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Former Denver fortune cookie factory reopens as art gallery, sculpture garden

Sunrise Food Products Inc. cranked out fortune cookies for Chinese restaurants for more than 60 years. It's reopening this weekend as a Denver art gallery, sculpture garden and events space.

A former fortune cookie factory is being relaunched as an art space in Denver on May 19, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

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Strange Craft Beer Co. is opening a new location in Buena Vista. (Provided by Strange Craft Beer Co.)

Strange Craft brewery to open outpost in Buena Vista

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Asking Eric: Friend annoyed about taking in evacuating friends during LA fires

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Sotol Pepino, left, and Sotol Cítrico. Unlike agave-based spirits, sotol is made from a group of plants in the dasylirion genus, which dot the Chihuahuan Desert and the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango. Food styled by Hadas Smirnoff. (Joel Goldberg, The New York Times)

It’s high time you added sotol to your bar cart

Sotol makes for an extremely versatile cocktail ingredient

Outdoors

Road workers open a gate barring drivers from Independence Pass, marking the end of the seasonal roadway closure Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Colorado Department of Transportation)

Guanella and Independence passes open for season

State and local officials announced the two Rocky Mountain passes were back open as of Thursday afternoon.

Restaurants, Food and Drink

This combination photo shows cookbook author Hugh Mangum, left, and the cover of his book “Barbecue: Smoked & Grilled Recipes From Across the Globe.” (Hugh Mangum via AP, left, and Phaidon via AP)

Hugh Mangum’s book of barbecue recipes brings international flair to the grill

Try your hand at Mangum's Thai Grilled Chicken with Sweet Chili Sauce recipe.

Arts

The 58-foot "Liberty" statue debuted at Burning Man in 2024 and is headed to Aurora this month. (Gretchen TeBockhorst, provided by Prim + Co)

Stunning six-story Burning Man sculpture coming to Aurora in May

Inspired by the Statue of Liberty, the piece should be visible to the public on...

beer

Burns Family Artisan Ales will close in Denver in May 2025, after eight years in business (Denver Post file photo)

South Broadway brewery closing after 8 years: ‘We needed more patrons’

"It is not your fault that we are closing. It is not our fault. It’s...

Music

Your ultimate guide to more than 80 summer festivals in Colorado

Celebrate food, music, art and culture from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Travel

The interior of one of the renovated grain bins at Rustic Rook Resort in Mosca. (Provided by Rustic Rook Resort)

5 cool new places to go glamping in Colorado this summer

Stay in a yurt, a rail car or within shouting distance of the Sand Dunes.

Marijuana

Liam Kelly at their home in Denver on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Risks of psychedelic use aren’t widely known; Colorado campaign hopes to change that

You've heard the benefits of psychedelics, but what's less known are the risks associated with...

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