Band
Best Jazz Recording:
Hats, The Bob Gillis Group
Best Jazz Label:
Synergy
Best Jazz Band:
The Emergency Broadcast Players
Readers' Choice:
Dotsero
Best Jazz Club:
Vartan Jazz Club and Restaurant
Readers' Choice:
El Chapultepec
Best Rap Act:
Kingdom
Readers' Choice:
Celia and Skillz
Best Reggae Band:
Preacherman and the Congregation
Best Ska Band:
Five Iron Frenzy
Best Latin Band:
Universo II
Best Punk Band:
Electric Summer
Best Punk Club:
The 15th Street Tavern
Readers' Choice:
Lion's Lair
Best Punk Label:
Owned & Operated
Best Pop Label:
Elephant 6
Best Avant-Garde Label:
Starkland Records
Best Rock Label:
360 Twist!
Best Pop CD:
Tone Soul Evolution, The Apples
Best Local Recording:
Low Estate, 16 Horsepower
Readers' Choice:
Essensual, by Dotsero
Best Local CD Retrospective:
A Star Unbron, or What Would Have Been If What Is Hadn't Happened: The Amazing Story of Ralph Gean, Ralph Gean
Best Locally Produced Enhanced CD:
Morder, Red Yak
Best Rock Band:
Space Team Electra
Readers' Choice:
Opie Gone Bad
Best Rock Club:
The Lion's Lair
Readers' Choice:
Herman's Hideaway
Best Rock-The-Night-Away Club:
Herman's Hideaway
Best Party Band:
The Freddi-Henchi Band
Best Dance Band:
Cabaret Diosa
Readers' Choice:
Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra
Best Dance Label:
Club Records
Best Salsa Lessons for Gringos:
Sevilla at the Ice House
Best Swing Band:
The Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra
Readers' Choice:
Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra
Best Free Swing Lessons:
Mercury Cafe
Best Swing Club:
9th Avenue West
Readers' Choice:
9th Avenue West
Best After-Hours Club:
Fab Fridays
Readers' Choice:
Synergy
Best After-Hours Event:
Night of the Round Tables Castle Party, The Mtn-Raves Collective, May 2-3, 1998
Best Club DJ:
K-NEE (Ken Hamblin, Jr.)
Readers' Choice:
Vitamin D
Best Disco Ball:
The Raven
Best Party Room at a Gay Club:
The Heaven Lounge at Trax 2000
Best Experimental Band:
Hamster Theatre
Best On-and-Off Denver Dance Star:
DJ Keoki
Best All-Ages Club:
Club XT
Readers' Choice:
Mercury Cafe
Best New Club:
The Soiled Dove
Readers' Choice:
Polly Esther's
Best Sit-Down Theater:
Paramount Theatre
Best Stand-Up Theater:
Fox Theatre
Best Concert Venue:
Red Rocks
Best Concert:
Stereolab, Bluebird Theater, November 17, 1997
Readers' Choice:
Prince at Fiddler's Green
Best Band Name:
Fuck Yo' Punk Ass
Best Music War:
Universal vs. Everybody
Best Future Radio Station:
University of Colorado's new station
Best Nostalgic Radio Show:
Big Band Swing, KEZW-AM/1430
Best Kids' Radio:
The Children's Hour, KVOD-FM/92.5
Best Radio-Station Promotion:
The Greenbucks Project, KXPK-FM/96.5 (The Peak)
Best Radio DJ:
Jack "Radio" Regan
Readers' Choice:
Caroline Corley, KTCL-FM/93.3
Food and Drink
Best All-Around Comfort Food:
Janleone
Best Jewish Comfort Food:
Zaidy's Deli
Best Mexican Comfort Food:
Rosa Linda Mexican Cafe
Best Italian Comfort Food:
Sostanza Ristorante
Best French Comfort Food:
Normandy French Restaurant
Best Hungarian Comfort Food:
Budapest Bistro
Best Southern Comfort Food:
The Moondance
Best Cold Comfort:
Jamba Juice
Best Hangover Comfort:
Chef Zorba's Cuisine
Best Comfort-Food Quickies:
Soup N Juice
Best Way to Enjoy Gourmet Cooking in the Comfort of Your Own Home:
