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Take a mobile food break for lunch at Civic Center Eats today

It's week two of Civic Center Eats at Civic Center Park, Broadway and Colfax Avenue. The food-truck fest, which includes live music, lands at the park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays through September 26. See also: - Photos: Civic Center Eats rolls into Civic Center Park for an ei ... More >>

Authentic Fun

Celebrate pork in Vail this weekend

Restaurant Kelly Liken, 12 Vail in Vail, is kicking-off Cochon 555 tonight with a six-course, collaborative menu from five Colorado chefs: Jason Harrison of Four Seasons Resort, Jeff Osaka of twelve , Alex Seidel of Fruition, Lon Symensma of ChoLon and Cochon 555 founder Brady Lowe. See also: - Den ... More >>

Roll To the Bike Show

Think White

Feed the Hungry

Have a Costumed Ball

A Shot in the Dark

Happy Friday! Enjoy the weekend with one (or two) of these culinary events

The weekend is packed with culinary events, especially if you're a fan of beer -- and who isn't? Here's what on tap:

A celebration of seafood, beer and tea festivals and more on the calendar this week

The Tour de Jax, a traveling dinner series hosted by each of the three Jax Fish House locations, begins today. Chefs Sheila Lucero, Amos Watts, Kevin Grossi and Adam Watts -- along with special guest (and James Beard Award nominee) Lance Hanson of Jack Rabbit Hill Estates Winery -- have teamed up t ... More >>

Wynkoop Brewing celebrates Belgium; Denver gets ready for GABF

The Great American Beer Festival is coming a little late this year, October 11-13, but tickets go on sale August 2, and the GABF buzz is already beginning as breweries in Colorado and around the country get ready to wow the crowds -- the big crowds. As usual, Westword will be fully loaded immersed, ... More >>

Coohills introduces Beats on the Creek summer concert series

Coohills, 1400 Wewatta Street, has launched a new summer concert series: Beats on the Creek will take place every Tuesday on the restaurant's patio -- and the adjacent bridge over Cherry Creek -- from 5 to 8:15 p.m. "We're thrilled to be offering lower downtown a concert series in an urban setting, ... More >>

Tonight: Grand opening party at Corvus Coffee

Corvus Coffee, 1947 South Broadway, is celebrating its grand opening this evening with free beer from Great Divide and food from the The Truffle , art displays and live music. "We're excited to be opening our first retail location in Denver," says owner Phil Goodlaxson. "We have bar seating, tradi ... More >>

Choose High on Life at Lumonics on 4/20

Hosea Rosenberg will kick off the fifth season of FIVE with a soiree at Balistreri Vineyards

Five years ago, Leigh Sullivan was hellbent on showcasing Denver's dining landscape -- and the chefs who define it -- to a national audience. Her determination paid off in spades when she handpicked a ring of five local chefs who would eventually become the first incarnation of FIVE, a quintet of to ... More >>

Support the arts and have a beer at Start the Art benefit concert tonight

A ticket to tonight's Start the Art benefit concert buys more than just a night of good food, a cold beer and music by Westword Music Showcase nominee Josh Novak -- it buys a chance to support a brand-new initiative to ensure kids' access to arts education. Event organizers Chris Fabian and Sarah ... More >>

Details of the series of upcoming benefits for 3 Kings co-owner Jim Norris have been finalized

Jim Norris of 3 Kings Tavern.​One of the most refreshing things about living in Denver: Despite how incredibly shitty, mindlessly selfish and inexplicably cruel folks we can sometimes be to one another in this town (watch the news for about five minutes), when one of us is in need, you can alm ... More >>

Udi's Vegan Supper Club tonight in Arvada

Photo courtesy of Udi's.​The last-Monday Vegan Supper Club at Udi's Pizza Cafe Bar, 7600 Grandview Avenue in Arvada, is nothing short of amazing: It's an all-you-can-eat vegan/plant-based family-style dinner put together by chef Robin El-Baron.This month's menu includes hummus, falafel, roaste ... More >>

Masters Plan

Tonight: Last-Monday Udi's Supper Club

​Udi's Pizza Cafe Bar will present another Udi's Supper Club, an all-you-can-eat vegan/plant-based, family-style dinner that earned raves from our Veggie Girl. Admission is $18, $5 for kids under twelve; a portion of the proceeds benefit charitable causes. For more info, call 303-421-8000 or g ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Mardi Gras and chili cook-offs

​This week in food kicks off with a Fat Tuesday bang and continues with plenty of food and drink to coax you out of your Lenten sacrifices. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Oyster Month and Great Plates of Downtown

