Elway’s Cherry Creek wildly popular concert on the patio series has a little bit country added to a lot of rock n’ roll on its musical line-up this summer.
The series, which kicks off June 20 and continues Wednesdays through Aug. 29, with a time-out July 4, includes tribute bands such as The Police cover band Message in a Bottle, Forever in Blue Jeans, which pays homage to Neil Diamond and Under a Blood Red Sky, which plays U2 tunes.
Adding a country twang to the schedule are Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band and Slamabama. The series ends Aug. 29 with fan favorite Opie Gone Bad.
The bands set up in the roshe run femmes courtyard outside of Elway’s patio where concertgoers gather on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations can be made for the covered patio by calling 303-399-5353 or at elways.com.
Here’s the full schedule:
* June 20: Message in a Bottle;
* June 27: Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band;
* July 11: Forever in Blue Jeans;
* July 18: Slamabama;
* July 25: Funkiphino;
* Aug. 1: Under a Blood Red Sky;
* Aug. 8: Something Underground;
* Aug 15: That Eighties Band;
* Aug. 22: The Informants;
* Aug. 29: Opie Gone Bad.
Elway’s backyard opens at 5 p.m.; bands will play from 6:30 to 9.
California dreamin’
I’ve been on assignment in Northern California’s wine country for Inspirato, the Denver-based luxury vacation club, since Tuesday, and let me tell you, this is tough duty.
As much as I’ve loved living in the Denver metro area for the past 19 years, there’s a part of my soul that will always yearn for California. I am, after all, a Bay Area native from Palo Alto so I can’t help myself.
While I frequently visited my home town over the past few years while checking on my aging father who lived independently in our family home until he died in August at age 91, the discovery of what this state yields still amazes me.
This trip to Sonoma Valley, for example, is awe inspiring in discovering what the land will produce given near perfect conditions and climate. The flowers, fruit and vegetables thriving throughout this area are mind boggling in their seeming limitlessness.
On Wednesday, we visited DaVero, an olive, wine and fruit farm where the owner, Colleen McGlynn, cut three artichokes from plants growing steps away from the tasting room. On Thursday, our private chef Eric Lee from the coming Next Food Network Star series, turned the artichokes into complete deliciousness.
And on Tuesday, the day we arrived, we were treated to the VIP experience of movie director Francis Ford Coppola’s winery and Rustic restaurant for a tour and lunch.
Not to mention all the wineries we’ve visited so far including Armida with the wacky tasting room built inside a 1972 geodisic dome, and Medlock Ames, a self-sustaining organic tasting room and the only full bar in the Alexander Valley.
If you’re craving a cocktail, this part of the great state has developed a cocktail culture that borders on cult. At Barndiva for lunch, I opted for “dealer’s choice” where I challenged the bartender to create a vodka-based concoction. The lemony goodness garnished with thyme from the garden outside didn’t disappoint.
Later at Spoonbar, my videographer/travel companion was mesmerized by the array of 40 gins at the inside/outside bar. Again, we invited the able bartenders to go crazy with cocktail creations.
Wednesday night provided the punctuation mark on our gastronomic journey at Dry Creek Kitchen, a Charlie Palmer restaurant. Last year Palmer opened District Meats in the old Il Fornaio space on Wazee between 16th and 17th streets. The level of service and food at Dry Creek was a rare treat indeed.
As I write this item, another full day in wine country roshe run flywire looms filled with three winery explorations and lunch. Will fill you in on the experience, if I live to tell it. Note to self: Restraint is the word when I return to my real life in Denver.
Hey Buddy, can you spare a cake?
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro of the TLC television series fame was seen dining at Wednesday at The Summit Steakhouse in Aurora.
On July 13, Valastro will appear in The Cake Boss, An Evening with Buddy Valastro, a Comedy Works production, at the Paramount Theatre.
Duke of Elway’s
1980s TV series hunk John Schneider, aka Bo Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard, spotted drinking old-fashioneds created by master mixologist Ky Belk at Elway’s Cherry Creek Tuesday. One female admirer noted, “He looked like he could be 30 years old, but he’s 52 (according to IMBD.com).”
Eavesdropping on a man at Spoonbar inside the h2hotel in Healdsburg, Calif.: “Vodka is the canvas that gin is painted upon.”
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