If taco fests and farm dinners are your thought of a great time, bookmark this web page. We replace it weekly with the very best food and drinks occasions in metro Denver over the subsequent seven days, together with tasty issues to try this must be in your save-the-date listing for future meals enjoyable.

Two of the dates you may positively wish to maintain are Saturday, August 19, for Westword‘s Tacolandia, and Thursday, September 28, when Feast, Westword‘s annual celebration of the Denver eating scene, returns to the McNichols Constructing at Civic Heart Park.

However you needn’t wait till then to have fun all issues scrumptious in Denver. Listed below are the very best food and drinks occasions this week, August 2 via August 9:

By way of Tuesday, August 8
Head to Stoic & Real for OysterFest 2023, throughout which you’ll slurp on a collection of steadily altering oyster choices, inventive granita accompaniments and a every day assortment of sizzling and chilled oyster preparations. Throughout oyster hour from 2 to five p.m. Monday via Friday, it’s also possible to get chef’s alternative oysters for $2.50.

Wednesday, August 2
Upslope is celebrating Nationwide IPA Day early by freely giving free customized Nationwide IPA Day pint glasses with the acquisition of any beer at each of its Boulder taprooms beginning at 5 p.m. There may even be a reside DJ set by Akilimanjaro with a “Hip Hops” theme at Flatiron Park from 5 to eight p.m., plus $10 IPA flights.

Thursday, August 3
Denver Burger Battle returns. At this beefy showdown, you’ll be able to pattern burgers from over twenty eating places and revel in reside music, booze and extra. Tickets for the occasion, which takes place at 5:30 p.m. on the Tivoli Quad, begin at $89.

Saturday, August 5
On Nationwide Oyster Day, Jax is celebrating by shucking free CrackerJax oysters from its meals truck, Queenie, at a secret Denver location. To search out out the place it is heading, comply with Jax on Instagram @jaxfishhouse for hints; the reveal will come the morning of August 5. Moreover, all Jax places shall be providing specials from 3:30 p.m. to shut together with $2 CrackerJax, a sizzling oyster flight for $4 every or six for $20, $5 oyster shooters and extra.

After a three-year hiatus, Style of Ethiopia is again. The free-to-attend fest runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Parkfield Lake Park (15555 East 53rd Avenue).

Take pleasure in limitless beer tastings from nineteen native breweries at Hops within the Hanger at Wings Over the Rockies. The occasion takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. and likewise contains meals stations, reside music, classic vehicles, video games and extra. Basic admission tickets are $75.

Ephemeral Rotating Taproom, at 2301 East twenty eighth Avenue, is internet hosting a celebration to have fun the opening of its new patio from 4 to eight p.m. WeldWorks Brewing is taking on the out of doors area for the occasion, with Off Shade Brewing from Chicago on the faucets and eats from Mexican meals truck La Reyna Del Sur. The occasion is free to attend.

Catch chef Eric Vollono at Tom’s Seafood (767 South Xenon Courtroom, Lakewood) for a barbeque from midday to five p.m. Pre-order on-line to feast on objects like cornbread fried rockfish and jalapeño hushpuppies.

Sunday, August 6
Stranahan’s, at 200 South Kalamath Road — aka the state’s first authorized distillery since Prohibition — is celebrating Colorado Day with a celebration from midday to eight p.m. full with reside music, meals vans, $5 distillery excursions and shock giveaways. The occasion is free to attend, however excursions must be booked upfront on-line.

Monday, August 7
Novel Strand is teaming up with upcoming restaurant MAKfam for a particular paired beer dinner showcasing its trendy tackle Cantonese delicacies. Tickets, $80, embody 4 programs, every paired with a special beer.

Tuesday, August 8
The Beats on the Creek collection at Coohills (1400 Wewatta Road) kicks off with music from Eagle tribute band the Lengthy Run on the bridge behind the restaurant. A $5 donation benefiting the Cottonwood Institute will get you entry beginning at 6 p.m., and there shall be beer, wine and batched cocktails accessible for buy. Music begins at 7:30 p.m.

Ongoing
Farmers’ market season is in full swing, and we have a listing of each choice within the metro space.

Civic Heart EATS, an annual summer time gathering of a number of the metropolis’s greatest meals vans, is again for the 2023 season each Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. via September 14.

Head to Dairy Block via Labor Day to take a look at Konbini, an immersive artwork set up that replicates a Japanese comfort retailer, full with a collection of snack and drinks; it is open from midday to five p.m. Thursday and Sunday, and midday to eight p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Save the date:

August 10: American Elm is teaming up with Señor Bear for a five-course chef collaboration dinner dubbed American Bear. Tickets are $125 and a half cocktail pairing is accessible for a further $42 per individual. A la carte wine, beer, cocktails and different drinks may even be accessible.

August 10-13: The Vail Wine Traditional returns with quite a lot of occasions over three days, together with the Grand Tasting on August 11 and 12; tickets are on sale now.

August 15: The Broadmoor’s Restaurant 1858, positioned at Seven Falls Park, is kicking off a brand new collection of whiskey dinners with Distillery 291. The primary occasion will begin at 6 p.m. and tickets, $115 per individual, can be found on OpenTable.

August 15: Study tequila and mezcal at Palenque in Littleton. From 6 to 9 p.m., there shall be an academic tasting in addition to a family-style meal with tortas, pozole, gorditas, tacos and flan. Tickets are $55 per personm and you may reserve your area by way of the shape on the restaurant’s web site.

August 17-19: A few of Denver’s prime cooks, together with Fruition proprietor Alex Seidel and Paul C. Reilly, proprietor of Coperta and Apple Blossom, shall be collaborating in Telluride Reserve, a three-day meals fest. Tickets for quite a lot of occasions, together with the grand tasting, can be found on-line.

August 19: Westword‘s Tacolandia returns to Civic Heart Park for a day of limitless tacos, leisure and extra. Tickets, $45-$75, are on sale now.

August 19: Asian Women Ignite presents the second annual ElevAsian Evening Market Fundraiser, throughout which you’ll eat, drink and store from AAPI women-led eating places and companies together with No Ke Aloha, MAKfam, Mukja, Yuan Wonton and Zin Zin Burmese Delicacies. Grownup tickets begin at $64.99.

August 24-25: The Colorado Wine Stroll is again. Hosted by Blanchard Household Wines within the Dairy Block, you’ll be able to sip your approach via twelve of Colorado’s greatest city and Western Slope wineries. The occasion kicks off with a Colorado Wine Dinner on August 24 at 6 p.m., adopted by the grand tasting on August 25 at 7 p.m. with limitless wine samples, reside music, meals distributors and extra. Tickets begin at $50.

August 24-26: Head to the hills for the Breckenridge Wine Traditional, which features a two-day Grand Tasting together with seminars and different particular occasions. Get tickets on-line.

September 6-9: Denver Meals + Wine Competition returns with 5 days of occasions together with Shake + Brake Showdown, a cocktail competitors fueled by bites from meals vans, and the grand tasting. Proceeds from pageant occasions go to the Colorado Restaurant Basis to fund quite a lot of applications that help the business. Tickets can be found on-line.

September 9: Lakewood Meals and Wine will happen at Belmar Plaza from 1 to five p.m. Tasting tickets, $50, are on sale now.

September 28: Feast! Tickets are actually on sale right here for Westword‘s annual celebration of the eating scene, set for the McNichols Constructing from 7 to 10 p.m. Taking part eating places embody Safta, Anyone Individuals, ADOBO, Roaming Buffalo, Aloy Trendy Thai and extra.

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