The crack bartending staff at Racines restaurant at 650 Sherman St. has created pink drinks benefiting Susan G. Komen Colorado Race for the Cure. From Friday through Oct. 3, Racines will donate $2 per drink or the flight of three drinks to Susan G. Komen Colorado Race for the Cure. Race day is Sunday.

The $7 pink drinks include:

* Pink Rose, created by Wes: Deep Eddy cranberry vodka, Deep Eddy lemon vodka, lemonade, club soda, fresh lemon, on the rocks.

* Pink Lady, created by Kerry: Deep Eddy grapefruit vodka, club soda, splash of cranberry, on the rocks.

* Watermelon Collins, created by Mike: Deep Eddy vodka, Watermelon Pucker, lemonade, club soda, on the rocks.

Guests can also try a flight of smaller tastes of all three for $10.

For more information, go to www.acinesrestaurant.com or call 303-595-0418.

Cincinnati-based restaurant Tom+Chee will celebrate the grand opening of its second Colorado location at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Streets at SouthGlenn, 6879 S. Vine St., in Centennial.

“We’re excited to be part of the Tom+Chee family, and to introduce the Denver Metro community to our passionate and innovative approach to making food fun,” said local franchisee Dan Pszanka. “We are dedicated to providing uniquely flavorful and simply satisfying meals that are comforting and affordable. At Tom+Chee we are doing what we love, and look forward to sharing that with our customers.”

To celebrate the store’s opening, Tom+Chee will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Local Chamber members, community leaders and philanthropic partners will participate in the grand opening ceremony.

Specializing in tomato soup and grilled cheese, Tom+Chee is known for its fresh ingredients and quirky takes on comfort food classics. From the vegetarian Hippy+Chee to the offbeat Grilled Cheese Donut, Tom+Chee offers 20-plus grilled cheese sandwiches, plus fresh salads, three versions of tomato soup and an array of specials. The entire menu is made fresh, with no fryers, freezers or microwaves, and offers a variety of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

Originally started as a food tent in Cincinnati, Tom+Chee has enjoyed explosive growth since the founders pitched their business on ABC’s “Shark Tank” in May 2013. The Tom+Chee franchise is rapidly growing and currently has 170 stores under contract in 20 states, including Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Colorado and Georgia.

The Centennial Tom+Chee will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. For more information, visit www.tomandchee.com, or connect on Twitter at  @TomandChee or Facebook at  www.facebook.com/tomandcheesouthdenver.

Eavesdropping on a woman to a man at Macy’s Cherry Creek: “The place is cash and carry.”

“Yeah, you have the cash and I carry.”

Perhaps the “sweetest” homage to Peyton Manning‘s Broncos quarterback career was the chocolate-covered bronze sculpture unveiled by Choctoberfest Saturday at the Omni Interlocken Resort and Spa in Broomfield.

Longmont-based sculpture artist Tim King spent the last year and a half working on this 300-pound statue that he coated in chocolate and put on display for the all-chocolate event.

King told Fox-31 News that he is paying tribute to Manning because he is “a team player and a great leader.” The statue is “more about the ‘man’ in Manning than the game. So there’s a lot of quotes, a lot of things from his family, different references to his education and his career,” revealed King in a mid-July interview with Fox 31.

While the chocolate-covered version of the popular Broncos QB was made of plaster, King intends to create a handful of Bronze versions of the statue for $55,000 each.

To see more of King’s creations (and to place your order for a Manning bronze), go to www.bronze.biz/.com.

The 38th Denver Film Festival, scheduled Nov. 4-15, is casting volunteers for feature roles.  As a critical component to the success of this annual event, DFF38 is seeking dedicated and fun-loving film lovers to fill a wide range of volunteer positions leading up to and during the Festival.

There are four quick steps to becoming a volunteer for the 2015 Denver Film Festival:

1. Click HERE to go to Shiftboard, the  online volunteer scheduling system.

2. If you are already registered in the Shiftboard System, just log in.

If you are have never registered for Shiftboard, please click the “New Registration” button and sign in to create your account in Shiftboard.

