Today the Denver Botanic Gardens will kick off a new monthly series, Unwind. Each month the Gardens will host a special evening with a unique theme, appetizer menu and entertainment to help you unwind. The theme for tonight is Escape, and the event will feature a popcorn bar, gourmet nacho counter…
Today you can help keep Denver healthy at a duo of do-good events. Enjoy great food from some of Denver’s most recognizable names, watch the culinary competition heat up, and sip some tasty drinks — all while lending supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Denver Health Foundation’s men’s health…
With the weather finally warming — and drying — up, many Denverites are moving their meals from the kitchen to the outdoors.The Post Brewing Company is doing the same, and will throw its second annual Backyard Benefit starting at 6:30 p.m. today in the brewery’s big backyard. The event will feature…
Monday, June 8 Local mixologists from some of Boulder’s top establishments, including Frasca, Mateo, Oak at Fourteenth, Riffs, Salt and West End Tavern, will be mixing up new cocktails featuring Colorado-based Dancing Pines Bourbon and competing for the best drink at today’s Moovers & Shakers. The cocktail competition gets shaking…
This weekend one Denver Chef will be crowned Wing King, ruler of all that is crispy, hot and messy, during the 2nd Annual Wings & Whiskey Competition at Ace. Besides appointing a new culinary king, this weekend is packed with other tasty, although maybe less prestigious events. So whether you’re in…
Tonight there’s a dinner for those of us who never wanted to grow up but somehow ended up here, anyway. Dinner Lab Denver will host “Neverland: a Celebration of the Grownup Palate,” a culinary tale that will unfold on your plate featuring childhood dishes presented in a grownup way; the…
The Mayweather v. Pacquiao fight may not have had the thunder many expected, but the real fight will be at TAG at 7 p.m. tonight, and it should be a knock-out. The restaurant will hold a beer v. wine party featuring two booze heavyweights — Master Sommelier Doug Krenick and Cicerone Shane…
Lower48 Kitchen, our Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2014, is bringing it home with the “Prix-Fixe Culinary Tour of the Lower48” rotating dinner special for June. This round will focus on the tastes of summer in Colorado, with weekly “State Fair”-inspired menus. The special meal is $34 and…
This is not just the start of June: It’s the start of the first Charc Week, a meaty new event in Denver. This is also the first day of Negroni Week, and restaurants and bars around the world — including many in Denver — are joining Campari in celebrating a…
As we prepare to say goodbye to May and welcome June, the culinary schedule starts heating up. This weekend features the first Final Friday event of the season, the annual Burning Can festival, and a major program showing that Meat Matters. Keep reading to find out how to have a…
Although Monday’s holiday created a short work week, you still may need a little help getting through the mid-week slump. A quartet of boozy and delicious events today should help you get into the right mood to coast to the weekend. Bar 1, the standing-room-only area at Green Russell, will…
With Memorial Day Weekend behind us it’s time to get back to the working week but that doesn’t mean you cant make time to dig into a few delicious events during this short week. From food trucks to a ravioli festival, here are this weeks culinary events. Tuesday, May…
The long weekend stretches ahead of us, and even though the weather is predicted to be a bit gloomy through Memorial Day, you can still brighten up the holiday by getting out to enjoy a few tasty events. Here’s a sampling of what’s on the culinary calendar. Friday, May 22…
Enjoy local cuisine and cocktails set in the past at this year’s Colorado Corks and Cuisine today. Attendees at the event can sample local wines, spirits, brews and cuisine from thirty local restaurants, distillers, brewers and wineries. This year Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar, Bonacquisti Wine Company, Mile High…
The first annual Brain Injury Benefit and Soiree will take place tonight at Jax Glendale. The four-course dinner, which will raise funds and awareness for adults who have suffered traumatic brain injury, will be paired with cocktails, wine and beer from The Post Brewing. Chefs from every Jax location in Colorado, along with chef…
The Denver FIVE, just like the famous Magnificent Seven of western lore, are a varied bunch of mercenary chefs fighting for the survival and honor of their home town. Both groups teamed up for a greater cause but the Denver FIVE will be slinging chocolaty goodness around the west rather…
Stretch your stomach in anticipation of all those Memorial Day barbecues at beer dinners, cooking classes, benefits and other entertaining events — including the return of the Denver FIVE. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar over the next few days. Monday, May 18 Frasca Food…
Doughnuts, golf, whiskey, beer and picnics: If that’s not the makings of a great weekend, then we don’t know what is. The culinary calendar is chock full of tasty events, including version 2.0 of Whiskey Throwdown, Doughnut Showdown, the first-ever Oskar Blues golf tournament, the kick-off to a summer picnic…
New Belgium Brewing and Girls Pint Out are teaming up to host a night of beer, food and cocktails, in honor of New Belgium’s latest Lips of Faith Release, Pear Ginger. There will be several beer cocktails featuring the new beer, including the Ginger on the Rye, made with Knob Creek Rye…
You’ll be in hog heaven at today’s Swine and Wine pig roast and rosé party at Fuel Café. This patio party will boast a menu featuring roast pig, smoked mussels, deviled eggs and much more. Reservations are $40 and tickets are going fast; you must RSVP by calling 303-2960-4642. If…
Today you can prepare to travel the culinary and cocktail landscape of Denver and beyond. Civic Center Eats returns, sales start for the Denver Passport, Lower48 Kitchen will begin to explore the cuisine of California and Randolph’s will give back to the community at the kick off of Toucan Tuesdays…
Defrost from this weekend’s snow at some sizzling events. As the weather heats up, so will the dining scene, with food-truck festivals rolling out all over town. You can also celebrate the pairing of whiskey and doughnuts and Colorado’s ever-growing craft-beer scene. Monday, May 11 The weather is clearing just…
