The patio at Elway’s is heating up again this summer – hotter than ever.
The summer’s Wednesday-night concert series, featuring some popular local rockers, will kick in earlier in the night and go a tad later.
Eclectic guitarist Robert Eldridge warms up the crowd every night 5:30-6:30. Then the headliner plays until 9.
The roster, please: Opie Gone Bad, June 14; The Railbenders, June 21; Chris Daniels and the Kings, June 28; Soul School, July 12; The Indulgers, July 19; Pete Martinez, July 26; Hazel Miller, Aug. 2.
“It’ll be a blast out there this summer,” says Elway’s GM Tom Moxcey. “We have more contemporary bands and it’s just great to be outside in Colorado in the summer.”
Weather or not
The Weather Channel was here last April to make a show about the top 10 weather cities in America. Seems we go to extremes in weather. Denver is in more of the top-10 rosters than any other city: snowiest, driest, sunniest and coldest.
The series begins airing tonight and runs through Thursday at 7 p.m. See Mayor John Hickenlooper, Westword editor Patty Calhoun and Husted wax poetic about Denver weather.
Eats
Tyler Wiard won huzzahs as chef at Mel’s Bar and Grill – but he’s moving on to Elway’s.
Mel and Janie Master, masters of the house at Mel’s, announced last week that Chad Clevenger will take over the toque. He’s currently the head cooker at Mark Miller’s Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe, one of the most celebrated restaurants in America. He takes over at Mel’s on May 8.
“He’s absolutely delightful,” says Mel. “His food is extraordinary and he has an absolute natural instinct for flavors and balance. He made us a deconstructed taco with Kobe beef that was brilliant. Janie and I were blown away by his food. He’s going to be up there with the best in Denver.”
But Mel says the menu at his eponymous joint will not switch to Southwestern.
Meanwhile, Lola has opened in its brilliant new digs at 1575 Boulder St. in the Highland neighborhood. (Go west on 15th Street, take a right on Boulder Street and head to the former Olinger Mortuary.)
The outdoor bar gives you Lola’s signature margaritas. And wow! What a view of the city. I might even start liking Mexican food, that’s how great this space is.
Jim Sullivan’s and Troy Guard’s Ocean opens May 10 in the old Mao space with a VIP benefit for Steve Farber’s American Transplant Foundation. Tix are $125 each; call 303-223-1345. Ocean is open to the public on May 12.
City spirit
The upcoming comedy “RV” follows Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines and family on a trip from Southern California to Colorado – filmed in Canada, of course … Charlie Daniels Band plays Thursday night at the Fillmore for the Sixth Annual CoBiz Biz Bash, a nonprofit of movers and shakers headed by Steve Bangert … James Taylor plays “etown’s” 15th-anniversary broadcast May 16 at the Paramount … Sez who: “Vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” Earl Wilson
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