3. All interested volunteers must attend one  of the six scheduled volunteer orientations. Volunteers are encouraged to attend an early volunteer orientation for the best choice of positions and shifts.

4. Sign up for a Volunteer Orientation session via Shiftboard.

The dates for orientation (located behind Tattered Cover and Twist & Shout, across from East High School) are:

• 7 p.m. Oct. 4-5
• Noon Oct. 10
• Noon Oct. 17
• 7 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Fries Theater at the Sie FilmCenter
• Noon Oct. 25 at the Fries Theater at the Sie Filmenter

Free parking is available in the parking garage located in the rear of the complex.

DFF38 volunteer benefits include:

• Getting first-hand, behind the scenes experience at a world-class film festival
• Making new friends while creating a new social network around your mutual love of film
• Vouchers to redeem for festival tickets

Questions?  Please contact volunteer@denverfilm.org.

Harvest Week, the epitome of an independent restaurant collaboration returns for the 2015 edition Oct. 4-9.

Dinners (and a brunch) will take place all week long. Each night a group of five-plus restaurants will come together to create pop-up parties at the GrowHaus, a nonprofit in door farm at 4751 York St. Every day includes a full bar and copious amounts of food. All the festivities of the week go to support EatDenver, a consortium of independently owned restaurants, and the Growhaus.

For more information, go to www.harvestweek.com/?mc_cid=2fc5c61d47&mc_eid=605fa771f8.

The national recording artists, DUO del SOL (violin/guitar), return to Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St.,  at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

DUO del SOL has been compared to the classic rock band Radiohead, with a style that infuses a Gypsy jazz element reminiscent of the great French musicians, guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli.

Tickets are $22.

L.A. Weekly called DUO del SOL “Avant sonic acrobats. Now this Sound is Brave said of them, An … intoxicating swirl of classical forms … like a fine wine.”

Duo del Sol’s “hello Kaleiscope” was nominated last year for Best Instrumental Album by the Independent Music Awards and in 2014, they played at a Cannes International Film Festival event hosted by John Travolta.

Guitarist Tom Farrell’s musical beginnings were inspired by Black Sabbath, the Cult, Metallica, and Led Zeppelin and violinist Javier Orman says he is addicted to any form of powerful expressive music.

Tickets can be purchased at the box office at 303-293-0075 or online at www.Lannies.com.

Fans of satire will find plenty to enjoy when the Denver Press Club’s  Gridiron Show takes place on Oct. 2 at the Reiman Theater on the campus of the University of Denver.

The DPC’s annual show of political and cultural satire features a returning Gov. John Hickenlooper and the Hick-Tones, Rocky Mountain PBS’ Cynthia Hessin, Secretary of State Wayne Williams, Denver City Council member Kevin Flynn, Rep. Jonathan Singer with other state legislators, and more names from politics and media.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and showtime is at 7 p.m. at the Reiman Theater, in the Margery Reed Hall building (2306 E. Evans Ave.) on the DU campus, next to the Daniels College of Business. Parking is free, underground at the Daniels College of Business, which is next door to the Hall building.

Tickets to the show cost $15. You can purchase tickets at www.blacktie-colorado.com, by clicking on the calendar tab, then clicking on Oct. 2, or go to www.blacktie-colorado.com/rsvp and enter the event code: DPC102 (all one word, not case sensitive).

The Gridiron show is a showcase of local performers, journalists, politicians and Denver Press Club members, who present a hilarious skewering of local and national political and cultural happenings – mostly in song, plus a fake newscast. The original performance was held in 1946, and its current run has been an almost-annual occurrence since 2000.

Also returning are members of the core cast each year: Edie Sonn, Ruth Darling-Goldberg, Cynthia Rose, Tom Corona, Bruce Goldberg and violinist Julia Hays. Hank Troy is the pianist.

For more information, contact Bruce Goldberg at 303-369-4088.

Eavesdropping on four guys teeing off on hole No. 3 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Course: “Fairways are highly overrated.”