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Food & Drink: Local specialities include fresh rainbow trout, buffalo and elk steaks and Mexican dishes. There are also restaurants offering Southeast Asian cuisine, innovative New Southwestern cuisine and international cuisines in every price range. For a distinctly Colorado-style meal, visitors can visit one of the many small breweries and brew pubs in Denver, Boulder and many mountain towns, which offer freshly-brewed local beer and delicious food.
Colorado brews more beer than any other State in the USA. Many of the 30 locally-brewed beers on tap in Denver are not available in any other city, while the internationally-known Coors beer offers free tours around its brewery, the largest-single brewing facility in the world. Minimum legal drinking age is 21 and ID may be requested in order to purchase or consume alcohol. Bars stop serving alcohol at 0200.
Nightlife: The Denver Performing Arts Complex is the largest performing arts complex under one roof in the USA, and houses seven theatres including the Boettcher Concert Hall. Among the other varied entertainments in the city there are smaller venues staging theatre, popular music, jazz, dance, comedy and country & western music. For detailed information on scheduled events, visitors can consult The Denver Post or the Rocky Mountain News. Many of the ski resorts, notably Aspen and Vail, have countless restaurants, bars and other après-ski diversions.
Shopping: Denver offers extensive shopping facilities. Cherry Creek Shopping Center, the Denver Pavillions (located on the 16th Street Mall), Park Meadows Center (the first shopping centre in the USA that resembles a beautiful mountain lodge) and Larimer Square all offer a pleasant shopping environment. Denver now has three factory outlet shopping centres: Castle Rock (situated 20 minutes south of Denver), Silverthorne in Summit County and Rocky Mountain Factory Outlets at Loveland. Aspen in the Rocky Mountains has an unsurpassed range of shops and upmarket boutiques selling all the top designer lines. Special buys in Colorado include gold earrings and necklaces, Native American jewellery, Navajo rugs, and handicrafts such as pottery, wind chimes and wildlife sculptures.
Sport: Colorado is truly a paradise for the sports enthusiast. The Rocky Mountains offer unparalleled skiing in winter as well as every other form of winter sport, while the mountain landscape offers such summer sports as whitewater rafting, hiking, mountain biking, horseriding, fishing, golf and tennis. Popular spectator sports include football, basketball, hockey and baseball – Denver has teams in all of the professional leagues.
Special Events: The following is a selection of events taking place in 2003: Jan 11-16 National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, Denver. Feb 22 Buffalo Bill’s Birthday Celebration, Denver. Mar 15 St Patrick’s Day Parade, Denver. Mar 21-23 Denver Pow Wow (annual Native American gathering). May 2-4 Cinco de Mayo (celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture), Denver. Jun Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telluride; Annual Colorado Brewers Festival, Fort Collins; Springspree Celebration, Colorado Springs. Jun 14-Aug 3 Renaissance Festival, Larkspur. Jul 4-6 Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver. Aug Colorado Irish Festival, Denver. Aug 2-Sep 1 Festival of Mountain and Plain: A Taste of Colorado, Civic Center Park, Denver. Aug 9-10 Colorado Scottish Festival, Denver. Oct 4-7 Oktoberfest, Larimer Square, Denver; Denver International Film Festival. Dec Blossoms of Light (the Botanic Gardens become a wonderland filled with giant flowers made from lights), Denver; Parade of Lights (a two-mile holiday parade).
Note: The ski resorts all hold their own individual festivals during the winter season including season opening and closing celebrations, Christmas markets, competition events, carnivals and torchlight parades.
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