Holiday Cookies and Cocktails at Botero; Late-Night Beer Dinner

ENCORE LAS VEGAS — Botero presents holiday cocktails, served with crème de menthe thin mints, spicy cheese crackers, and power cookies — a salty and sweet cookie with crushed potato chips and pretzels — prepared by Botero’s pastry chef Maria Mac on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. Guests get take-home recipe cards and plenty of treats. Tickets are $49 excluding tax. [EaterWire]

EASTSIDE — Tacos & Beer hosts a Stone Brewing Co. beer dinner on Thursday, Dec. 18. Dinner starts at 11:59pm and features six courses paired with seven different limited release Stone brews. Tickets are $50. [EaterWire]