Cassie has a lovely group of friends, and it was a lot of fun organizing a progressive dinner to some of Boulder’s best restaurants and bars for this group of cocktail-loving foodies.
We started at OAK at Fourteenth for a house-bottled soda as our first cocktail. When the bride-to-be tells me she wants a dinner that features cocktails, it’s pretty much a given that we’re going to include OAK.
I also wanted to start off on the lighter side, so OAK’s Kale and Apple salad made a great first stop.
Cassie let me know that cocktails were preferred, and beer tasting would be fun, but they weren’t much of a wine-drinking crowd. So, beer flights all around at our next stop, West Flanders Brewing.
West Flanders seated us in their second floor dining room and let each one of us pick the four beers we wanted to taste. They served some Hummus with Flatbread and Veggies and Devils on Horseback (bacon wrapped dates… love them!) for our second appetizer stop.
Our third stop was another cocktail and an entree at Riffs. The group enjoyed a light cocktail paired with a Mahi-Mahi dish prepared exclusively for us.
We were delighted to hear Chef Platt was serving this dish only to us this evening. It wasn’t on the menu, wasn’t a special, but made just for our group. Nice touch!
After organizing a number of progressive dinners and bachelorette parties, I’ve learned that dessert isn’t really craved and devoured my most people, especially ladies. So, I made our last stop another cocktail at The Bitter Bar and gave everyone a little chocolate goodie bag prepared for them by Piece, Love, and Chocolate so they could enjoy dessert at their leisure.
Cheers, ladies! It was a really fun evening.