Say goodbye to the Mercury Cafe, and other things to do in Denver

BEST BETS >> THINGS TO DO AROUND DENVER THIS WEEK

Your best bets for the week also include Amyl & The Sniffers at Mission Ballroom and tanks pours at Wanderment Brewing

Barquentine Brewing in Edgewater has added wine, spirits, and food to its menu, including a 75-year-old recipe for bierock, a savory pastry pocket sandwich that originated in Eastern Europe. BARQUENTINE BREWING

Amyl & The Sniffers will play the Mission Ballroom in Denver on Monday. JOHN ANGUS STEWART 2024 @PHCFILMS FOR ALL

Chef Jeremy Wolgamott plans to open a Southern-style restaurant in Colorado called Restaurant Argot. But in the meantime, he is hosting a pop-up dinner on Tuesday at Create Kitchen and Bar inside the Stanley Marketplace in Aurora. PROVIDED BY JEREMY WOLGAMOTT

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Bierock ‘n’ Roll

Saturday. Barquentine Brewing, located inside the Edgewater Public Market, 5505 W. 20th Ave., celebrates its fifth anniversary Saturday with a big party, live music, bouncy castles and a surprise announcement: the brewery has added food, wine and cocktails.

The food menu will be anchored by bierstock, savory potato-based pocket sandwiches from Eastern Europe, the brewery said. The recipe comes from brewery co-owner Ed Knudson’s family; Knudson has been making them himself for 35 years. Classic bierock is made with seasoned ground beef, fresh sauerkraut and mozzarella. Other varieties will include an Italian bierock, a Cuban bierock, a pesto chicken bierock and a vegetarian bierock.

Need more beer? Of course you do. One-year-old Wanderment Brewing, 800 E. 64th Ave. in Denver, hosts its first Kölsch release on Saturday. Inspired by co-owner John Flaherty’s trip to Cologne, Germany, the beer was brewed using traditional methods, Wanderment said. It will be served poured either directly from the tank “for a naturally carbonated, unfiltered experience” or filtered from the taps. Flaherty will be on hand to chat and lead tours of the brewhouse.

Sniffing success

Monday. An excellent and furious rock band, Amyl & The Sniffers blew the lid off The Underground Music Showcase in Denver in 2024, resulting in one of the most talked-about sets at the annual festival on Broadway. Now the Australian band — formed in Melbourne in 2016 — returns to play the much larger Mission Ballroom, a testament to their popularity locally.

Led by lead singer Amy Taylor, the pub rock/punk foursome performs a different high-energy set list every night on its North American Tour, including older favorites and new material from “Cartoon Darkness,” an album released in 2024. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show start at $59. Mission Ballroom is located at 4242 Wynkoop St. Get more information at axs.com.

Roll into NOLA

Tuesday. After leaving his job as executive chef at Bistro Vendome last fall, Jeremy Wolgamott has been working to open a new restaurant that reflects his upbringing in both Denver and Louisiana (where he spent 13 years cooking): Colorado ingredients to create family-style Southern meals, as he calls it. Since Restaurant Argot doesn’t have an address yet, though, he’s hosting a pop-up dinner on April 1 at Create Kitchen and Bar inside the Stanley Marketplace.

Tickets are $60 each and will likely include dishes like hushpuppies with butter and smoked trout roe, white barbecue chicken, field pea salad, pimento mac and cheese, cornbread and lemon icebox pie. Drinker purchases are separate. The three-course family-style dinner runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Stanley, 2501 Dallas St. in Aurora. Get tickets and information at restaurantargot.com.