• Town Talk

Bare Escentuals: Bare Escentuals, 500 16th St., No. 123 (in the Pavilions on the 16th Street Mall) is a boutique-style store offering all natural mineral makeup, skin care products and free consultations.

Natural mineral makeup is the newest craze but has been around since forever. And Bare Escentuals began offering natural mineral makeup in the late ’70s in San Francisco.

Through March 29 they will host the “Make up Revolution” everyday by giving away free 10-day product samples and a brush. And get a $10 coupon with every $60 purchase.

Also, they will open early Sunday (from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.) for the “Rare Love” Valentine’s Day event.

Join them for an afternoon of girlfriends and glamour. There will be prizes, treats and special purchase packages of the products.

Normal hours are from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and from noon-6 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, call 303-623-2820, or visit www.bareescentuals.com.

Pictured are, from left, Jodi, a client and Krista.

Kitchen Table Cooking School/Espressole’ Caffe: Enjoy both a cooking school and a coffee café at Kitchen Table Cooking School/Espressole’ Caffee, 5375 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village (at the Village Shops at the Landmark).

Kitchen Table Cooking School is a school for groups of adult, kids and couples. And Espressole is a coffee café with a more European view to life.

And enjoy fresh-made pastries and goodies from Kitchen Table at Espressole’.

They also have a store to shop for high-end kitchen gadgets and cookware. And they cater. Whew, that’s a lot under one roof!!

Kitchen Table will host a class for couples every month beginning with “A Night for Lovers” on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 6:30-9 p.m. for $200. 

Start the evening with a glass of champagne and a rose and get cooking. Wines will be paired with decadent chocolate.

And at Espressole’ you can now enjoy the sounds of live music every Friday and Saturday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. while enjoying their specialty desserts and one adult drink. 

Call 303-220-9769 or visit www.kitchentablegv.com for more information and for hours.

Pictured are, from left, chefs Michael Knopf and Cody Knopf (Phil the barista is in the background making a cup of tea for a customer).

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: There’s plenty of sweet treats at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 500 16th St., Ste. 121 (on the 16th Street Mall at the Pavilions).

Along with lots of chocolate, of course, they have caramel apples, homemade fudge and much more. And they have sugar-free goodies as well. 

Stop in for a sample of the day — usually the caramel apples with or without nuts, with M&Ms and many other toppings.

For Valentine’s weekend, they will make large quantities of their famous chocolate-dipped strawberries in milk, white and dark chocolate. Order early and order now, or drop by to pick up yours for your Valentine.

For more information and hours, call 303-629-5500 or visit www.rockymountainchocolatefactory.com.

Pictured are, from left, Sandy, Chrisi and Heather.

Mangia Bevi Café: Find European-style café food and beverages with an Italian twist and influence at Mangia Bevi Café, 6363 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village.

Mangia is a breakfast- and lunch-only place, but they are open evenings for private parties or special events like Valentine’s Day in conjunction with John Madden’s Palazzo Verdi art museum across the courtyard hallway. 

Developer Madden built the building that houses office for two tenants: the museum and Mangia Bevi. 

Since they are the only restaurant in the local area for businesses in that area, they offer dine-in or take-out, or they will prepare and cater to the businesses.

If you mention you saw this town talk, Mangia will give you a free small cup of coffee (regular fresh brew plain Illy’s coffee with the purchase of a breakfast pizza roll in one of three choices — veggie, bacon or sausage).

For more information and hours, call 303-763-1980.

The Walnut Room: Lunch, dinner, pizza parlor, music venue and bar — you’ll find this all at the Walnut Room, 3101 Walnut St.

The Walnut has great pizza and sandwiches for lunch and dinner. You can dine in or take out.

And the Walnut has live music and entertainment — check out www.thewalnutroom.com for a list of showings.

The Walnut has daily lunch specials, and their happy hour is from 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and from 2-5 p.m. on weekends where you score half off wine, well and draft drinks.  They also have plenty of other specials, so visit the Web site or call 303-292-0529.

Pictured are Marcus and Denise of the Walnut.

Move Masters: Move green with Move Masters, 745 Lipan St.

The professional moving and storage company recycles all boxes and moving materials, and use only biodegradable peanuts when packing. They also use low-sulfur diesel fuel for their moving trucks — they will move you with as little impact to the environment as possible.

More Matters started in 1981 and today is under the same ownership. 

They have an unparalleled reputation for carefully handling any type of furniture.

They have an on-site storage facility with 24-hour surveillance.

And they’ve had a A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau for the last 27 years.

For more information and hours, visit www.movemastersdenver.com or call 303-893-8200.

Pictured is Randy, the owner. Tell them we sent you.

Famous Pizza: Get pizzas, subs, salads, burgers and desserts at Famous Pizza, 5708 E. Colfax Ave.

Right now you can score a large 16-inch pizza with three toppings and choice of Greek or chef’s salad for only $15.99. Or get two 14-inch pizzas with two toppings for only $18.99 when you mention this town talk. What a deal!

And their pizzas are made from fresh ingredients daily!  For more information and for hours, call 303-388-7767. Pictured is Tony Bugaighis, the owner.

Penn Garage: We can all use a deal right now, and you can score free labor on an oil change if you mention this town talk at Penn Garage, 1300 Ogden St.

Penn does maintenance and major repairs on all imports and domestic vehicles. It started out over 80 years ago just down the street on Penn. It moved to the current location in 1997 and has been there ever since. 

Penn Garage is open from 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

For more information on Penn, call 303-831-7777.

YMCA: At the YMCA (this one at 3901 E. Yale Ave.), they build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.

The fitness facility has ways to get your heart in shape during Heart Healthy Month.

And you can score some deals right now. If you mention this town talk, you’ll get a free day pass. And if you mention this blurb and join any of their five Denver Front Range locations by Feb. 14th, they’ll waive your joining fee (up to $75 in savings).

For more information, call 720-524-2750 or visit www.denverymca.org.

Pictured is Brad, Lauren and Neil.

Melissa Leo on Whiteley: Listen to Academy Award-nominated actress Melissa Leo on Gil Whiteley’s “Nooner” show at 12:40 p.m. today on AM 1510. 

Whiteley also is a Denver Daily News sports and film columnist. 

Leo was nominated in the best actress category for the film “Frozen River.”

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