Creative Culinary Couplings on Today’s Calendar

A big trend in restaurant names this year has been joining two nouns with an and/ampersand, and it looks like the fad is spilling over into food events. Tonight you can indulge in two delicious culinary couplings: a whiskey and doughnut tasting, or the more traditional Corks and Forks. See…

Ballpark Plates Offers a Taste of the Ballpark Neighborhood Tonight

The Ballpark neighborhood, once a forgotten area sometimes referred to as “NoDough,” is now this town’s Best New Restaurant Neighborhood, home to Lower48, our Best New Restaurant. And tonight Ballpark Plates will give diners a taste of the Ballpark neighborhood. See also: The Ten Best Restaurants in the Ballpark Neighborhood…

Network After Work at Fado Tonight

From its early days as an upstart watering hole that combined the Flintstones with Danny Boy, Fado Irish Pub has become a solid, established citizen of LoDo. And tonight it will host Network After Work Denver, giving local professionals in all types of industries the chance to eat, drink and…

Unwind at the Denver Botanic Gardens Tonight

Unwind: H2O, an after-hours event at the Denver Botanic Gardens tonight, will highlight the Chihuly artwork in the Gardens’ waterways, including “Float Boats,” “Turquoise Reeds” and more. See also: John Hickenlooper, the “Aw Shucks” Governor, Lives Up to His Title at Jax…

A tasty trio of events including free oysters today

Today is National Oyster Day, and Jax Fish House is celebrating with free oysters and a very special guest shucker. But while oysters are in the spotlight, there are other tasty events cooking in Denver this evening. Keep reading for details.. See also: Five Reasons to Ban Disruptive Children From…

Taste Custom Crush wines tonight — and get ready to make your own

Wine & Whey’s Custom Crush gives enthusiasts the chance to crush their own grapes and create their own unique wines. The process includes everything from wine-making classes to grape selection and the grape crush, but it all starts today with a tonight’s wine-tasting. See also: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp was…

Beer, beer and more beer on this weekend’s culinary calendar

The craft-beer scene has exploded in Colorado, and this week the second-largest craft-beer maker in the country is in Denver to celebrate the industry. Sierra Nevada invited every craft brewery in the nation — nearly 3,000 in all — to participate in seven regional celebrations for Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp…

Food, drink and big fun at tonight’s Big Eat

Denver’s culinary scene is constantly expanding, which makes for some amazing food — but can also make trying all the hot new restaurants quite a challenge. It could take months to explore the more recent developments in Denver’s dining scene, and when you finish the restaurant landscape looks completely different…