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A few ideas for an Easter feast (and fun)

April 14, 2014

Looking for an Easter feast?

Here are just a few suggestions for this Easter Sunday:

Second Home Kitchen + Bar is hosting an Easter Sunday Pajama Brunch that will feature an a la carte menu with classic brunch dishes, bottomless mimosas, and Cherry Creek’s Best Bloody Mary Bar. The Easter bunny will lead egg hunts at 10 and 11 a.m. and noon. A family-style Easter Dinner of three courses will feature a choice of spiced honey and apricot-glazed Berkshire ham, Colorado lamb loin and Harris Ranch beef tenderloin. Second Home Kitchen and Bar is located at 150 Clayton Lane in Cherry Creek North. Call 303-253-3000 for more information or reservations.

Kachina Southwestern Grill in Westminster is serving a Wild Wild West Brunch with family-style breakfast dishes with a Southwestern twist from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Offerings include green chile deviled eggs, piñon-crusted French toast and chocolate chile beignets. Bottomless mimosas and a Bullseye Bloody Mary Bar will be available for $10. Kachina Southwestern Grill is located at 10600 Westminster Blvd. Call 303-410-5813 for more information.

The Fort, the Morrison landmark restaurant, is celebrating Easter with three amazing three-course, pre-fixe menu options. All pre-fixe entrées will be served with a Famous Fort salad to start and a slice of carrot cake with huckleberry cream cheese frosting for dessert. Call 303-697-4471 or visit www.thefort.com/Reservations.htm for reservations.

1515 restaurant will offer its unique ala carte menu or you can build your own prix-fixe menu starting at $30 for three courses.  Kids menu is just $5 for choice of mac & cheese, French toast or chicken fingers.  Adults can choose from Sous Vide NY Strip Steak & Eggs, Braised Leg of Lamb or Lobster Crepes, among others, including a fine choice of sweet treats. Details at www.1515restaurant.com.

Central Bistro & Bar in LoHi will have and all-you-can-eat Easter Brunch for $35 – add  $10 for bottomless mimosas.  For reservations, call 303-477-4582.  And, some of you may have noticed that this year Easter falls on 4/20 – leaving those who celebrate with the big decision to have Easter brunch with family or get their toke on.  Central is making that easy by throwing their second annual “Central Smokedown” porch party on 4/19.  $4.20 drink specials all day, $25 for unlimited roasted hog, sides and fix-ins or $9 for the pulled pork sandy.  Food served beginning at 2 p.m. and live music from The Mike Maurer Band from 3-7 p.m. Details at www.centralbistrobar.com.

Guard and Grace chef Troy Guard’s new downtown steak place, is serving its first Easter brunch from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and valet will be complimentary.  If weather permits, you might even be lucky enough to enjoy the food on their 70-seat patio.)

Panzano chef Elise Wiggins is going whole hog for Easter Brunch with a whole rotisserie pig featured at their roasted pork carving station.  Bottomless Bellini’s are $9 and their brunch selections are mouthwatering with an Upside-down French toast with banana, walnut and caramel sauce or if you don’t do sweet, try the Pastiche with layers of meatballs and cheese tortellini baked with ragu and cinnamon custard in a savory thyme crust.  Details at www.panzano-denver.com.

Lala’s, located at 7th and Logan in Capitol Hill, will feature brunch favorites with the additions of crab cake benedict, bacon and pecan waffles, Italian breakfast pizza, bottomless mimosas and Lala’s House infused Svedka Bloody Mary.  Hours are 9-2:30 p.m. Details at www.lalaswinebar.com.

Opus Fine Dining & Wine Bar, in Cherry Creek North, is offering a three-course meal for $45 per person for adults and $22 per person for children.  Choose from starters such as a waffle blt with spicy mayo, romaine, tomato jam, bacon or truffled rabbit sausage en croute with dijon shallot salad, frisée.  Entrées include pan roasted halibut and eggs, maple glaze, soft scrambled eggs, capers. Details at www.opusdine.com.

