Seedstock Brewery is one of 24 local businesses participating in Colorado Craft Brewery Bingo. Pick up a bingo card and a crowler to support your fave local brewery while taprooms are closed. Image courtesy of Seedstock Brewery. Support our local breweries while taprooms are closed (and maybe take the edge off all that time at home with the fam!). Pick up a Colorado Craft Brewery Bingo card and use it as a guide to sample crowlers around the Denver area. Because sometimes #DoingMyPartCO is fun! No, you can’t hang out in your favorite bar right now, but you can still support your favorite De ..read more

Here’s one more way to support local businesses…order a Denver coffee subscription from a local coffee shop so you can enjoy your usual cup of java at home. Coffee shops have long been at the heart of community gathering places and, though they have to shutter their doors temporarily, we don’t want them to go away for good. Many are still open for to-go orders, but what if you’re not leaving your house? This weekend when my husband mentioned we were running low, I remembered that a number of local coffee shops offer subscription services. Here’s a round-up of Denver coffee subscriptions you c ..read more

Leever’s Locavore on W. 38th Avenue is open and customers are finding it pretty well stocked with produce, meats, dairy, and local specialty items. Times are certainly changing, but we still all have to eat, and these Denver local grocers are staying open to support us during the COVID outbreak, so let’s support them! Okay, guys, I know this is a kind-of scary time, but now more than ever it’s important to support our local businesses. Our local guys are going to take a hit more than big business, and because they’re our friends, our neighbors, and a part of our community, it’s so important ..read more

Click to view slideshow. Last week we published our Denver Holiday Gift Guide, Part I: The Best Stuff to Give. This week, we’re sharing Part II: The Best Denver Experience Gifts in 2019. Because sometimes the best gifts aren’t those you unwrap, but rather those that unfold. I’ve long loved giving experience gifts to family and friends…be it food, drinks, music, books or anything else they can consume and enjoy rather than something that collects dust on a shelf. And I know I can’t be the only one because the last two year’s experience gift guides, 25 Denver Experience Gifts to Delight Everyone ..read more

How much of your Thanksgiving dinner do you actually want to cook this year? All? Some? None? Here are 12 local Denver spots that will help you enjoy Thanksgiving dinner no matter your cooking preference. Simplify your Thanksgiving this year! Whether you want to cook the whole meal, only part of the meal, or even don’t want to cook at all, there’s a local spot that’s got you covered. Here are 14 Denver businesses that will make Thanksgiving dinner a lot easier this year. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year, but it’s the eating I enjoy, not all the prep work and cooking. If you’r ..read more

Baby Fresh Organics joins SupperBell in making your life easier by delivering a healthy dinner to your door that even the youngest family members will enjoy.  It was about two years ago that my sister first introduced me to SupperBell when she gave me a gift card for my birthday. She swore it was going to be a life saver, one that she understood I very much needed. We were both exhausted mamas with two-month-old babes at home and older kiddos running circles around us. We were in those sleep-deprived early months of babydom, where just taking a shower counts as a daily accomplishment. And, t ..read more

Image courtesy of GoFarm Summertime is nearly upon us (though you wouldn’t know it by today’s snow!) and with it comes delicious, freshly picked fruit and veggies. Sure, you can stop by the farmers market when you can, or you can sign up for a weekly CSA delivery of farm-fresh produce (or even flowers). Here are 5 Denver CSAs where you can still snag a member share for the summer.  Just because you don’t have a green thumb, doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy freshly picked fruits and veggies all summer long. Denver CSAs (community-supported agriculture) offer the perfect solution for those of us ..read more

Photo courtesy of Delicious Denver Food Tours. Delicious Denver Food Tours explores Denver’s booming food scene with yummy bites, fresh libations, and charming stories about restaurants, history and art. Contributor Suzanne Brown takes you along as she noshes and day-drinks her way through some of Denver’s best restaurants.  One deliciously sunny Sunday, I took a trip to Naples, Argentina, Alaska, Baja Mexico, Colorado, and Spain. All without leaving Denver. I savored earthy pizza, crispy empanadas, reindeer hot dogs, puffy tacos, tart cheese, and sweet churros. And I never had to make a r ..read more

With hundreds of locally owned vendor spaces, The District Shops at Cherry Creek North, which opened up last year, is like a pop-up market every day. Here’s a peek inside the shops you’ll find there. Less than a year ago, a different kind of shop local experience popped up in Denver. Though similar in layout, and even vendors, to the local maker pop-up markets like Denver Flea (recently rebranded Fetch), Denver Bazaar, and HaHo Market,  The District Shops differs in one very important way: it’s open year-round, seven days a week in a permanent location. A collective of hundreds of local busi ..read more

Temper Chocolates and Confections, located in Denver Central Market, are not only delicious, they also make for a beautiful presentation. Flowers are nice, but chocolate is always better. From beautiful works of art to gluten-free, here are 5 ways to spoil your beloved with locally made Colorado chocolates this Valentine’s Day.  I often hear people say, “I don’t do Valentine’s Day.” To which I say, “Okay, I get that. But do you do chocolate?” Because no matter your taste, isn’t chocolate that one thing that we can all agree on? As my husband knows, I strongly believe that chocolate is a fan ..read more