Cucina Leone
Best Comfort Food For Kids:
What's Fresh & Wild
Best Family-Style Dining:
Uncle Sam's
Best Place to Teach Your Kid Some Table Manners:
Ellyngton's at the Brown Palace Hotel
Best Children's Amenity:
Wazee Supper Club
Best Children's Menu:
New Happy Restaurant
Readers' Choice:
White Fence Farm
Best Brunch Buffet:
Garden Terrace at the Inverness Hotel
Readers' Choice:
Brown Palace
Best Cheap Brunch Buffet:
The Old Country
Best Mexican Brunch:
Tosh's Hacienda
Best a La Carte Brunch:
The Fourth Story
Best Cheap Breakfast:
Sunnyside Up Cafe
Readers' Choice:
Pete's Kitchen
Best Power Breakfast:
Racines
Best Power Lunch:
Brasserie Z
Readers' Choice:
Racines
Best Express Lunch:
Tommy Tsunami's Pacific Diner
Best All-You-Can-Eat Express Lunch:
Woody's Wood-Fired Pizza & Watering Hole
Best Lunch Buffet:
Marrakesh
Readers' Choice:
Bombay Clay Oven
Best $5 Barbecue Lunch:
Daddy Bruce's Bar-B-Que & Catering Service
Best Asian Buffet:
Mr. Panda
Best All-You-Can-Eat Deal:
Charbroil Delights
Best Dinner Specials:
Stockyard Inn & Saloon
Best Dinner Under $5:
McCormick's Fish House & Bar
Best Place for Dinner After 10 p.m.:
Michael's of Cherry Creek
Readers' Choice:
Chives American Bistro
Best Place for Dinner After 2 a.m.:
The Doll House
Best 16th Street Mall Food Vendor:
The Philadelphia Filly
Best Food Court Vendor:
Penthouse Noodles & Grill
Best Outdoor Patio:
Potager
Readers' Choice:
Cadillac Ranch
Best Transformation of a Parking Lot:
Cherokee Dining on 12th Ave.
Best Patio Dining With Mariachis:
El Noa Noa
Best Salad Bar:
Rodizio Grill
Readers' Choice:
Healthy Habits
Best Caesar Salad:
Hugh's New American Bistro
Best Vegetarian Menu:
Watercourse Foods
Readers' Choice:
Creative Cafe
Best Non-Vegetarian Dish in a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant:
Papillon
Best Vegetarian Burger:
Watercourse Foods
Best Vegetarian Steak:
Sushi Den
Best Vegetarian Mexican Menu:
Alexander's
Best Soups:
Petit Louis
Best Hot-and-Sour Soup:
Hung Kee
Best Clam Chowder:
North Woods Inn
Best Sandwiches:
The Corporate Deli and Grill
Best Sandwiches with a Side of Off-Track Wagering:
Red & Jerry's
Best Italian Sausage Sandwich:
Vinnola's Italian Market
Best Subs:
Tommy's Terrific Subs
Best Hamburger:
My Brother's Bar
Readers' Choice:
Cherry Cricket
Best One-Pound Hamburger:
HandleBar & Grill
Best French Fries:
Mercury Cafe
Readers' Choice:
McDonald's
Best Frites:
Cafe Bohemia
Best Sweet-Potato French Fries:
Hugo's
Best Place to get Your Coat:
El Tejado
Best Place to Talk Turkey:
Bassett's Original Turkey
Best Lamb Shank:
Bruno's Italian Bistro
Best Lamb Chops:
1515 Market Grille
Best Asian Lamb Chops:
Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant
Best Steak:
Morton's of Chicago
Readers' Choice:
Outback Steakhouse
Best Cheap Steak:
Bastien's
Best Garnish on a Steakhouse Salad:
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
Best Beef Sandwich:
Chicago
Best Beef Jerky:
Smokey's Bar-B-Que
Best Roast Chicken:
Palette's at the Denver Art Museum
Readers' Choice:
Boston Market
Best Fried Chicken:
Key's on the Green
Best Chicken Pot Pie:
Cornucopia Unlimited
Best Chicken-Fried Steak:
Rocky Mountain Diner
Best Chicken-Fried Chicken:
Divine Temptations
Best Fried Rice:
Los Cabos II
Best Fried Calamari:
