Restaurant, Hotel and Gaming Information for Colorado…
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Post by William Carbone
LasVegasBuffetClub.Com
Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk
401 Main Street
PO Box 777
Black Hawk, CO 80422
1-800-THE-ISLE
Just like the big boys, Black Hawk’s Isle Casino is doing an All-You-Can-Eat-All-Day-Long Buffet:
All Day Buffet Special Monday – Thursday Eat as often as you like morning, noon and night. $29.98*
All Day Buffet Special Friday – Sunday Eat as often as you like morning, noon and night. $34.98* Continue reading
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By Jesse Paul
The Denver Post
Meth tacos: 17 indicted in Colorado bust of alleged drug ring Continue reading
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The Red Coral
1591 S. Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80222 (in the Boulevard Center 2)
Phone: 303-758-7610 or 303-758-0098
Fax Orders: 303-758-0105
One of my favorite Asian Fusion restaurants in the Denver area is The Red Coral on So. Colorado Blvd.
The Sake Bomb cinches the deal. The Sake Bomb consists of two parts. Part one is a large, hot sake; part two, a large, cold Asian / or other beer – for under $7 bucks… This IS The Bomb…
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THE PIG‘N WHISTLE
4801 W. Colfax Ave.
Denver, Colorado
(Former address of THE PIG‘N WHISTLE)
In the 80s I had the good-fortune of being able to travel around the Southwest and Mexico in a small motorhome. Every so often, maybe once a week, I’d check into a cheap motel to do laundry, take a long hot-bath, have a good dinner, then relax watching HBO or such on the tube. Continue reading
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The White Buffalo Grille/
The Lodge Casino
240 Main Street
Black Hawk, CO 80422
Phone: 303-582-1771
The White Buffalo Grille is a white-tablecloth, fine-dining establishment on the second floor of the Lodge Casino Hotel in the gambling town of Black Hawk, Colorado. Quit snickering, this is a quality restaurant serving gourmet entrees and fine wines. Continue reading
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Voodoo Doughnut
1520 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80218
Phone:(303) 597-3666 Continue reading
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6787 S Clinton St.
Greenwood Village, CO 80112
Some of the classiest restaurants in the West are the “English” Steakhouses in Palm Springs, CA. Nothing about Denver resembles Palm Springs, although Denver has some (Denver) classy restaurants. Denver also has some classy, Mexican restaurants, such as La Loma in North Denver and Las Brisas south of Denver. I’m not saying that Las Brisas Mexican restaurant – off I-25 and Arapahoe Road – is the classiest Mexican restaurant in the Denver area, but it certainly ranks way up there. I’ve referred to the restaurant as gourmet Mexican.
In a shopping mall across a parking lot from Target, Las Brisas exterior is fairly nondescript; inside, there are two main dining areas. The first is a light, bright space with a white/beige color scheme offering a small turtle pond with a shimmering waterfall, lots of plants and of course turtles.
The other room is steakhouse-dark with dark-woods and a circular, enclosed fireplace with a couple of feet of sand around it – with a few sea-shells to boot.
[The above images are deceiving; the fireplace is only around three or four-feet in diameter.
I’d grab a cozy, corner booth in the “Fireplace Room,” this room is perfectly lit.
Just off the main entrance there is a full bar/lounge with bar-stools, tables and several booths. Happy Hours rule here with an everyday (3:00 to 7:00) Happy Hour with reduced drinks and 1/2 price apps. The excellent, Happy Hour LB Margarita is around $5.50. Full menu ordering is available in the bar.
Speaking of the menu, it’s traditional Mexican with a modern twist. For instance, there’s the traditional: PLATO DE COMBINATION (13.95) “A combination of taco, enchilada,[sic] and burrito with choice of Chicken, Beef, or Pork. Topped[sic] with green chili, cheese,[sic] and enchilada sauce” and the not-so traditional: VEGETABLE FAJITA WITH GRILLED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS (13.95) “Onions, bell peppers, and topped with a Portobello mushroom. Served in a hot skillet with warm tortillas, lettuce, cheese, olives, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole. With black beans & veggies.”
Burritos, rellenos, tacos, chimichangas etc. (9.00 to 12.00) are on the menu as well as: chicken, pastas, Prime Rib, lamb, salmon and vegetarian specials. View Las Brisas’ complete menu here
We’ve been in attendance twice now; the first time we enjoyed the VEGETABLE FAJITA WITH GRILLED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS; last night we shared the COMBINATION RANCHERA (13.00) “A combination of beef, chicken, and cheese enchiladas made with corn tortillas topped with ranchera sauce, scallions, olives, tomatoes, and sour cream (below.)” Both of these dishes were swell, good enough to bring us back for more. The ranchera/enchilada sauce is superb.
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The very cool and (a-bit) exotic with touches of the Pacific Islands in the decor, as well as being the inimitable purveyor of Two Buck Chuck in the 90s, which is probably Four Buck Chuck in 2014 if they still carry it, Trader Joe’s, will open three specialty, grocery stores in the Denver/Boulder area on February 14, 2014. For the virgins in the group, Two Buck Chuck is a working-class wine that became an icon for Trader Joe’s in the 80s-90s… It was selling, of course, for $2. BTW, it’s barely drinkable.
The Boulder location is at the Twenty Ninth Street Mall, 1906 28th St Boulder, CO 80301. The Denver locations, include a store at Eighth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, and one at the Cherry Hills Marketplace, 5901 S. University Blvd. The Grand Opening on Valentine’s Day will be marked with a “ceremonial lei cutting” according to local papers.
