Acclaimed LoDo restaurant Adega shuts after 3-year run
Denver – Adega Restaurant and Wine Bar closed Saturday night at 1700 Wynkoop St. in LoDo.
The high-end restaurant that boasted a 7,000-bottle wine cellar opened to unprecedented acclaim in the spring of 2002. Former Denver Post restaurant critic Kyle Wagner gave it her highest rating, four stars, writing: “Denver has been waiting for a restaurant to sweep it off its feet, some dashing, worldly eatery that would make it feel sexy and vibrant and part of the crowd.” The Rocky Mountain News also weighed in with an “A” rating.
In 2003, chef/partner Bryan Moscatello was named by Food and Wine Magazine as one of the best new chefs in America. In November 2002, Esquire magazine named Adega one of the best new restaurants in America.
Moscatello did not return calls by press time Sunday.
WINDSOR
Town manager plans meeting over outages
Town Manager Rod Wensing said he plans to meet with Xcel Energy representatives to discuss how to prevent outages such as one that affected 4,700 customers this month.
The outage started around 5:30 a.m. Aug. 4 when a 25-megawatt transformer failed. It affected most of Windsor and Severance.
“My main concern is as we, as a community, continue to grow, we don’t want power outages to become a trend,” Wensing said.
Xcel spokeswoman Margarita Alarc Don said it was hard to pinpoint why the transformer failed. “We have been experiencing high demand due to high temperatures the past several weeks,” she said.
Windsor’s 25-year franchise agreement for electrical service with Xcel ends in 2021, Wensing said.
During the outage, power was rerouted to the area through nearby substations. Service was restored fully by 10 p.m. Aug. 4. Xcel used controlled outages to move power between commercial and residential customers until 3 p.m. Aug. 6, when a replacement transformer was installed.
Customers who suffered losses because of the outages may file claims with the energy company, Alarc Don said.
ALBUQUERQUE
Police cracking down on rocks from trucks
Drivers’ complaints about flying gravel and debris from trucks have prompted authorities to begin stopping unsafe trucks on Interstate 25 this week.
Operation Windshield will begin early Tuesday on a 10-mile stretch of the interstate north of Albuquerque, state police said in a news release.
State and Albuquerque police and Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies will stop trucks and conduct safety inspections to make sure trucks are carrying gravel and other loads properly.
They also will be checking to see if debris that may break or crack windshields can potentially fall from moving trucks.
The state Motor Transportation Division is working to establish a toll-free telephone number for motorists to report unsecured or unsafe trucks.
LAS CRUCES, N.M.
Center sees increase in Hispanics with HIV
Workers at a support center for people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, say they are seeing an increase in cases among Hispanics and youths.
Martin Walker, a prevention program counselor at the Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services, said he and a colleague are working on an educational outreach program they hope will help.
They will travel to rural communities such as Deming and Chaparral to educate people about AIDS.
“Some people think now you can take a few pills and control HIV, but it’s a very serious thing,” said Walker, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2003.
Last year, five of the center’s 185 clients died. This year, five clients already have died, he said.
Hispanic clients represent 54 percent of the center’s caseload, said Donny Grooms, chairman of a fundraising event held for the center Saturday.
PINEDALE, Wyo.
2 leave natural-gas group advising BLM
Two members have left a federal group that advises the Bureau of Land Management on natural gas development in southwest Wyoming.
Kirby Hedrick was the latest member of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group to leave. He resigned last week, saying the BLM was not listening to the group’s advice.
The BLM set up the nine-member group to help oversee drilling activity in the gas-rich Pinedale Anticline area and how it affects water, air, wildlife and the economy.
