Gluten-free sweets that actually deliver? You bet.

Learn to create beautiful cupcakes while sipping on wine and snacking on other small bites. Denver’s Mermaid Bakery will provide professional cupcake instruction, and you'll end up with six cupcakes that you can take home. Sat 3-5 p.m.

From gourmet pizzerias and beer gardens to eclectic boutiques and Asian markets, our Mile High suburbs are overflowing with places worth discovering. We’ve pulled together an assortment of spots that embody the vibrant, appealingly quirky spirit of our city’s outlying areas. So read up, get out there, and try something new in the next town over.