Evergreen Bread & Cocktail Lounge Can Cater Food for Parties, Gatherings, and Business Events

By Jo Ann M. Colton Special to Lifestyles

Evergreen Bread & Cocktail Lounge at 1260 Bergen Parkway in Evergreen, Colorado is gaining a fabulous following of foodies and food lovers who enjoy hardy soups, hot/cold mouthwatering sandwiches, tasty breads baked in-house, garden-fresh salads, and more… Located in the Evergreen Marketplace in Bergen Village, the five-year old eatery is building a stellar reputation for its entire menu, including scratchmade pastas/ house-made sauces and other specialty selections.

The restaurant serves breakfast favorites and delicious lunch choices Tuesday-throughSunday from 8:00am-3:00pm, specialty coffees/ teas, pastries, and other assorted beverages. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, patrons can also visit the restaurant for Happy Hour (beer/wine/ cocktails) from 4:00-6:00pm and/or dinner service from 4:00-8:00pm.

space (for up to 30 people) is available for rental or the entire restaurant (75 people maximum) can be rented for parties and/or corporate meetings. With only a 48-hour notice, Evergreen Bread & Cocktail Lounge can cater everything from breakfast items to sandwich platters and more, and it can even customize a special menu that is just right for your specific event.

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“We’ve been told the word is spreading quickly throughout the Evergreen area that our food is delicious and our friendly restaurant staff caters to our customers,” said Kris Porter who owns the restaurant with her husband John and her sister-in-law Lisa Perl. “So now we want everyone to know that Evergreen Bread & Cocktail Lounge can also cater your next breakfast/brunch/ lunch/dinner family celebration or business gathering right here at our restaurant or at your home, office, or other offsite location. A private events

Evergreen Bread & Cocktail Lounge boasts ample parking, comfortable patio or inside café seating, and an open-view bakery where breads from fermented sour dough starter are baked onsite daily. Enjoy good food and drinks/ cocktails at two large banquet-style tables while meeting with friends and even making new friends. Evergreen Bread & Cocktail Lounge also offers takeout, online, and delivery service. Visit its website ( https://evergreenbreadlounge.com/) for its full menu, catering, wholesale bakery information, gift cards, and community support endeavors (“Dining for a Cause” or Auction events) held on the first Thursday of the month. The fall/winter holidays are just around the corner. Starting in October the restaurant will be taking pre-orders for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s breads/pies and bakery items as well as wholesome foods and “everything delicious” for family and friends gatherings, business parties, and corporate celebrations. Contact Kris Porter (303-862-7993) to discuss all your catering needs.

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From Page 2 engage and participate in face painting and a variety of cra projects available to them in the Children’s Tent located near the entrance of the festival.

Also, foodies will delight in delicious edible fare and thirst-quenching so drinks from the following food vendor booths: Keyes Concessions (funnel cakes, lemonade), Lazo Foods (empanadas and more), Rocky Mountain Wraps, Slife’s Devil Dogs and Sweet Freeze, and Tilford’s Pizza.

“I think the Evergreen Fine Arts Festival is so popular with locals and others from near and far because they know our festival features spectacular, art in various price ranges,” said Julie Sims. “Novice art collectors as well as seasoned art a cionados are bound to nd art pieces they just can’t live without!”

As you walk the grounds of the Buchanan Athletic Fields enjoying the artistic sights to behold at the 57th Annual Evergreen Fine Arts Festival, be sure to focus some of your time on the participating talented performers who will make our foothills come alive with the sounds of music.

Andy Potter, EFAF’s Music Coordinator will kick o the festival with an acoustic set. Other musicians include local singer/songwriter/musician, A Dam Duo; Concrete Feedback, a Colorado folkrock band with Americana sensibility; El Cholomon, tagged as “Latingrass;” North American guitarist El Javi who blends various music styles and techniques that create a unique eclectic acoustic fusion; Family Recipe, a ve-piece group that fuses jazz, bluegrass, and rock music; Mark Swaim, a Colorado born and bred musician excited to bring his music talent to the festival; and e Kind Mountain Band, a boot stomping, booty shaking rock ‘n roll and bluegrass music band. Fronting the baseball eld limited free handicap parking with a state issued placard or license plate is available and easily accessible to the festival. Paid parking spaces are located fronting the baseball eld. e paid parking area is also limited; however, these fees bene t Conifer High School So ball Team and Mountain Backpacks. It is strongly suggested that attendees utilize the designated free parking at Bergen Valley Elementary, 1422 Sugarbush Drive in Evergreen and Evergreen Middle School, 2059 Hiwan Drive. Beginning at 9:50 am, free shuttles run approximately every 20 minutes from these designated parking areas. e nal shuttle will leave the festival grounds at 5:00pm. Parking might be available at the RDT lot to the north, but it is not guaranteed nor is it associated with the festival. Absolutely no parking in the recreation center parking lot! Smoking and/or vaping at the festival site is prohibited.

“ e Evergreen Artists Association is comprised of seven amazing board members. It takes lots of people to put on this type of event,” said Festival CoChair Julie Sims. “We simply could not produce this event without our dedicated members, countless volunteers, and festival sponsors. We are thankful for each and every one of them as well as for Ellen Nelson, an amazing photographer, whose photos taken at our 2022 Evergreen Fine Arts Festival are shared within this article.”

“Last year we were paired with volunteers from Conifer High School’s National Honor Society and its National Art Honor Society,” Sims explained. “We also partner with local nonpro ts to run the paid parking area and all monies they make go directly to their organizations. We are truly so thankful to each and every one of our volunteers, contributors, and sponsors who have supported art in our foothills over the years and enable us to make this annual artful o ering such an enduring community event.” e Evergreen Artists Association presents one ($1750) scholarship each year to a graduating high school senior studying in the arts, one ($300) grant to an adult artist for supplies or anything that might further his/her artistic career, and one ($300) grant to a local school for use in its art program. e Evergreen Artists Association is proud to announce the 2023 winner of its High School Scholarship is Grace Gill who graduated from Conifer High School and will be attending the University of Northern Colorado in the fall to study Art Education. e 57th Annual Evergreen Fine Arts Festival o ers its attendees a plethora of artistic creations to see, enjoy, and purchase. e expressiveness of each artist’s imagination, vision, and original ideas will be on display at the Evergreen Fine Arts Festival… nd what pieces speak to you and make them your own!

Be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday, August 26-27 (10:00am-5:00pm) for the 57th Annual Evergreen Fine Arts Festival. Join us at the Buchanan Recreation Center Ball Fields, 32003 Ellingwood Trail in Evergreen for this “art and soul” weekend experience.