Psst… Weekly Top Denver Secrets: July 11 – 17, 2016

This week we got word of many great Denver secrets you need to know about, check out this week’s Weekly Top Denver Secrets, brought to you exclusively by The Denver Ear!

Weekly Top Denver Secrets: July 11 – 17, 2016

Park Burger’s The Denver Deluxe Festival

Park Burger‘s The Denver Deluxe Festival will take place this Saturday, July 16th, 2016 from 12pm to 8pm. The Denver Deluxe, is a summertime festival featuring live music, craft beer, and gourmet burgers. Park Burger will shut down an entire block across Walnut St., where attendees can enjoy a beer garden, burger stations and bands from the main stage.

Enjoy tons of live music from The Original Wailers, The Hip Abduction, Rob Drabkin, Musketeer Gripweed, Jonathon Boogie Long, Technicolor Tone Factory and Atomga. 10 Barrel Brewing Co., will be serving up cold beers to pair with Park Burger’s Deluxe Burger.

Tickets are $20–$30 and can be purchased at: bit.ly/TheDenverDeluxe.

The Denver Deluxe supports Denver Urban Gardens (DUG), a local nonprofit dedicated to creating sustainable, food-producing neighborhood community gardens.

Free Ice Cream!

• This year marks the 125th anniversary of the historic Baur’s building located at 1512 Curtis St. in downtown Denver and the one year anniversary of Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge! To celebrate the anniversary of the building, as well as the historic Baur’s Day – which occurs every year on July 18th – Baur’s will be giving away FREE homemade mini ice cream cones to the Denver community throughout the weekend and to guests who dine at Baur’s for dinner on Monday, July 18th, 2016.

• Stop by Port Side Café today, Friday, July 15th, for a free cup or cone of Tillamook’s ice cream, gelato or frozen custard. Port Side will be offering $2 espresso shots and $7-$10 breakfast sandwiches featuring Tillamook Vintage Sharp White Cheddar Cheese. The first 100 fans will also receive a free ice-cream koozie to enjoy the treats at home! Port Side Café is located at 2500 Larimer St #103.

• To celebrate National Ice Cream Month throughout the month of July, every pet owner brought to a Good Times location will receive the opportunity to watch their furry friend delight in a free Pawbender. Normally, on the menu for $1.25, the Pawbender is a four-legged fan favorite comprised of Good Times vanilla custard, doggie biscuits and topped with a peanut butter drizzle. No purchase is necessary however, the doggie must be present to receive the free treat.

13th Floor Seasonal Audition Event and 2016 Kickoff BBQ

Come work for Denver’s scariest haunted houses. The 13th Floor Haunted House and The Asylum Haunted House will be holding open auditions from 11am to 1pm on Saturday, July 16th, 2016! No costumes are necessary, just show up ready to be scary and have fun!

After your audition, join them for their 2016 Kickoff Barbecue from 12:30pm until 3pm for food, a chance to win prizes and to meet returning cast members. The barbecue is only for those who audition and for current employees. Psst… Must be at least 16 years old to audition.

Speciality Dinners

• Del Frisco’s Grille have launched a fun initiative, one that will (hopefully) lend some levity to this year’s highly charged election. To make sure everyone’s vote is heard, the team put together special burgers in honor of the presidential candidates. You can make your vote really count this year, with Denver’s favorite hand-held eats: the burger.Come in this month and cast your vote by either ordering “The Donald”, an (of course) well done prime beef patty with aged cheddar cheese, heirloom tomato and Bibb lettuce on a gold leaf bun, served with a side of teeny, tiny little pickles (wink, wink) or “The Hillary”. What’s on The Hillary? That’s classified information – Grille guests can email “Hillary burger?” to [email protected] (seriously – try it!) to receive burger details. But, we have it on good authority that her favorite meat is lamb, a Grille specialty….Both burgers are served with proud patriotic flags on top, and the Hillary arrived swathed in “classified” paper so that state secrets aren’t leaked. Might as well enjoy a couple classic American burgers before moving to Canada. Del Frisco’s Grille is located at 100 St Paul St.

• Join Coohills for the rare opportunity to raise a glass with the “Godfather of Zinfandel,” Joel Peterson of Ravenswood Vineyards, on Monday, July 18th, 2016 at 6:30pm! The winemaker will discuss the evolution of Zinfandel, as well as California viticulture in general, as guests enjoy single-vineyard wines paired with a creatively conceived menu of European-inspired dishes from chef Tom Coohill – dishes such as house-smoked duck sausage and foie gras soup, grilled swordfish with charred tomatoes and sage-flecked white beans, and stuffed guinea fowl with wild strawberries.

  Cost for six courses and six wine pairings is $95 per person (plus tax and gratuity). Reservations are strongly recommended for this popular evening, which will begin with cocktails at 6:30 ppm and dinner at 7pm. Call (303) 623-5700 to make a reservation.

• Crooked Stave and Root Down are teaming up for a beer dinner next Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 at 7pm. Together, the Root Down culinary team and Chad Yakobsen have dreamed up a four-course dinner complemented by barrel-aged pairings from Crooked Stave. The dinner will take place at Root Down, located at 1600 W 33rd Ave. Tickets are $75 per person, seating is limited, and reservations can be made by calling (303) 993-4200.

• The Palm is offering a three-course dinner for two which includes two glasses of Palm select wine or two domestic beers for $59 per person from July 17-24. The dinner includes a choice of salads or lobster bisque to start; choice of entrée including an 18 oz. Prime New York Strip, Butter-Poached Nova Scotia Lobster-Topped 9 oz. Filet Mignon, Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes or Pan Seared Atlantic Salmon Fillet; and choice of dessert. The Palm is located at 1672 Lawrence St. Reservations can be made by calling: (303) 825-7256.

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