Five Great Dates: First Date

Get to know the newbie in your life out on the towns: taste the trucks in Longmont, the best bites in Boulder, get boozy and learn a little.

Grab dinner on the go with a Culinary Connectors walking tour in Boulder (Fridays) or at the Prospect food trucks in Longmont (Mondays). Culinary Connectors’ walking tours usually feature three local restaurants, their chefs and a guide to keep you and your date engaged and excited. Prospect’s food trucks grow in number and gourmet constantly, but count on a cheap, unexpected display of delectable cart food every time. It’s perfect for a quick get-to-know-your-tastes dinner so you can skip the Asian/Mexican/Thai/Gourmet American Comfort Food…debate.

Experience Bitter Bar’s new look with a cocktail mixing class hosted by brilliant mixologist Mark Stoddard or soak up a little speakeasy-style—they’ll even let you slip out the back door down the alley. While you’re there, check out the spot’s amazing dessert line-up: The chewy hazelnut financier’ll have you salivating with elderflower poached pears and crispy hazelnut honeycomb.

For a sobering date, Crackpots in Longmont boasts awesome break-the-ice options: glass fusing, silver clay stamping and mosaics. Whimsy in Erie focuses a bit more on the booze with signature cocktails and painting, but warns outside drink-bringers will be dipped in paint and booed.

Culinary Connectors: Restaurants throughout Boulder, Denver and Aspen, 303.495.5487

Fridays, 3pm–5pm. Buy tickets online at culinaryconnectors.com/tour/walking-tours.

Food Truck Night: Lonosphere St., Prospect, Longmont

Monday, 5pm–10pm

Bitter Bar: 9th and Walnut streets, Boulder, 303.442.3050

5pm–close, Monday through Saturday; closed Sunday

Crackpots: 505 Main St., Longmont, 303.776.2211

Monday–Wednesday, 10am–8pm; Thursday–Saturday, 10am–10pm; Sunday, noon–5pm

Calendar online at ecrackpots.com

Whimsy Paint & Sip Art Studio: 500 Briggs St., Erie, 303.665.7026

Register for classes online in advance.

Boulder Outdoor Cinema: 2012 line-up not yet released.