Our fourth year in Denver was our best one yet.
On Thursday, March 26, more than 20 of Denver’s top chefs and kitchens set up side by side at SKYLIGHT on Santa Fe Drive, each cooking their own take on pozole. El Levanton pork pozole, seafood pozole, verde, rojo, beef cheek pozole negro, bison pozole, and yes, a pozole bagel. More than 300 labels of agave spirits poured alongside them, plus cocktails, mocktails, wine and beer, with DJ Ricardo keeping the room moving.
Bowl of ‘Zole is a room full of top chefs who respect each other, feeding a room full of people who came hungry and thirsty, and this was our seventh year doing it overall. Everybody left a little warmer than they arrived.
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A room full of pozole
Your all-inclusive ticket gets you the whole room: wander table to table in any order you like, a cup of pozole in one hand and a taste of mezcal, sotol or tequila in the other, and go back for as many as you want. Dana Rodriguez’s Work & Class served a beef cheek pozole negro. Sauce Everywhere brought bison pozole with fresh tortillas, and a lot of sauces. Rosenberg’s turned up with a pozole bagel, which is exactly as fun as it sounds.
@milehighfoodfrenzy summed it up: “Not a single bad bite.”
Another amazing spirits lineup for 2026
Half the fun happens between bowls. Lalo Tequila hosted one of the featured bars with a citrus mocktail, Rosaluna poured a watermelon paleta cocktail, Sip Strong came on as our non-alcoholic sponsor, and the Arette team was on hand to talk tequila history. A sip, a spoonful, and repeat.
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Giving back in Denver
Our Denver community partners are We Don’t Waste (@wedontwaste), fighting hunger and food waste across the Denver area, and CHOW, Culinary Hospitality Outreach & Wellness (@chow_org), supporting the health and wellbeing of the people who work in our restaurants. Thank you to both for everything you do all year long.
Huge thanks to some of our amazing Chefs
These are the kitchens that made the night. Go visit them, order something wonderful, and tell them you loved their bowl.
- 3 Margaritas, Jesus “Chuy” Gutierrez and Adrian Gutierrez
- Cencalli Taqueria (@cencallitaqueria)
- Chulo Taco, Gaucho Parrilla and Agave Blue Cantina, Oscar Padilla
- Don Zorros Molino (@donzorrosmolino)
- Luna’s Tacos, José Luis (@lunas.tacos)
- Palenque Cocina y Agaveria, Brian Rossi (@palenque.cya)
- Rosenberg’s Bagels (@rosenbergsbagel)
- Sauce Everywhere, Christopher Chapman (@getsauceeverywhere)
- Work & Class and Carne, Dana Rodriguez (@workandclassdenver, @carne_rino)
And to the people behind it
Bowl of ‘Zole is presented by Jimmy Carbone of Food Karma Projects (@jimmypotsandpans), chef Danny Mena (@dannyhecho) and Arik Torren of Lot001 Brands (@ariktorren). Thank you to our venue SKYLIGHT (@skylight.828), to @masienda for the corn and hominy, @creekstone_farms for the meat, our sponsor IGL (@igl_mx), @lalospirits, @sipstrongwater, every spirits producer and rep who poured, DJ Ricardo, and photographer Kevin Galaba (@kevin.galaba).
Thank you to our media friends at @diningoutdnvr, @denverwestword and @ingoodtastedenverblog, and to everyone who posted their night. The photos on this page are theirs. Tag @bowlofzole and #bowlofzole and we will keep finding you.
Come with us in 2027
If this looks like your kind of day, come find us next year. Pull up a cup, bring a friend, and come hungry and thirsty:
- Boston: February 6, 2027
- Denver: March 25, 2027
- Brooklyn: date coming soon
Tickets and details go up at bowlofzole.com. Follow @bowlofzole so you hear first.