Tonight: Tequila takes center stage at Zolo

At 6:30 p.m. tonight, Zolo Southwestern Grill, 2525 Arapahoe in Boulder, will host Tequila 101, a dinner that’s part of Zolo’s epic 151 Days of Tequila celebration. For all the delicious details, go to www.zologrill.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink…

Tonight: Imbibe with Andrew P. Vingiello

Tonight, the Flagstaff House, the landmark restaurant at 1138 Flagstaff Road in Boulder that just got a rave review from Raymond Sokolov in the Wall Street Journal, will host a special wine-tasting dinner with Andrew P. Vingiello, the owner and winemaker at AP Vin; he’ll pair his wines with a…

Denver’s top ten ice cream shops

Jason Sheehan guaranteed this week’s cold snap by reviewing Red Trolley, 2639 West 32nd Avenue, which serves up all-natural ice cream with no high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavor, artificial color and trans-fats. Assuming you’re not deterred by the ice on the streets, here are nine more places to satiate…

Today: Purchase gourmet food and wine for great causes

The Women’s Bean Project Holiday Fair runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and again tomorrow and Sunday at at 3201 Curtis Street; stock up on gourmet food items and other gifts, including jewelry, a new item this year. For info, go to www.womensbeanproject.com. And after you’ve stocked your…

Tonight: A Big Night at Bacaro Venetian Taverna

Bacaro Venetian Taverna, 921 Pearl Street in Boulder, is throwing a big party at 6:30 p.m. tonight. At Bacaro’s Big Night, you’ll see Big Night; sample some of the food in the film, including the infamous Timballo (new Bacaro chef Fabio Flagiello acted as a consultant/culinary trainer on the movie…

BALLS! to the Walls

When Melanie Owen Padilla and Mare Trevathan decided to put on a holiday show — the amusingly titled BALLS! A Holiday Spectacular (PG-16) — they gave their idea an extra bounce. “We just kind of wanted to throw a big, interesting, party-type event,” says Padilla, “so there will be lots…

A Stitch in Time

“A lot of our vendors said it was the best craft fair they’d ever done,” says Fancy Tiger’s Jaime Jennings, reminiscing about 2008’s inaugural Holiday Handmade Alternative Craft Fair. And this year’s fair will be twice as big – literally – because Jennings has changed its location to the South…

Sweet Victory

We all know that gingerbread tastes good — but how well would your family recipe support a bucket full of sand? That’s the question behind today’s Gingerbread Bridge Competition, at which engineering and architectural firms battle it out for the title of best (if not most delicious) bridge. Over the…

Sustainable Shopping

The Mile High City has conscious, sustainable, locally made gifts all wrapped up this holiday season. Today you can stop and shop at two different (and differently minded) gift fairs: the Conscious Boutique and Holistic Expo and the ArgusFest Fair Trade Holiday Bazaar. “We’re a community of people who really…

Here Comes Santa Claus

The holiday season would come unwrapped without some tongue-in-cheek striptease fun, which burlesque queens Reyna Von Vett (aka Cora Vette) and Michelle Baldwin (aka Vivienne VaVoom), the power flirts behind Black Box Burlesque, are happy to provide in the form of Naughty Noel. “We’ll have group numbers and stripping Santa…

Wynkoop Brewing opens its taps to other microbreweries

According to Wynkoop Brewing Company’s spokesman Marty Jones, he’s been charged with “stretching out the already wonderful beer culture,” at the Wynkoop by “working closely with some other breweries, flying the flag a little higher.” What does all that actually mean? Just this: Starting today, Wynkoop will have a red…

Tonight: Pam Savage Sims raises the roof at Sublime

Pam Savage Sims is a talented singer and a talented chef, but she’s focused on the latter while she and her husband, Curt Sims, have built their chain of Lime restaurants. From 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, though, she’ll be concentrating on her pipes, not her pans, when she sings…

Today: Grub for a good cause

Enjoy good food for good causes today at two different restaurants: From 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., both locations of Snooze (2262 Larimer Street and 700 Colorado Boulevard) will host a Community Pancake Party, which benefits the Parade of Lights; get details at 303-297-0700 or visit www.snoozedenver.com. And this evening,TAG,…

Culinary calendar for the week ahead

Our online Food & Drink listings contain dozens of culinary events around the state; we put together a list of what’s coming up this week so you can get a taste. Tuesday, December 1: A community pancake party benefiting Parade of Lights will be held from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30…

Tonight: Drink up at Frasca

Frasca Food & Wine, 1738 Pearl Street in Boulder, will host its weekly Monday Night Wine Dinner tonight; this round features Mario Scanu of Winebow Imports, who will present the wines of Valle Reale in Abruzzo, all paired with a four-course meal. The dinner is $30 without wine and $45…

Today: Christmas, Southern Living style

Stop by the Dillard’s at the new Towne Center of Aurora from 1-4 p.m. today, and you can pick up a copy of the Southern Living Christmas Cookbook for just $10. It’s packed with recipes for good food, and buying it benefts a good cause: proceeds from the sales will…

Today: Escape your relatives at Bass Pro Shop or La Rumba

Going stir crazy on Thanksgiving? The Bass Pro Shop at 7970 East 49th Avenue is open until 6 p.m. today, and starting at 5 p.m., the store will host the Great Turkey Campout with free hot chocolate and s’mores at outdoor firepits, with prize giveaways until 8 p.m.; for more…

Fire on the Mountain

The dichotomy between fire and ice has inspired everything from Robert Browning poems to a 1983 film to prom themes to Copper Mountain’s En Fuego celebration, complete with bonfires and street performers spinning flames in the pristine (if frostbitten) air. And Copper Mountain is really firing up tonight’s En Fuego…

Shine a Light

Farolito lighting has long been a holiday tradition in Santa Fe, New Mexico — but Colorado’s own Fort restaurant in Morrison has been hosting a similar tradition for at least the past twenty years. “The event itself is kind of trifold,” explains Sarah Shirazi, director of development for the Tesoro…

Tonight: Get lit at Mezcal and Rockbar

Kick off the holiday season tonight at the annual Lighting of Mezcal. The restaurant at 3230 East Colfax Avenue will light up at 7 p.m. — but you can get lit on the restaurant’s award-winning margaritas during two extended happy hours, which will run from noon until 7 p.m. and…