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WHERE TO STAY
Lumber Baron Inn
Over-the-top room themes make for maximum drama at this lavish 1890's mansion turned bed-and-breakfast. In the Valentine Suite, you can play Cupid in a leviathan Indonesian wedding bed.
Doubles from $145
2555 W. 37th Ave.; 303/477-8205
WHERE TO EAT
Bang!
This informal, chatter-filled café raises the art of home-style cooking to soaring new heights. Polish off a heaping platter of panfried, cornmeal-dusted catfish fillets, then finish with ginger bread slathered in fresh whipped cream.
Dinner for two $45
3472 W. 32nd St.; 303/455-1117
Taquería Patzcuaro
For the best red-chile carne adovada in Denver, head to this dive, which is hung with portraits of scowling, mustachioed revolutionaries Theres no booze, but the cantaloupe liquados (Mexican smoothies) hit the spot.
Dinner for two $20
2616 W. 32nd Ave.; 303/455-4389
WHERE TO SHOP
Posh
Posh overflows with stylish—if sometimes odd—objects for the home, from decanters to diaper bags.
3600 W. 32nd Ave.; 720/855-8279
Zip 37
One of three artist-owned galleries on the same block, this sunny storefront mounts a new show every three weeks and displays a sampling of works by its 15 members in back. Many of the eclectic pieces here are listed for under $100.
3644 Navajo St., 303/477-4525
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