Dining Al Fresco On Larimer Square

This past Saturday afternoon was such a beautiful day, I decided to go biking when I got home from the Stanley Arts Festival (discussed on a previous blog), and passed through Denver's Cherry Creek neighborhood, the 16th Street Mall, Lower Downtown, and the River North neighborhood.  On the way home, I also went through Larimer Square, an historic district with some of Denver's oldest buildings, and was surprised to see the street closed off for "Dining Al Fresco."  And what most surprised me was the large crowd.  I checked the event out on the internet when I got home, and evidently this festival takes place once a month during the summer, and is sponsored by ten restaurants located on Larimer Square.  All of these restaurants are quite pricey, which is probably why this event has never been on my radar.  The only place I could actually afford on this street is The Market, which has been on Larimer Square since I arrived here 38 years ago and whose blue awning can be seen in the middle of the above photograph.  I suppose I could have ordered a sandwich to go, grabbed a seat outside, and then placed a drink order (the bars were outside on the street), but unfortunately I am also too cheap to pay bail money, and so I simply biked on home.