Trillium, in the Ballpark neighborhood, has a special Easter menu with smaller plates that include Beignets and Boompa’s Swedish Pancackes bigger plates that include a Scandinavian Cobb salad and a Croque Madame. Details at www.trilliumdenver.com.

 

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Gomez brainchild behind Rocky Mountain hip hop event

April 14, 2014

Some of the top music executives in the hip hop industry were in Denver on Saturday for the first Rocky Mountain Music Conference and Artist Showcase.  The brainchild behind this event is Michael Gomez.  Gomez manages local band, Top Flite Empire, has a clothing line and is a former professional basketball player who has taken his love of music to create an event where young artists can be groomed by the best in the industry.

Opus Fine Dining & Wine Bar hosted a brunch for the group Saturday morning with the likes of execs from Sirius XM, Atlantic Records, Warner Brothers and many others.

The Summit looks to expand throughout the country and be back in Denver next year.  To get more information contact Gomez at fogomanagement@gmail.com

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Hard Rock offers Tax Day relief as well

April 14, 2014

We told you last about Tax Day relief at Lou’s Food Bar.

Well, the Hard Rock Cafe Denver invites guests to toast goodbye to Tax Day on Wednesday, April 16 and “Sing for Your Supper.”

Guests will have the opportunity to select their favorite song and take the stage with the house band, School of Rock, to perform it; if they do, they will receive a free dinner entrée from Hard Rock’s new menu. Singers can choose from a selection of new menu items, including the grilled vegetable sandwich, arugula salad with shaved marinated chicken or fiesta burger (or veggie burger) as their free meal.

The event takes place from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Hard Rock Cafe Denver, 500 16th Street Mall.

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The seen: In the funny pages

April 14, 2014

Colorado’s marijuana madness has reached into Sunday’s Denver Post comics section:

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Hotel Monaco hosting Under the Gunn pop-up store Saturday

April 11, 2014

The season finale of “Project Runway: Under the Gunn” aired Thursday night, but you can keep up the design fever when Hotel Monaco hosts the “Under the Gunn Pop Up Store” from 4-6 p.m. Saturday.

You can purchase designs created by by “Under the Gunn” mentor and Denver resident Mondo Guerra, and “UTG” designers Michelle Uberreste and Stephanie Ohnmacht. Hotel Monaco is located in downtown Denver at 1717 Champa St.

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Thursday’s episode, don’t read this:

Guerra had two designers in the finale but left without a victory as Oscar Garcia-Lopez and his mentor, Nick Verreos, ended up winning the first season of the Lifetime Network reality series.

Guerra’s designs will range from $5 small gifts, up to $500 garments. Designs and accessories from his previous collections will be featured during a runway “sample sale.” Guerra is a former “Project Runway: All-Stars” winner whose design and TV career have taken off since he was a runner-up in season 8 of “Project Runway.”

Designs by Uberreste, who was mentored by Guerra, will range from $30 to $300, both for men and women.

Ohnmacht’s designs will range from $65 to $265. Ohnmacht, also a Denver resident, was mentored by Nick Verreos in the first “Under the Gunn” season.

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Designers Michelle Uberreste, above, and Stephanie Ohnmacht and “Project Runway: Under the Gunn” mentor Mondo Guerra will have their designs sold at a special pop-up store Saturday at the Hotel Monaco. Second from bottom, one Guerra’s designs; bottom, one of Ohmacht’s designs. (Lifetime Network photos)UnderTheGunn_MondoGuerra stephanie_episode4

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A menu sneak peek of Argyll Whisky Beer, coming soon to Uptown

April 11, 2014

Robert Thompson is bringing back his acclaimed gastropub, Argyll Whisky Beer, to 17th and Downing. Argyll’s motto, “Eat Well – Drink Slowly – Speak Warmly” will focus on local, fresh, ingredients prepared by chef John Broening and will be paired with Level 2 Cicerone Ryan Conklin’s dimensional and balanced global beer program.

