Business

The Hermitage Bookshop, which is among Denver’s oldest independent bookstores, is starting a new chapter, with retiring owner Bob Topp seeking a buyer. “Forty-nine years later, it is time to say farewell to an unintended career that captured my heart and which I have truly loved the entire time,” Topp wrote in a note to […]

Ska Street Brewstillery, the hybrid location for Ska Brewing and Peach Street Distillers in Boulder, closed this week for what co-founder Dave Thibodeau is calling an extended “hibernation.” It’s to-be-determined when – or if – the restaurant, bar and beverage making facility will reopen, he said. For many in the hospitality industry, the laundry list […]

Grab a stout pour Saturday. February is known as Stout Month to local beermakers and drinkers. To get the theme rolling, River North Brewery is hosting a Super Stout Tap Takeover when 12 different recipes will be on draft at its Washington Street outpost. That includes Shadowman, a barrel-aged “motor-oil-thick” brew clocking 15% alcohol content, […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan’s presidency, bouncing back with resilience from 2020’s brief but devastating coronavirus recession. The nation’s gross domestic product — its total output of goods and services — expanded 5.7% in 2021. It was the strongest calendar-year growth since a 7.2% surge […]

The agreement approved by Denver-area King Soopers employees after a 10-day strike is an industry-leading contract that fixes longtime problems, said Kim Cordova, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. Union members voted Monday to ratify the contract, officially ending the labor dispute that involved more than 8,000 employees in Boulder, Parker […]

One of Denver’s few remaining Irish pubs, the Irish Snug, has closed for good. The Snug shuttered this week, about a month shy of its 18-year anniversary. “When you excitedly open your restaurant, you don’t typically think about the day you’ll close, and March 6, 2022 would have made 18 years since we opened our […]

Since they both opened in 2015, Ratio Beerworks in Denver’s River North and Westbound & Down Brewing Co. in Idaho Springs have become essential drinking stops along the Colorado beer trail. Now the two beloved breweries have each opened second taprooms and brewhouses for drinkers across the Front Range. In time for its anniversary, Ratio […]

Colorado’s COVID-19 situation is getting better, and the state can hope for at least a few months of relative peace to prepare for whatever the virus does next, a member of the team modeling the virus’ trajectory said Monday. Dr. Jon Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health, said the overall picture is […]

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 members in metro Denver voted Monday to approve a new three-year contract with King Soopers, officially ending a strike that started Jan. 12. “This would not have been possible without the support of our allies throughout Colorado and across the country. To those who stood alongside our members, […]

NEW YORK — Stocks finished a volatile day slightly higher on Monday after reversing a steep slide caused by uncertainty over inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and the possibility of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. A late-day buying spree pushed the benchmark S&P 500 index to a 0.3% gain after pulling it out of […]

Almost 17% of regulated marijuana business owners in Colorado identify as minorities, according to new data by the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, but one Black entrepreneur contests that there’s much more work to be done. “Cannabis ownership in Colorado is still a pipe dream for people of color,” said Wanda James, founder and CEO of […]

By DAMIAN J. TROISE NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,000 points Monday as financial markets buckled in anticipation of inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and fretted the possibility of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Stocks extended their three-week decline on Wall Street and put the benchmark S&P […]