Return From Denver; great time

 

The wife worked hard on the trip to Denver. We had tickets to see The
Phantom of The Opera at the
Buell Theatre located in the
Denver
Performing Arts Complex in LODO.



But that was the end of the evening. We started by driving over to
Denver, no real problems, I can practically do it on autopilot as often
as I drive it. Dropped down to the
Park Meadows Mall, I love to watch
all the people at this time of the year. And I really like watching how
the engineers designed the place to handle those people and the traffic
flow they use to move then around. Over to Crate and Barrel for me, no
platters to use for this years contests and shows, no, none nada! In and
out of quite a few other places looking for platters and such to display
food on for shows and contests in the coming year.



Struck out on the platters and plates, but the kids and the wife managed
to drop some bucks on things they found.



Next we had reservations at Vesta Dipping Grill in LODO. Arrived a
little early at 5:30 PM, but they were ready to seat anyway. This place
is one of my favorite Denver Restaurants. Great food, good bar and
always packed with energy. We all had Steak this evening, a cheese plate
and wine. Total bill for the four of us was $143.00 with the tip came to
$181.00, so it ain't cheap to eat there, but damn it was just great as
usual.



Onto the play, the Buell is a real nice set up. And the bar is right
there to greet you as you enter. Wonderful time waiting for the house to
open, Bourbon is an excellent way to pass the time. Play was really well
done, I had not seen the play since seeing it in Manhattan almost 20
years ago. Really great play. If you are in the Denver area you can do a
lot worse than Vesta Dipping Grill and this play.



Back home and now working on making the left over turkey into something
edible for this evening. Stock is completed so the soup will go on after
tonight's dig into the carcass.





Hams coming out of the pickle tomorrow evening!!!!

Chef Bob Ballantyne

The Cowboy and The Rose Catering

Grand Junction, Colorado, USA