Sketch introduces Wino Wednesdays

When we first visited Sketch, the new wine bar tucked into the old 1st Avenue Hotel at 101 Broadway, we took note of its location facing Big Lots and its bar manager, Charlie Master, who'd injected much-needed humor into Cherry Creek with his white-trash specials at Brix, and immediately suggested...

By Patricia Calhoun

April 14, 2009

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When we first visited Sketch, the new wine bar tucked into the old 1st Avenue Hotel at 101 Broadway, we took note of its location facing Big Lots and its bar manager, Charlie Master, who'd injected much-needed humor into Cherry Creek with his white-trash specials at Brix, and immediately suggested that the wine bar offer Big Lots skewers, featuring whatever food items were available at that discount emporium that day.

Well, it's not quite Big Lot skewers, but Sketch has just introduced Wino Wednesdays, when five dollars buys you a glass of box wine or a PBR, accompanied by beef jerky and Cheez Whiz on a Ritz. That's a big improvement over the four bucks that one of our staffers was charged for four slices of apple when he wanted something to go with his twelve-dollar cheese plate.

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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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