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It's National Bike to Work Day and while you're peddling to your job this morning be sure to check out a few of these tasty perks being offered around Denver to those who partake in the cycling holiday.
Pigtrain Coffee is supporting National Bike to Work Day by offering cyclists free drip coffee and doughnuts from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Pigtrain will also be handing out drink coupons and giving water bottles, T-shirts and coffee mugs to Bike to Work Day participants. For more information, call 720-460-3708.
The John Madden Company is teaming up with Chinook Tavern to sponsor a Bike-to-Work-Day party from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Chinook Tavern. This bike-home-from-work party will feature live entertainment, food, beer and wine, all conveniently located near the Arapahoe Light Rail Station. For more information call Chinook at 720-266-6000.
Denver Public Works is celebrating the holiday by hosting the region’s largest Bike To Work Day Breakfast Station at Civic Center Park from 6:30 to 9 a.m. The breakfast station will feature free breakfast treats, vendors, free bike tuneups and more. Mayor Michael Hancock will also be riding to work today starting from the Park Hill Bike Depot at 7 a.m. Those who wish to join him for the ride downtown will be treated to smoothies from Kaiser Permanente’s blender bike. Lt. Governor Joe Garcia and Mayor Hancock will then address the crowd at Civic Center Park between 7:35 to 8 a.m.
Over at Skyline Park the Pedal for Pancakes breakfast station will offer a free hot breakfast of pancakes, sausage, fruit and coffee, bike tune-ups, chair massages and other fitness and wellness programs. The station will be be flipping pancakes from 6:30 to 9 a.m. For more information click here.
Pressed Juice Daily will be offering riders buy-one-get-one free, cold-pressed juices today. To be eligible for the deal participants must be registered at biketoworkday.us. For more information visit pressedjuicedaily.com.
For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings — and if you have information for a culinary event you'd like included in our online calendar, send it to cafe@westword.com.
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