Plan on watching cooking demos with food tastings and deals, deals, deals. Get ’em while you can.
The doors open at 8 A.M. on February 14, 2014. More stores are to open around the state later this year.
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National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado
January 11 – 26, 2014
Background: In its 108th year, the National Western Stock Show is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides college and graduate level scholarships in agriculture and medicine for practice in rural areas. It is also our mission to serve producers and consumers throughout the world by being the premier Stock Show, Rodeo, Horse Show and center for year-round events. The 16-day show also serves as an entertainment arena, hosting one of the world’s richest regular season professional rodeos, largest horse show and Colorado’s largest tradeshow.
Attendance: Overall attendance in 2013 was 628,366. The attendance record was set during the Stock Show’s 100th anniversary in 2006 at 726,972.
Exhibits: More than 15,000 head of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, alpacas, bison, yak, poultry and rabbits step foot on the grounds of the National Western Stock Show each year. The National Western Stock Show is noted for hosting the world’s only carload and pen cattle show, held in the historic Denver Union Stockyards.
Trade Show: More than 350 vendors fill the nearly 100-acre show grounds with a variety of food and shopping opportunities. The National Western Trade Show offer a variety of products including fine art and jewelry, clothing, household items and agricultural products and equipment.
Ticketed Events: National Western hosts close to 50 performances in the Stadium Arena, Denver Coliseum and National Western Events Center. Among these are the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza, PBR Bull Riding Touring Pro Finale, Pro Rodeos, Martin Luther King, Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo, the Gambler’s Choice Open Jumping Stake, National Western Wild West Show, RAM Invitational Freestyle Reining, Grand Prix show jumping, Super Dogs shows, An Evening of Dancing Horses® and Draft Horse and Mule Shows.
National Western Stock Show Official Website
More later…
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Señor Ric’s Mexican Restaurant
13200 E. Mississippi
Aurora, CO 80012
(303) 750-9000
Señor Ric’s exterior – you can’t really tell from the photo – has New Mexican style wrap-around blue and red neon tubing at the top of the building. When I first saw Señor Ric’s, I thought of Central Avenue in Albuquerque, although the restaurant seems to be referenced as Santa Fe style. Both work for me.
Owners, Jeff and Julie Eaton have been serving (mostly) traditional Mexican food since 1986. Señor Ric’s has a New Mexican “hacienda” feel to it, spread throughout a huge space. The New Mexican style decor/design provides a bright, cheerful background; Think Rose’s Cantina, white-washed walls and a red rose. Upon entering the restaurant, on the left is the lively, colorful lounge/bar area, on the right – several dining rooms.
We stopped in one evening while the Happy Hour was in session. Señor Ric’s Happy Hour is a habit not easy to break since the Happy Hour is a very good thing. “Daily from 3-6pm & 9-11pm the Happy Hour includes: Traditional Margaritas, Fruit Margaritas, Domestic Drafts, House Wine and Well Drinks.” First trip, I had the red wine (2) for about $4.00, then switched to the 2-4-1 Traditional House Margarita at $4.95;) It’s just about the only Happy Hour, inexpensive-margarita I’ve had that doesn’t give me a headache or worse.
During Happy Hours, there’s a little buffet table in the bar area stocked with a huge bowl of light, thin chips, a spicy been-dip and a decent salsa. On Friday nights they add baby Taquitos. Last trip the Taquitos were of the spinach and cheese variety. Sometimes they serve cheese-filled Taquitos – all complimentary.
On our second visit, we decided to dine from the main menu – in the main dining room. I had the Spinach Enchilada – a tortilla stuffed with sautéed spinach and baked in a light vegetable sauce, “finished with zesty chili con queso” served with Mexican rice and sour cream for about four bucks. I wanted to try this dish because of the spinach. It was excellent Tex-Mex with a healthy twist. Here’s the skinny on two:
SPINACH ENCHILADAS
“Two enchiladas stuffed with sautéed spinach and baked in a
light vegetable sauce. Finished with our zesty chili con queso.
Served with Mexican rice and sour cream ($8.99.”)
Other traditional items from the menu include: Appetizers from $7.49 to $9.79, Combinations, such as: Two cheese enchiladas, Mexican rice and refried beans, $8.49. (With pork, beef or chicken add $1.00;) also flautas, burritos, rellenos, tamales and tacos.
Fajitas are on the menu.
“One half pound of marinated strips of steak, chicken or pork served on a sizzling skillet with fresh picco de gallo, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, refried beans and your choice of hot flour or corn tortillas” $13.49. Mix beef, chicken or pork add $1.00
Chimichangas
“A crispy flour tortilla filled with your choice of one of the tasty ingredients listed below, topped with mild green sauce, Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or black beans. Served with sour cream.” Choose: Shredded Beef $8.99, Chicken $8.99, Ground Beef $8.99, Bean (black or refried) $8.29
Ric’s Chimichanga
“Ric stuffs this chimichanga with his famous Green Pork Chili and tops it with scoops of sour cream and guacamole. Olé!” $9.29
Also: Weekday Specials, A LA Carte, Seafood Items, Gluten Free Menu, Salads and Wraps. Find Ric’s complete menu here.
HOURS OF OPERATION
Dining Room: 11:00 am to 9:30 pm Sun. – Thurs.
11:00 am to 10:00 pm Fri. – Sat.
Lounge: 11:00 am to 11:00 pm Daily
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