Compleat Gourmet turns 27
Centennial’s Compleat Gourmet celebrates its birthday with a weekend of events including a Friday afternoon demo and book signing by Diana Armstrong (“Somewhere South of Tuscany”) and a Saturday demo by Daniel Joly of Mirabelle restaurant in Beaver Creek. 7592 S. University Blvd. Info: or 303-290-9222.
Frasca 3.0
First came Frasca’s pizza joint, Locale, in January. Now the second offshoot of 2011, Caffè, is serving soups, salads, sandwiches and sweets. And coffee, in every Italian iteration you can think of — cappuccino, espresso, macchiato, etc. Open 9:30 a.m. until 8 p.m., seven days. 1738 Pearl St., Boulder.
Happy birthday, Rhea Perlman
Everyone knows her name, or at least her alter-ego’s: Rhea Perlman’s “Cheers” character, Carla Tortelli, may be the best-known bar waitress ever to hit the small screen. Perlman turns 63 on Thursday. How about a round of Boilermakers?
Boilermaker
Makes 1 drink.
Ingredients
1 shot whiskey
1 cold beer
Directions
Toss back the whiskey shot, chase with beer. (Alternative: Pour shot into beer, and drink.)