Starfish
Best Prime Rib:
Gala Gardens
Readers' Choice:
Morton's of Chicago
Best Barbecued Beans:
Brothers BBQ
Best Barbecued Ribs:
M&D's Cafe
Readers' Choice:
Bennett's Pit Bar-B-Que
Best Barbecued You-Name-It:
Breckenridge Barbecue and Brewery
Best Barbecue Served Under the Watchful Eyes of Old Country/Western Stars:
Frank's Bar-B-Que
Best Open Kitchen:
El Taco de Mexico
Best View Within a Restaurant:
Assignments
Best Kitchen Magician:
Denver Enterprise Center's Kitchen Incubator
Best Fast-Food Employee:
Tom Fey, Wendy's
Best Picnic Pizza:
Basil Doc's
Best Thick Pizza:
Attivo Pizza & Deli
Readers' Choice:
Beau Jo's
Best Thin Pizza:
Enzo's End
Readers' Choice:
Anthony's Pizza & Pasta
Best New York-Style Pizza:
New York Pizzeria
Best Breads:
Denver Bread Company
Best Bagels:
Moe's Broadway Bagel
Readers' Choice:
Moe's Broadway Bagel
Best Bakery:
Daily Bread
Readers' Choice:
Campagna
Best Pastries:
Dream Pastries
Best Cookies:
David's Bagels
Best Cheesecake:
The Marketplace Muffin & Cheesecake Company
Best Dessert Menu:
Rialto Cafe
Readers' Choice:
Cheesecake Factory
Best Place for Late-Night Dessert:
Chives American Bistro
Readers' Choice:
Racines
Best Deep-Fried Dessert:
Chowda House Light House
Best Ice Cream:
Gelato d'Italia
Best Ice-Cream Gimmick:
Marble Slab Creamery
Best Happy Hour for Free Food:
Baja Beach Club
Readers' Choice:
Jose O'Shea's
Best Brewpub:
Pints Pub
Readers' Choice:
Wynkoop Brewing Company
Best Microbrew--English-Style Pale Ale:
Denver Pale Ale, Great Divide Brewing Company
Best Microbrew--India Pale Ale:
Snake Dog I.P.A., Broadway Brewing
Best Microbrew--Scottish Ale:
Laughing Lab, Bristol Brewing Company
Best Microbrew--Stout:
Old Man Winter Stout, Overland Stage Stop Brewery
Best Microbrew--Wheat:
Wild Pitch Hefeweizen, Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field
Best Microbrew--Pilsner:
Barman Pilsner, Coors Brewing Company
Best Microbrew--Bock:
Butthead Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub
Best Extreme Beer:
Cask Conditioned Oatmeal Stout, Denver ChopHouse & Brewery
Best Beer Selection:
Falling Rock Tap House
Best Belgian Beer Selection:
BJ's Pizza Grill & Brewery
Best Red Beer:
Wynkoop Brewing Company
Best Wine List--Selection:
Mel's Bar & Grill
Readers' Choice:
Trios Enoteca
Best Wine List--Price:
Legacy Grill
Readers' Choice:
Le Central
Best Wine List--By The Glass:
Today's Gourmet/Highlands Garden Cafe
Readers' Choice:
Trios Enoteca
Best Wine Store:
City Wine
Best Unexpected Wine Store:
Wines Off Wynkoop
Best Fresh Juice:
Naked Foods
Best Human Beans:
Human Bean
Best Pot Of Tea:
A Spot of Tea
Best Teahouse:
Dushanbe Teahouse, Boulder Central Park
Best Buzz Stop:
Coffee on the Z
Best Place to have Coffee While Waiting to be Pierced:
Mother Herb
Best Shrine to Frank Sinatra:
Gaetano's Restaurant & Pizzeria
Best Martini:
Bistro Adde Brewster
Readers' Choice:
Purple Martini
Best Martini Bar:
Dazzle
Best Long Island Iced Tea:
Cruise Room at the Oxford Hotel
Best Bloody Mary Bar:
Cadillac Ranch
Best Cigar Bar:
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
Best Tapas:
Ilios
Readers' Choice:
Sevilla at the Ice House
Best Paella:
Sevilla at the Ice House
Readers' Choice:
Mediterra
Best Seafood Restaurant:
Jax Fish House
Readers' Choice:
Fresh Fish Co.