​Denver Restaurant Week isn't the only news on the local dining scene. This week, the Mountain Sun pub group wraps up Stout Month, Jax Fish House launches Oyster Month, and there's plenty more on the culinary calendar. Here's a taste:

Pozitive Influence

Get your pig on tonight at the Taste of Elegance pork competition

Lori MidsonElise Wiggins, exec chef of Panzano, is just one of several kitchen magicians competing in the Taste of Elegance pork competition tonight at the Renaissance Denver Hotel​More than a dozen Colorado chefs, including Elise Wiggins (Panzano), Michael Long (Aria), Austin Cueto (Restaura ... More >>

Today: Larkburger donates proceeds to Roundup River Ranch

​All four Colorado Larkburger locations (including the store at 8000 East Belleview Avenue in Englewood) are serving up a special deal today: Between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., a portion of the proceeds will benefit Roundup River Ranch, which provides camping experiences for children with serious ill ... More >>

Tonight: Wines for the Holidays

​Book it: From 6 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling Street in Arvada, will host Wines for the Holidays. The wine-tasting features Colorado's finest wines; tickets are $25 and proceeds benefit the Arvada Community Food Bank. for more info, call 720-898-7400. For informat ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Denver International Wine Festival, Primal Cuts and more

​Our culinary calendar is a day late this week -- but the events herein are certainly not a dollar short. Keep reading to learn about the Denver International Wine Festival, cooking classes, A Taste for Life and much more. Here's what's on the menu:

Update: All gone! Dish tickets for our most faithful -- and early-rising -- readers

​Dish, Westword's annual celebration of the local dining scene, debuts tonight in its new home, the Exdo Events Center, 1399 35th Street. And we want our most faithful -- and early-rising -- readers to be there. As we announced last night in Cafe Bites, our weekly e-mail newsletter, we're g ... More >>

Tonight: The final dish on Dish

​Cafe Society is off to Dish, Westword's annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, which debuts tonight in its new location at the Exdo Events Center, 1399 35th Street. We hear there are a few general admission tickets left; they're $40 at the door, with a portion of the proceeds benefiti ... More >>

Dishing up the latest winner of our Dish tickets -- and offering up one last chance

​Yesterday, we offered readers another chance to win a pair of tickets to Dish, Westword's annual celebration of dining in Denver, at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street, on Wednesday, September 22. Contestants had to tell us in five words or less why they deserved the tickets. And the wi ... More >>

Dishing up one last pair of Dish tickets...to Daveed

​This morning, we offered readers another chance to win a pair of tickets to Dish, Westword's annual celebration of dining in Denver, at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street, on Wednesday, September 22. Contestants had to tell us in five words or less why they deserved the tickets. And the ... More >>

Dishing up the next winner of our Dish tickets -- and yet another giveaway

​On Friday, we offered readers another chance to win a pair of tickets to Dish, Westword's annual celebration of dining in Denver, at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street, on Wednesday, September 22. Contestants had to tell us in five words or less why they deserved the tickets. And the ... More >>

Dishing up the winner of our Dish tickets -- and another giveaway

​Late yesterday, we introduced a contest to win a pair of tickets to Dish, Westword's annual celebration of dining in Denver, at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street, on Wednesday, September 22. Contestants had to tell us in five words or less why they deserved the tickets. And the winner ... More >>

Dish is dishing up Denver's favorites: Win free tickets!

​Dish, Westword's annual celebration of dining in Denver, will be at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street, on Wednesday, September 22 -- and we want to dish out some free tickets. Why do you think you deserve to go to Dish? Give us your answer in five words or less in the comments secti ... More >>

Hats Off to These Chefs

Blue Christmas

Tonight: Color and Flavor merge in Boulder

Tatjana Krizmanic's "Saturday Market."​Have you ever had a meal where the food and the atmosphere meld so perfectly that you experience culinary epiphany? That's what tonight's Local Color, Local Flavor event at Bacaro, 921 Pearl Street in Boulder, is aiming for. Bacaro's new chef, Fabio Fla ... More >>

Get Your Art On

Baby, It's Cold Outside

One Day, Seven Seas

Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day or walk the plank!

Feeding Frenzy

Alto's Wine Dinner in the Dark heightens the senses.

Belle Stars

Party Arty

The Truth Hurts

Shred for a Cause

X Marks the Spot

The Red Cross hosts a disaster-filled treasure hunt.

Out Standing

Back to the Blues

Samba Spectacular

Trilogy Lounge hosts the best Carnaval north of Rio.

Doggie Bags