Eat, drink and be scary this weekend

The big food news, of course, is the extension of Denver Restaurant Week, which started on February 21; 158 restaurants have signed on to continue their $52.80 deals through March 6. For all the info, go to www.denverrestaurant.week.com In Vail today, Bud Light presents Jo Jo's Mardi Gras Band in...

By Patricia Calhoun

February 27, 2009

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The big food news, of course, is the extension of Denver Restaurant Week, which started on February 21; 158 restaurants have signed on to continue their $52.80 deals through March 6. For all the info, go to www.denverrestaurant.week.com

In Vail today, Bud Light presents Jo Jo's Mardi Gras Band in a free concert from 6-9 p.m., followed by a party at Samana Lounge in Vail Village from 10 p.m.- 2 a.m. For more information, go to www.CarniVail.net.

On Saturday, February 28, learn how to make "One Dish Meals," when chef Jessica Gaydos leads a free class at the Central Library, 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway, from 10:30 a.m.-noon in the B2 Conference Center. For details, go to www.denverlibrary.org.

And from 4:30-11:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Denver Gaels host their second annual Paddy Wagon Pub Crawl, with stops at five saloons: Highland Tavern, Celtic Tavern/Delaney's, the Irish Rover, Scruffy Murphy's Irish Pub and Dougherty's Irish Pub. Tickets are $40, and the crawl kicks off from the Irish Rover, 54 South Broadway, and Dougherty's, 5 East Ellsworth Avenue; for details and tickets, go to www.denver-gaels.com.

(Yes, most of this information originally appeared in Cafe Bites, our weekly newsletter that hits your in-box on Tuesday night. To subscribe, send a note to [email protected])

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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