The food will be “elevated British pub cuisine” and will feature items such as Gin Cured Salmon, a “spot of tea” which is chicken and pork tea broth, ramen noodles and vegetables and it couldn’t be an English pub with Bangers and Mash.  Loyal Argyll customers will be delighted to know that the Scotch egg returns.

Grand opening is scheduled for mid-May.  They will be open 7 days a week for lunch/brunch, happy hour, dinner and late night.  Like them on Facebook to stay apprised of the opening date and events.

The bar (below) and the community room (bottom) at the new Argyll Whisky Beer, scheduled to open in May at 17th and Downing in Uptown.Argyll Gastropub 2013_03_30 Community Room

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Get fit before the food trucks return to Civic Center Park

April 11, 2014

We all love the Civic Center EATS food-truck fest (which returns Tuesdays and Thursdays starting May 20), but now we can be calorie-neutral thanks to Civic Center MOVES – a free fitness series for all fitness levels set among the beauty of downtown Denver’s historic Civic Center Park.

Produced by the Civic Center Conservancy and made possible by fitness partners Im’Unique, Denver Parks and Recreation, the November Project and Pearl Street Fitness, the free classes will take place at different times of day Mondays through Thursdays, beginning April 21.

More details on the fitness providers, class descriptions and schedule are available at www.civiccenterconservancy.org/event-civic-center-moves_78.html.  Civic Center MOVES classes will meet in various areas of Civic Center Park, including the Great Lawn, the Broadway Terrace, the Greek Theater and around the Seal Pond; look for the Civic Center MOVES flag for the class location.  To keep up with any schedule changes, please follow Denver’s Civic Center Park on Facebook at www.facebook.com/denverciviccenter.

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Two additions to the Singles who mingle: Britni and Chris

April 11, 2014

Britni, a 30-year-old Single who Mingles, is an architectural photographer (pictured below).

What is that you ask?  Contact the matchmaker Trisha to connect and find out.

Her perfect first date would be “anything interactive! At this point we’ve all done the standard ‘let’s meet for drinks’ date, so any guy who takes a couple of minutes to think up something different score extra points.”

In her spare time “photography, triathlons, anything design related and when I can anything water related (I like it the most if it’s a beach) and then the standards; dinner and drinks with friends and spending time with family.

“I grew up in northern California and my family moved to Colorado while I was in high school.”

All right men, email Trisha at trilind@hotmail.com for a chance to meet Britni.

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Ladies, Chris (pictured below) is a 30-year-old business analyst for a medical device company.

What would be a great initial date? “A perfect first date really needs to stick in both individuals mind. Something unique, fun, with a touch of romance is absolutely essential.  For example a wine or beer dinner on the Georgetown Loop train. The later the better so you can catch the sunset.”

How about free time? “I love to embrace the outdoors that our lovely state has to offer. Fly fishing and backpacking are my top two.”

Contact the matchmaker Trisha at trilind@hotmail.com if you would like to make a connection with Chris.

Chris

 

Meet more Singles who Mingle:

Meet Megan: http://pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com/2014/04/singles-who-mingle-meet-megan-dubray/

Meet Molly: http://pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com/2014/03/singles-who-mingle-returns-molly-hughes/

Meet more of our singles: http://pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com/2014/03/are-you-a-single-ready-to-mingle-check-out-these-two-and-maybe-youll-find-love/

 

 

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Laugh line: Today’s eavesdropping

April 11, 2014

Eavesdropping on two basketball fans after watching the University of Connecticut clinch the NCAA Women’s championship on Tuesday night, giving the Huskies the men’s and women’s crowns on back-to-back nights:

“I guess UConn should be changed to UCan.”

“That means my school must be UCan’t.”

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