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Nabulsi cheese in boulder/denver
Another thought: Arash Grocery & Deli in Aurora. It's the area's best known Middle Eastern specialty food store.
Mountain Town Restaurant for Thanksgiving Near Denver
Good point, LurkerDan. My husband, friends and I had a quite wonderful dinner (not a buffet) there. Fine food, service, wine list. Also extremely reasonable: $27.50 for adults, $9.50 for ages 3 to 10, free for under 3. Three mid-day seatings if that works for you. See http://www.maryslakelodge.com/dining.htm
Thanksgiving Dinner in Denver
Another thought: District Meats, Charlie Palmer's new restaurant in LoDo, is opening on Monday. They will be doing a $35, 3-course prix fixe dinner featuring heritage turkey. 1/2-price for children 12 and under. They will also have their regular a la carte menu available. (http://www.charliepalmer.com/Properties/DistrictMeats/)
Boulder, CO Steakhouse
I went by this morning and a sign indicates that it still hasn't opened. It is going into space behind Tahona. No opening date but a website listed on the sign. I thought it was pearlstreetsteakhouse.com, but that leads nowhere. I'll look more carefully tomorrow, and maybe my brain will be sufficiently defogged to pay attention.
Good cheap food near Paramount in Denver
Mici - Fast-casual Italian restaurant. Pizza, pasta. Very close to the Paramount.
Thanksgiving Dinner in Denver
If you ARE willing to drive as far as Boulder (which isn't all THAT far), consider Black Cat Bistro. The owner/chef/farmer Eric Skokan, raises most of why he serves on his 70-acre farm. For Thanksgiving, guests are encouraged to pay what they can for their meal in the hopes of embracing the spirit of giving -- and to reflect the original Thanksgiving. They will put out a donation box so all guests can pay what they feel their meal was worth and hopefully to leave a little more and help out someone less fortunate. A portion of proceeds to go to Boulder County's Community Food Share. Meal service begins at 2 p.m. (http://www.blackcatboulder.com)
Boulder, CO Steakhouse
LurkerDan - I knew that the current owners (Mara and Peter Soutiere) bought Sushi Tora from the originals, who now have a sushi restaurant in Longmont. Just got back from New Zealand & brain is too foggy to remember which one, however.
Boulder, CO Steakhouse
The Pearl Street Steak Room is a (fairly) new venture by the owners of Sushi Tora and Tahona Tequila Bistro. I haven't been there yet, but I do know that their other two restaurants are well regarded and popular.
Dinner recommendations within walking distance of Crowne Plaza Denver?
MyNameIsTerry is right about the 16th Street Mall Shuttle, but beyond that, what do you consider "walking distance"? I don't know whether it is still so lavish, but Panzano has or at least had well-priced and lavish happy hour options. It's in the Hotel Monaco (18th & Curtis or thereabouts).
Recommendation for Sunday afternoon lunch/brunch in Boulder?
Like Scrabblecat, I go to the Dushanbe Teahouse mainly for the fabulous building. I consider it a bonus to have a really good meal there.
ISO child friendly restaurants in Boulder that can also work with allergies...
Re Farmers' market & fruit. Remember that Colorado has a very short growing season compared w/ SoCal. Come earlier in the year and find exceptional stone fruit (esp peaches but also plums and cherries in summer), melons and later, apples and pears. No, we don't have Colorado-grown citrus fruit, mangoes or bananas.
Re Boulder vs Denver for sushi. It's pretty broad-stroke to say that the sushi "in Denver" is better than Boulder. True that some of the best sushi around is in Denver (Sushi Den, Izakaya Den, Sushi Sasa), but there's also Sonoda's (several locations), which isn't all that good.
Re smart waitpeople: A lot of CU grads never want to leave Boulder; also, lots of grad students waiting on tables. Still, I get annoyed every time some waitron approaches a table with "Hey, how's it goin'?" as a welcome,
Where to eat in Vail (with a baby)?
Someday, in the distant future, your baby won't be a baby anymore, and s/he'll be accustomed to going to restaurants because s/he will have done so all his/her life.
Restaurant Suggestions for Northern Utah...Ogden, Logan and Brigham City
I was in Ogden in Jan 2010 to ski and had a really pleasant dinner at Jāsoh. There is/was a fine dining restaurant in front and an informal pub/sports bar in back. http://www.jasoh.com/
ISO child friendly restaurants in Boulder that can also work with allergies...
Thanks for the feedback, Trolley. Those of us who live here KNOW that Boulder is a great food town, and it's nice that some of our recommendations worked for you and your family. Especially in situations like your son's major food allergies, it's gratifying to learn that they were accommodated so well.
Snooze in Boulder
Tangerine also offers a pancake flight. If you try theirs too, please post a comparison.
Bakery That Delivers?
