As we move into the three-day weekend wondering what our Memorial Day barbecues will look like, we at least know the following have our backs with cocktail kits, catering options, and even meat ready to grill.  

Summer Porch Pounders:

Barcelona Wine Bar (2900 Larimer St., Denver) is upping the Happy Hour game for summer with a Happy Hour Box assortment of Spanish apertivo snacks; think marinated olives, house made pickles, meats and cheeses, rosemary roasted almonds and the restaurant’s famed patatas bravas. Pick up a cocktail kit to accompany, like the Barcelona Gin and Tonic (Hendrick’s gin, fever tree Mediterranean tonic and assorted garnishes), the Bourbon Spice Rack for four (lemon juice, cardamom, lavender-infused maple syrup) and the makings for Barcelona’s Guns & Rosés sangria, a kit of fresh lemon, grapefruit infused peach nectar and optional bottle of Lillet Rosé.

 Chook Chicken (4340 E 8th Ave and 1300 S Pearl St, Denver) welcomes the warm weather with a quartet of Patio Cocktail Kits, perfect for patio sipping on warm afternoons. We’re talking complete sets with full bottles of spirits, mixers and garnishes, with choices ranging from Aperol Spritz, Summer Gin & Tonic (both $40 each), Moscow Mule and Paloma (each $35), designed for several rounds of summer cocktail enjoyment at home.

Memorial Day Options & Specials:

5280 Burger Bar (4301 Main Street, Westminster) knows we like to grill anything and everything when the weather’s nice, and just in time for Memorial Day the team rolled the 5280 Grill Packs, with your choice of 4 Angus beef burgers, marinated and seasoned chicken breasts, or black bean & quinoa patties. Sides in the pack include corn on the cob, wrapped in foil and ready to throw on the grill, potato buns, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sliced onions, coleslaw for the group and homemade 5280 Sauce. Packs serve 4 and are $29.95 each, call 720-887-5970 for more information or to order your Grill Pack.

Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with a Take-Home Lobster Roll Kit from Steuben’s Uptown. A Steuben’s signature, the New England Lobster Roll features live lobsters flown from Kittery, Maine. They steam, shell and portion. Each roll offers 4.25 oz. of fresh tail, knuckle and claw meat. Order through Thursday 5/22 using the online form here. Pick up on Saturday 5/23 & Sunday 5/24.  Lobster Roll Kit ($150 – feeds 4) includes:

·         Maine Lobster Roll Salad or Connecticut Lobster Roll Filling

·         4 split top buns

·         House-made potato chips

·         House-made half sour pickles

·         Summer pasta salad

·         4 house-made Whoopie Pies

·         4 Samuel Adams beers

As graduation celebrations take new life through the summer, popular catering-turned-takeout restaurant,  A Spice of Life (5541 Central Ave, #272, Boulder) is offering Graduation Platters for your at-home graduation celebrations. Slider platters, cold platters and dips (think house-smoked salmon platter, chef’s cheese platter, housemade hummus) and hors d’oeuvres platters (crab cake remoulade, spring rolls, spanakopita, samosas) and customizable cakes are available to make grads and families feel special. Call the team at 303-443-4049 for more information.

Bigsby’s Folly, the craft winery in RiNo, is offering holiday BBQ meals to go. 

·         Meats: Pulled Pork, Smoked, Dry-Rubbed Wings, Oskar Blues Beer Brats, Baby Back Ribs

·         Sides: Mac & Cheese, Corn Off the Cobb, Steakhouse Potato Salad, Bacon Deviled Eggs, Watermelon Salad

·         Desserts: Individual Key Lime or Berry Tartlets, Pecan Pie Bars, Chocolate Chip Cookies

·         BBQ For Two: $35

o    Choice of 2 Meats, 2 Sides, Hawaiian Rolls

·         Family BBQ (Serves 4) $70

o    Choice of 4 Meats, 4 Sides, Hawaiian Rolls

·         Pre-order here - package Pre-Orders due Thursday at 4pm. Pick-up or delivery available Saturday (Noon-7pm), Sunday (Noon-7pm) or Monday (Noon-5pm)

If you’re looking to grill this Memorial Day Weekend, look no further than Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse (8100 E Orchard Rd, Denver) who is offering a variety of fresh, uncooked cuts of meat to grill to your liking. Their cuts of fresh meat offerings is quite extensive, which includes their 8 ounce Prime Ground Beef Patty ($4 each), 22 ounce Prime Bone in NY Strip ($26), the 4, 8 or 12 ounce Filet Mignon or select Del’s 24 ounce Prime Porterhouse ($29 each). Wagyu Tomahawk, Ribeye, Dry Aged Double Bone in Ribeye to Japanese, American and Australian Wagyu is also available. Del’s offers an extensive seafood selection including Fresh Salmon Filets, Seabass, Ahi Tuna, Jumbo Lump Crab Meat, Sea Scallops and Fresh Shrimp. Chicken Wings ($6.50 a pound) and slab or sliced bacon is also available. To place your cuts of meat order for Memorial Day, call (303) 796-0100