Tonight: Tapas, wine and art at the Botanic Gardens and Cherry Creek North hosts Grapes & Galleries

It's the perfect time of year for a picnic, and the Denver Botanic Gardens will prove it frmo 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, when the venue at 1005 York Street hosts a Tapas Picnic. You bring the place setting, and then fill it with easy and delicious small bites --...

By Amber Taufen

June 10, 2010

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It's the perfect time of year for a picnic, and the Denver Botanic Gardens will prove it frmo 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, when the venue at 1005 York Street hosts a Tapas Picnic. You bring the place setting, and then fill it with easy and delicious small bites -- shrimp and chorizo, marinated olives, spiced nuts, Sicilian bruschetta, artichoke pate and goat cheese tapenade, pesto and roasted red pepper torta. The feast, which also includes a ginger/lavender lemon fizz and dessert, costs $46. For more delicious details, call 720-865-3500 or go to www.botanicgardens.org.

Meanwhile, from 5 to 10 p.m., Cherry Creek North hosts Grapes & Galleries, nine stops at distinctive stores and galleries for wine tastings and food samples. Tickets are $75; for info, call 303-551-6721 or go to www.grapesandgalleries.org.

For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings.

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Amber Taufen has been writing about people, places and things in Denver since 2005. She works as an editor, writer, and production and process guru out of her home office in the foothills.

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