text: Denver's Best Food and Drink Things to Do for the Week of November 26-30, 2018 | Westword
  Amy Antonation | November 26, 2018 | 5:55am
  Try the delicious huevos rancheros at Four Friends Kitchen while supporting Cooking Matters Colorado this week.
  If Thanksgiving gluttony is already a distant memory, keep reading — and even if it isn't, man cannot live on memories of mashed potatoes alone, so carry on perusing our list of six great food and drink events this week (then carry on carrying on for events in December and beyond).
  Hotbox Roasters Cafe is providing the doughnuts for Infinite Monkey Theorem's doughnut and wine pairing.
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  If you like booze pairings, you know that just about every sweet treat has already been paired with beer, wine or cocktails: cookies, cupcakes, chocolates, candies, pie (that last one never gets old). Next up? Kimchi, foie gras and tacos (for something less sugary, we hope). But on Monday, November 26, the Infinite Monkey Theorem Urban Winery, 3200 Larimer Street, is sticking to the tried and true with a doughnut and wine pairing at 6 p.m. And since the pastries (from Hotbox Roasters Cafe) and wine are both delicious, who are we to argue with an established formula? Email david@theinfinitemonkeytheorem.com to reserve your spot for the $20, three-course event; details are up on the winery's Facebook page.
  'Tis the Season for Indulgence...and Truffles
  Nonna's Balances Classic Italian and Chicago-Style Street Fare
  Practice your Italian — yes, that's right — at Bistro Vendôme on Tuesday, November 27.
  Bistro Vendôme will be thinking outside the boîte on Tuesday, November 27, as it sets aside its usual French fare for Sicilian cuisine. Starting at 6 p.m., the kitchen at 1420 Larimer Street will be turning out southern Italian dishes (albeit with French-inspired flavors) in honor of local author Jude Randazzo's latest novel, The Gray Fedora, which chronicles the travels of a young Irish-American to Italy in the 1860s. For $92, diners will indulge in a four-course meal and wine pairings and leave with a signed copy of the book. Call the restaurant at 303-825-3232 or email host@bistrovendome.com to reserve your posta al tavola.
  Mountain food at Firenze a Tavola is a bit different than what you find in the Rockies.
  What comes to mind when you think of Colorado mountain cuisine? There's the good stuff (great craft beer) and the not-so-good (really, really overpriced ski-resort bar food). But mountain food isn't all the same, as Firenze a Tavola, 4401 Tennyson Street, proves at its community table on Wednesday, November 28, when the menu will be inspired by Italian Alpine flavors. The four-course menu ($35) includes four-cheese rigatoni with peas and crispy pancetta; roasted pork with mushrooms and rosemary and garlic potatoes; and a ricotta tart. Find the full menu at parisidenver.com/firenzeatavola, then call or text 940-367-2977 to secure your seat for a meal that will be much more satisfying than that $18 order of gelid mozzarella sticks you had the last time you were in Vail.
  While the decor at Ophelia's Electric Soapbox isn't kid-friendly, you can help hungry children by eating at the joint on Thursday, November 29, for Cooking Matters' Dine Out to End Childhood Hunger.
  You need dinner tonight, right? And it's Thursday — practically the weekend! There's absolutely no reason to start that weekend with the laborious task of firing up the stove and cooking, so choose from one of the restaurants that are participating in Cooking Matters Colorado's Dine Out to End Childhood Hunger on Thursday, November 29. Visit any of the thirty eateries partnering with the nonprofit that teaches parents of infants and toddlers how to shop smarter and cook healthy food, and 10 to 20 percent of your bill will be donated to the organization. GQue Championship Barbecue, the Kitchen, Modern Market and Four Friends Kitchen are just a few restaurants teaming up for the cause; find the complete list on the Cooking Matters Facebook page.
  Charcoal Bistro, 1028 South Gaylord Street, is showing its Scandinavian side on Thursday, November 29, as it brings in Great Divide brews for a beer dinner starting at 5 p.m. The four-course, $49 meal includes northern European flavors such as smoked salmon and potato pancakes with mustard, sour cream and dill paired with Hibernation English Style Old Ale; caraway schnitzel with Colette Farmhouse Ale (which also features in the braised cabbage and apples that accompany the pork); and a decidedly un-Scandinavian, defiantly American state-fair dessert of fried chipotle corn dogs, devils on horseback, candy bars and doughnuts served with Strawberry Rhubarb Sour Ale. Visit charcoalbistro.com to find the full menu; call the restaurant at 303-953-8718 to reserve your table.
  Art, culture and good food are all part of the Comal experience.
  If you haven't made it to Comal yet — and unless you work near the Taxi Building, 3455 Ringsby Court, chances are you haven't, since it's only open for weekday lunch — you've got a rare opportunity to grab dinner at the eclectic Mexican/Syrian joint on Wednesday, December 5. From 6 to 8:30 p.m., the restaurant will serve its final Impact Dinner of 2018, with proceeds benefiting nonprofits Focus Point Family Resource Center and Colorado Village Collaborative. For $75 (tickets are on sale at Eventbrite), diners will get a five-course Mexican feast with wine and cocktail pairings; highlights of the meal promise to be fried chicken in a pepita and tomatillo sauce and and consomme de res, braised beef short rib served in a rich bone broth over rice. If you're feeling extra-hungry, chef's-counter tickets are available for $125 and include additional courses of king crab, scallops and winter truffles, but hurry: Only four counter tickets are available for this dinner.
  Alpaca sweater, and Denver breweries will bring the booze to Denver Beer Festivus.
  During the fifteenth annual Denver Restaurant Week, hundreds of Denver's top restaurants will offer multi-course dinners for three tasty prices: $25, $35 or $45. Stay tuned to Visit Denver for a list of participants and menus.