City Cast Denver
🚲 New bike lane hits speed bump
August 20, 2024 · — Peyton Garcia
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What's CITY Talking About?
🌭 Hot Dog Lovers Rejoice
“Biker Jim” Pittenger is back in the sausage-slinging game. After regretfully stepping away from his cult-followed hot dog restaurant earlier this year, the wiener king announced a comeback concept at the newly revamped Milk Market. Bikers & Bakers will offer Jim’s iconic dogs on the weekdays and gourmet pancakes and waffles on the weekends! [Westword]
- Flashback: To that one time we ate our weight in Mile High hot dogs with Biker Jim himself! [City Cast Denver 🎧]
♻️ Half the City Still Awaiting Compost Bins
Residents in several of the city’s southwest neighborhoods only have to wait a few more weeks to finally take advantage of Denver’s new composting program. The rollout, which began in January 2023, has been slow, with nearly half the city still waiting for their carts to arrive. [Denverite]
- Need a refresher? Here’s a crash course on the new Denver compost rules. [City Cast Denver 🎧]
🚲 Proposed New Bike Lane Hits Speed Bump
After pushback from business owners along the corridor, Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure is pulling back on just how much space new, protected bike lanes would take up along 29th Avenue. The Sloan’s Lake thoroughfare will still serve cyclists, just not in the way advocates had hoped. [City Cast Denver 🎧]
What To Do
Tuesday, Aug. 20
- 🌺 Art at the Gardens | 2-2:45 p.m. | $8+ | Denver Botanic Gardens
- 📚 Bingo for Books | 4:15-5 p.m. | Free | Anythink Bennett
- 🧠 The Power of Poison Trivia (21+) | 6-9 p.m. | $50 | DMNS
- 🎲 Game Night | 6-9 p.m. | Free | Fiction Beer Co.
- 🍿 Sunset Cinema: Fantastic Mr. Fox | 7:30 p.m. | Free | Sculpture Park
🦟 FYI: Denver has recorded its first human case of the West Nile Virus for the year, so cover up out there!
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