Best Margarita:
Dixons Downtown Grill
Best Soundtrack in a Mexican Restaurant:
Las Delicias
Best Chips and Salsa:
Don Quijote
Readers' Choice:
Benny's Restaurant & Cantina
Best Taco:
Benny's Restaurant & Cantina
Readers' Choice:
Taco Bell
Best Bargain Taco Carnitas:
El Valle Video & Ice Cream
Best Mexican Bull Testicles:
La Casa del Rey
Best Burrito:
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Readers' Choice:
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Best Breakfast Burrito:
Mexico City Lounge
Readers' Choice:
Pete's Kitchen
Best Tamales:
La Casita, La Casa de Tamales
Best Takeout Tamales:
Sabor Latino Express
Best Soft Chile Relleno:
El Tepehuan
Best Crispy Chile Relleno:
Norma Jean's
Best Green Chile:
The Majestic
Readers' Choice:
Blue Bonnet
Best Bowl of Green Chile:
La Casa de Manuel
Best Red Chile:
La Fiesta Supper Club
Best Red Beans And Rice:
Bang!
Best Black Beans and Rice:
El Azteca
Best Deli:
Tony's Meats & Specialty Foods
Best Tropical Market:
Paradise Marketplace
Best Middle Eastern Market:
Jerusalem Market
Best Indian Market:
Tajmajal Imports
Best Urban Supermarket:
King Soopers
Best Asian Market:
Denver Oriental Supermarket
Best Egg Rolls:
Little Ollie's
Best Chinese Restaurant:
Golden Plate
Readers' Choice:
Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant
Best Sushi:
Sushi Den
Readers' Choice:
Sushi Den
Best Japanese Restaurant:
Domo
Readers' Choice:
Mori Japanese Restaurant
Best Thai Restaurant:
Wild Ginger
Readers' Choice:
Bangkok Grill
Best Vietnamese Restaurant:
Tay Do
Readers' Choice:
New Saigon
Best Vietnamese Subs:
Cafe Phuoc Loc Tho
Best Indian Subs:
India's.
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant:
Damascus
Readers' Choice:
Jerusalem
Best Mediterranean Restaurant:
Aubergine Cafe
Best Pasta Restaurant:
The Cherry Tomato
Best Plate of Ravioli:
Cucina Colore
Best Plate of Spaghetti:
Romano's Pizzeria
Best Italian Restaurant:
Barolo Grill
Readers' Choice:
Carmine's on Penn
Best Indian Restaurant (readers' choice only):
India's
Best French Restaurant:
Tante Louise
Best Romantic Restaurant:
The Broker Restaurant
Readers' Choice:
Briarwood Inn
Best Place to Eat when Someone Else is Paying:
Papillon
Readers' Choice:
Morton's of Chicago
Best New-American Restaurant:
Mel's Bar & Grill
Best Old American Restaurant:
The Fort
Best American-As-Apple Pie Place:
Walnut Cafe
Best New Restaurant:
Palettes at the Denver Art Museum
Readers' Choice:
Il Fornaio
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