After hurdling numerous stumbling blocks, Punch Bowl Social, the much-anticipated diner and bowling alley from Denver restaurateur Robert Thompson, will open at 8 p.m. Friday at First and Broadway in the old Big Lots building.
The opening night event will include live music by The Epilogues, with the ticket take going to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. Tickets can be purchased at www.punchbowlsocial.com for $15 to cover the charity donation and entertainment. Food and drinks will also be available to purchase.
“We are proud to bring PBS to the Baker District and launch it in conjunction with such a worthy charity as Big Brothers and Big Sisters,” Thompson said.
The 24,000-square-foot bar, diner, bowling alley and coffee-house also includes ping-pong, marbles, deck-shuffle, shuffleboard, darts, pinball, foosball, pool tables, board games and a wall of throwback video games.
Punch Bowl is open daily starting at 6 a.m. for the coffee shop, breakfast served from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., lunch and dinner 11 a.m. to midnight, happy hour 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and a late-night menu till 2 a.m.
More information a www.punchbowlsocial.com.
Snow show
Former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore will join an all-star cast of professional skiers in Denver for the Saturday screening of Flow State, the 63rd annual Warren Miller action snow sports film, beginning at 6 p.m at the historic Paramount Theatre on the 16th Street Mall.
Olympian Ted Ligety, one of the stars in the movie, will join the former vice president during intermission of the 6 p.m. show.
The duo will discuss the “I Am Pro Snow” campaign, an initiative aimed at raising awareness of the impacts of climate change on winter sports.
“Our goal in establishing a partnership with The Climate Reality Project is to ensure that our ski community can continue to enjoy the winter lifestyle for years to come,” said Johnny Alamo, Warren Miller Entertainment executive director of Partnerships & Strategic Alliances. “Former Vice President Gore and Ted Ligety have been instrumental in supporting the ‘I am Pro Snow’ campaign, and everyone at Warren Miller Entertainment is honored to have them join us in Denver.”
Miller’s Flow State guides viewers to the top of the world’s most striking peaks, taking viewers on an exhilarating journey across the globe. The film closes with an epic adventure to north of the Arctic Circle where a vast landscape of glaciers, icy water and untouched snow are being threatened by climate change.
Visit www.warrenmiller.com for ticket information, movie trailers, photos and more. Tickets can also be purchased at the Paramount Theatre box office at 1621 Glenarm Place or at its online box office at www.paramountdenver.com/box-office.
Crafty
The Chef and Brew Festival from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., is taking the craft brewery movement to a new level with 12 of Denver’s top chefs and 12 of the city’s best brewers challenged to celebrate and create the ultimate and food pairings. Guests will have the chance to vote for the overall winner.
“Chefs and brewers are incredibly creative people and we really wanted to channel that in the festival format,” said Mike Burns, one of the festival’s organizers. “Craft beer is finally starting to take the main stage at the dinner table with many craft beers delivering as much if not more complexity than wine.”
Beer and food will be served in a tasting format with two-ounce beer pours paired with an appetizer from each chef. This year’s competitors are Elise Wiggins from Panzano paired with Prost Brewing, Troy Guard of TAG Burger paired with Wit’s End Brewing, Sheila Lucero of Jax Denver paired with Funkwerks, Jensen Cummings of Row 14 paired with Caution: Brewing, Chris Cina of Ghost Plate and Tap paired with Breckenridge Brewing, Brendon Doyle of City O’ City paired with River North Brewing, Jay Leandro of Pub 17 paired woth Crooked Stave, Travis Masar of Uncle paired with Hogshead Brewery,Victoria Vittori with Crock Spot paired with Strange Brewing, Sean McGaughey of Aria/Opus paired with West Flanders Brewing, Taylor Drew of Russels’ Smokehouse paired with Elevation Beer Company and Tory Treadway of Wynkoop paired with Wynkoop Brewing.
Tickets are $39 in advance and $49 at the door. To purchase tickets, go to www.chefandbrewfestival.com.
Aspen advances
Aspen reached the top of the chart at $1,235 per square feet, according to a new study analyzing the home building costs (looking both at construction and overall project costs) for the top luxury winter vacation destinations in the U.S., according to a study released Tuesday by Chris Pollack, president of Pollack+Partners, a high-net-worth design/build cooperative
The study said that Aspen came in first while Whistler, British Columbia, scored on the low-end at $715 per square foot.
The study identified seven winter vacation destinations and compared the cost to build a custom estate on a per square foot basis. Telluride ranked third at $1,138 per square foot and Vail came in at No. 5 at $910 per square foot.
“Our study offers insight into …spending trends in some of the most desirable ski resorts in North America,” Pollack said. “In addition to construction costs, our analysis accounts for overall project costs, which many clients discount or do not acknowledge when establishing or discussing the budget…The top segment of the market tends to be less susceptible to fluctuations in the real estate market and the overall economy…”
For more comparisons, go to www.pollackpartnersllc.com/pre=releases-home-building-cost-analysis.php.
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