Full Flavor Fridays is about to double your pleasure: The formerly monthly event at Appaloosa has moved to Bar Standard and will hold down the dance floors on the first and last Fridays of every month. And to celebrate the debut of this double dose of underground electronica, resident Greg…
This is our first official Veggie Girl revisit, but we felt a fresh look at City, O’ City was warranted, since the newly expanded restaurant also has a fresh new menu. While the wine/beer/tea/coffee lists are as impressive as ever, pizza doesn’t seem to be as much of a focus,…
How awesome to forage for your own food, then turn it into a fabulous dinner. Tonight foraging expert Hank Shaw will tell you how to do it at Black Cat Restaurant, 1964 13th Street in Boulder, where he’ll be the headliner of the Hank Shaw Dinner and Book-Signing. The $65…
Between sake tastings, chili and avocado competitions, and the Chefs Food & Wine Pairing Competition, Denver’s dining scene has a lot on its plate this week. Here’s a sampling of what’s on the menu:…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we’re featuring an animal-free recipe each week. This vegetable barley soup is beef-broth-free — but the cooking sherry and barley miso add a full-bodied flavor to…
If a weekend of Halloween parties left you thirsty for more, this is the last day to get spooky cocktails at Edge Restaurant & Bar, in the Four Seasons at 1111 14th Street. The special menu of mixed drinks includes several that are Twilight-inspired. For more info, call 303-389-3343 or…
Get into the Halloween spirit at Beatrice & Woodsley, 38 South Broadway, which is hosting Ghosts by Lantern Light tonight and tomorrow night. The event, which start at 6:30 p.m., features uncommon, Halloween-themed cuisine that will be served in the cellar of the restaurant. Tickets run from $48 to $72…
Maybe you like wine, but don’t have the first idea how to start educating yourself about it. Leave that to the Alliance Francaise de Denver, 571 Galapago Street; the club has been hosting Educational French Wine Tastings focusing on different regions of France for the past few months. From 6:30…
You know it’s really fall when the Corn Maze at the Chatfield outpost of the Denver Botanic Gardens opens for business. This year’s maze is designed to pay tribute to the work of Allan Houser; the current exhibit at the York Street gardens, Native Roots|Modern Form, is the seed from…
Yeti. Bigfoot. Abominable Snowman. These are actually not interchangeable terms — yetis, for example, are specific to the Himalayas, while Bigfoot is an American beast — but clearly, humans have a fascination with all of the giant man-beasts that dwell in mountains. Hence, the American Mountaineering Museum’s annual Yeti Night…
You’ll be in hog heaven tonight at Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar, 891 14th Street, where the folks from Il Mondo Vecchio will host a Disassembly Dinner. Each course will focus on a different cut of pork. The dinner starts at 6:30 and costs $70; for reservations, call 303-825-0100…
Don your best fedora and overcoat combo for tonight’s gangster-themed Halloween Community Table at Firenze a Tavola, 4401 Tennyson Street. Appropriately enough, the multi-course dinner is always served family style, and starts at 6:30 p.m. At $28, this is an offer you can’t refuse! For reservations, call 303-561-0234 or visit…
The rooftop patio at Ale House at Amato’s is gorgeous — and even though snow is forecast for tomorrow, given typical Colorado weather, it won’t be long before diners can bask in the sun while enjoying skyline views of the city. And although the menu tends toward the meat-heavy, there…
Amaro Drinkery Italia, 2785 Iris Avenue in Boulder, will pour on the charm — and pour out the Alpha Zeta wines — at tonight’s five-course dinner. The meal starts at 6:30 p.m., and each course will be paired with wines from the Veneto region of Italy. Tickets are $79; for…
Sure, there are massive parties and club nights where you can celebrate Halloween this weekend — but you’ll probably have more fun at an intimate gathering like Easy Killer: It’s a Halloween Party. Filled with local favorites — Roy England (pictured; Make Mistakes), Ejay (Hotbox, Spellbound Music), Khalib (Treehouse Collective,…
Halloween is next Monday, and the restaurant industry is celebrating in force — but that’s not all that’s on the menu; there’s also a Hush dinner (with Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg), food films and much more. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we’re featuring an animal-free recipe each week. Appetizers and small plates tend to be meat-and-cheese heavy, but this tapenade is completely plant-based; serve it on top…
It’s that time of year — the time when “fill-in-the-blank-for-the-cure” events start filling up your calendar. Tonight’s Rose for a Cure at the Palace Arms, the elegant restaurant in the Brown Palace Hotel, will have you in the pink, with pink-inspired hors d’oeuvre, pink wine and cocktails, plus live jazz;…
Danish sensation Trentmøller will make a rare Stateside appearance at the Ogden Theatre tonight; the former Trigbag member is back and better than ever after releasing Into the Great Wide Yonder in 2010. (9 p.m., 16+, $22-$25) And that’s far from the only thing happening in electronic music this weekend;…
Everyone knows Britain’s best spy took his martinis shaken, not stirred — but his wine preferences weren’t as well known. Turns out that he liked vintage Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 when someone else was buying the red, and Loire Valley Vouvray, according to wineportfolio. But he didn’t limit his…
Remember Vail’s Wildflower? The restaurant was legendary, and at 7 p.m. tonight The Empire Lounge and Restaurant, 816 Main Street in Louisville, will host a Wildflower Throwback. Wildflower’s founder, Jim Cohen, who owns the Empire, will host this gastronomic tribute. Admission is $65; to make a reservation, call 303-665-2521. For…
Bottoms up! Whisky master Robert Sickler will join the diners at tonight’s “An Evening with Crown Royal”; the multi-course meal will be paired with Crown Royal cocktails. The fun — and food — starts at 6:30 p.m. at Elway’s Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street; for more details, call 303-312-3107 or go…