I don't know about a decent bakery in Westminster, but there are two in nearby Arvada that are very good. I don't know whether they deliver, so you'll have to call. Rheinlander Bakery does excellent breads and pastries, and is known for its gluten-free and anti-allergy products, 303-467-1810. There's an Udi's Pizza Cafe in Arvada, (303) 421-8000 -- and a bakery in Louisville (a bit farther), 303-657-611. I hope these help you accomplish your thoughtful gesture.
Rioja = seriously fantastic!
Re cheese plate: Might have been different assortment of cheeses, or one diner's "odd" is another's "interesting."
Where to eat in Vail (with a baby)?
When are you going? Now is off-season, and pretty much anyplace that is open will welcome you & the baby. I would pick up a copy of the Vail Daily and peruse the ads to find out which restaurants are operating (many have off-season "locals' specials"), and if you have questions about suitability for a baby, just call and ask. Come ski season, that's another story.
Snooze in Boulder
Congratulations, LurkerDan. I didn't know. My unasked for advice is that start taking the little out to restaurants -- and I don't mean McDoodle's with ball pits. Go early and don't linger. Happy hour might work -- but clockwise and budgetwise. When the little one is eating people food (instead of baby food), order a small something RIGHT AWAY. Enjoy a glass of wine while he/she eats. When my son (now 29) was little (2, 3, maybe 4), he'd eat, then grab my jacket or ski parka, and lie down on it under the table. Kids can learn that just as there are indoor voices and outdoor voices, they can get the idea that there is restaurant behavior. Don't deny yourselves for the next decade and a half!
Recommendation for Sunday afternoon lunch/brunch in Boulder?
The places that you mentioned and remember fondly are all still there, but mid-afternoon on a Sunday is a real challenge. Most places close (or at least stop serving brunch) at 2. The Kitchen [Next Door] on Pearl just west of The Kitchen (the old Tom's Tavern location) opens at 11. Service might be ongoing thru the evening. You'd have to check. The Pinyon (1710) serves Sunday brunch but is very cagey about its opening hours. Catch an earlier flight????? Good luck.
ISO child friendly restaurants in Boulder that can also work with allergies...
Sushi/Izakaya are in Denver, not Boulder with several sushi restaurants, most of them clustered downtown. Whole Foods recently expanded Pearl Street Market and Alfafa's are natural grocers that can accommodate your son's needs and have pleasant cafe areas for informal eating too.
must eat Denver
RLM - Many people don't care for menudo, lengua and assorted organ meats. Some of us do not eat meat at all. Some of us are squeamish at the thought of eating offal. Some of us have tried and dislike the taste and/or the texture, regardless of the culinary tradition in which it's prepared. A number of little joints in strip shopping centers or former fast food places serve those little tortillas with a bit of overcooked beef, pork or occasionally chicken with salsas available at the condiment bar. I've really tried them but haven't really kept track (many in East County), and I've never found them worth remembering by name or location. Nothing wrong with the food; I just don't care for it. And I hardly ever see any non-Latinos, so I have inferred that other gringos share my taste. Perhaps its a character and/or culinary flaw on my part.
ISO child friendly restaurants in Boulder that can also work with allergies...
I wouldn't take a 3-year-old to most of these places. I would take a small child to Chez Thuy (Vietnamese), The Rib House (BBQ), Proto's (pizza and other Italian, and a chance to see the pizza tossing up closing -- thru glass), ModMarket (healthy, fresh, "fast casual"), China Gourmet (Chinese, fast casual, just watch the nuts cross-contamination), several Japanese restaurants, Pizzeria da Lupo & Pizzeria Basta (more pizza).
must eat Denver
I like the ambiance at Agave just fine, and I've generally liked the food -- except the time my chicken breast came out lightly seared on the outside but raw inside. The waiter took it back and asked whether I wanted something else. I said, I wanted what I'd ordered but cooked. It came back cooked through -- but without its removal from the bill or an offer for a complimentary margarita or beer or dessert or anything. I found that tacky.
There are lots of little hole-in-the-wall places of great authenticity, but most of them are too authentic for the majority of gringos -- myself included.
must eat Denver
Maybe this discussion of "Mexican food" is an example of topic drift, but Mexico abounds with regional cuisines. Just as New England seafood chowder bears minimal resemblance to San Francisco cioppino or Louisiana gumbo, low country BBQ is different from Texas BBQ and from Kansas City, etc., "Mexican" food varies tremendously. What you get depends on the origins in that dish vaires and whether yours has been gringo-ized.
Boulder, CO Recommendations
"LOUD" is a four-letter word, and Laudisio's (Loudisio's ???) isn't the only culprit. Agree that Carelli's is, at best, uneven. Cafe Aion on The Hill (i.e., near the university) is also very good. The Flagstaff House is an iconic fine dining restaurat (40 years old this year) w/ a contemporary menu, outstanding wine list, exemplary service and dynamite views. For Italian, Alba is also a good choice. And John's is a low-key, underrated charmer. The Dushanbe Teahouse, given to Boulder by our sister city in Tajikistan, is a real beauty -- tiled and carved and exotic. Great for lunch.
