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Restaurant Reviews for Parker, Castle Rock, Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch 2011

April 18, 2011 By Chrissy Morin 11 Comments

Douglas County Colorado Restaurant Reviews

Have you discovered a restaurant that deserves a visit?

Where's this cozy fireplace?

Have you had a horrible experience with a local restaurant?

Feel free to share your discoveries good and bad with your Douglas County neighbors.

Please remember to be civil and use PG rated language in your review.

Lets hear it neighbors?

What’s your favorite coffee shop?
Mexican restaurant?
Italian restaurant?
Best Happy Hour?
Favorite Cupcakes?

Share your thoughts and discoveries..

If it’s too inflammatory in nature I reserve the right to not publish your review.

Where is this cozy fireplace located? If you don’t know you need to find out as it’s my favorite spot to spend a few hours with friends.

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CCN Best of the Best Voting now in Parker Colorado

March 21, 2010 By Chrissy Morin Leave a Comment

The Colorado Community Newspapers have long been the top local newspaper in the Douglas County area and for years they were the only one that really covered anything local in the smaller area’s of the County like Parker, Franktown, Sedalia and Larkspur.

Now some of those communities have grown, but CCN is still the go to source for the printed news and to look for your kids sports teams pictures to pop up so you can post them on your refri. Once a year they hold the Best of the Best contest so local area folks can pick their favorite businesses, restaurants, hair stylists and barrista’s in the area.
Now is the time for the residents to speak out and help keep your favorite local business’s thriving in the community.

Vote now by clicking here.

Votes must be submitted no later than April 30th, 2010 at 5 PM Mountain Daylight Time

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Parker, Restaurants in Parker, Reviews Tagged With: best of the best, Business, ccn

Citron Bistro a 5280 Denver Restaurant Week Night on the Town

February 26, 2010 By Chrissy Morin 2 Comments

Citron Bistro is a Greek inspired Restaurant in South Denver with Executive Chef Andy Martinez in the kitchen creating magic for your palette with his unique take on traditional and Greek cuisine.

Restauranteurs George Karas and Tom Karantounis took the building that formerly housed Marie Calendars and created a beautiful relaxing oasis of a mix of rustic brick, hardwood floors and modern colors for a dining atmosphere to enjoy world foods with Mediterranean, Southwestern and American influences, a glass of wine, or share their amazing signature dessert, a Creme Brulee’ Napoleon. (pictured at left)

Their 5280 menu was quite varied and the quantity of food you received was outstanding.

Slide show of the 5280 Menu here.

Citron Bistro 5280 Restaurant Week menu consisted of:

First Course

Your choice of:

Smoked Trout & Cheese Plate – Trout filet, imported & domestic cheese crostini and fruit
Spicy Hummus – Drizzled with olive oil, pita wedges

Second Course

Your choice of:

Rack of Lamb Chops – Australian lamb with an oregano-walnut lemon pesto, gorgonzola mashed potatoes, veggies Briam
Sea Bass – Sautéed filet atop wilted baby greens, topped with a Blue Crab Citron sauce, basmati rice, seasonal vegetable
New York Steak – USDA choice grilled, atop gorgonzola cream sauce, frizzled onions, roasted red potatoes, seasonal vegetables
Shrimp & Chicken Mozzarella – Sautéed shrimp, roasted chicken, pistachios, roasted red peppers tossed with linguini in a spicy red sauce

Third Course

Your choice of:

Crème Brûlée Napoleon – Our Signature Dessert, layer of philo pastry, crème brûlée
Chocolate Crème Brûlée

The portions served were quite generous, the waitress, Stephanie was a delight, both owners were there to green you at the door and Chef Andy came out to check on our party of four. If you haven’t tried this restaurant you really should!

The following restaurants in and near Douglas County Colorado are also participating in the 5280 Denver Restaurant Week.

Mosaic Restaurant – Parker Colorado
Cool River Steakhouse – DTC
Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse – DTC
Earls Restaurant – Park Meadows – Lone Tree CO
Hapa Sushi Grill & Sake Bar – Greenwood Village
The Dusty Boot Steakhouse & Saloon – Foxfield
Citron Bistro - South Denver CO
Lodo’s Bar & Grill – Highlands Ranch
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro – Park Meadows / Lone Tree
Via Baci Italian Bistro - Lone Tree
Outback Steakhouse – Highlands Ranch
Outback Steakhouse – Castle Rock
Outback Steakhouse – Centennial
Cru Wine Bar – Vistas at Park Meadows
Brio Tuscan Grille - Lone Tree/ Park Meadows
Saltgrass Steak House – Parker
Bonefish Grill – Littleton
Hacienda Colorado – Englewood
Indulge Wine Bar - Highlands Ranch
La Dolce Vita – Castle Pines
La Sandia Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar – Park Meadows
UNION – An American Bistro Castle Rock Co
Trappers Chophouse Parker Co
The Oven Pizza E Vino – Centennial
Sonoda’s Restaurant – Englewood
Sonoma’z Wine Bar and Grill - Park Meadows / Lone Tree CO
Nick-N-Willy’s Pizza – Highlands Ranch
Hacienda Colorado – Englewood
Vines Wine Bar - Parker Colorado

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Business, News & Events, Restaurants in Parker, Reviews, Things To Do Tagged With: citron bistro, food

5280 Denver Restaurant Week Parker and Douglas County Restaurants Participating

February 24, 2010 By Chrissy Morin 3 Comments

5280 Week in the Denver metro area is one that food lovers wait for all year long.

Denver Restaurant week 2011 here.

Local area restaurants serve scrumptious, mouth watering cuisine for the outrageously inexpensive price of $52.80 for two. This often even includes wine and dessert. For those of you that may be new to the Denver Metro area and aren’t familiar with what the significance of 5280 is… Denver is The Mile High City and is 5280 feet above sea level.

Last year to help out the local economy the organizers of Denver Restaurant Week decided to hold it over for an additional week with only a small portion of the restaurants participating in the second week. In 2010, Denver Restaurant Week will be held for two weeks, from February 20 – March 5, 2010.

You can search the Denver Restaurant website by cuisine, location or name here.

Stay close to home and enjoy the event as these four restaurants in Parker are participating:

Vines Wine Bar – Parker Colorado

Mosaic Restaurant – Parker Colorado

Saltgrass Steak House – Parker

Trappers Chophouse Parker Co

Other Restaurants within 20 minutes of us are listed below.

An example of what restaurant offer is here for the Summit in South Aurora Colorado
The Summit is a locally owned & operated, award-winning USDA Prime steak & seafood house.

First Course
Your choice of:

Our House Specialty Wedge Salad
Caesar Salad Topped with a Homemade Crostini
The Best French Onion Soup in Denver
Our Made Fresh Daily Soup du Jour

Second Course

Your choice of:

Chateaubriand – (one to share) Center cut filet mignon, sliced for 2, with burgundy & bearnaise sauces, fresh vegetables, yukon gold mashers & stuffed tomatoes
Grilled Salmon – (one each) Fresh Atlantic Salmon, marinated in a house soy ginger, steamed vegetables,wild rice, with a dill cream sauce
Asparagus Chicken – (one each) Baked Chicken with fresh asparagus & white cheddar atop rice pilaf with a mushroom dijon cream sauce

Third Course

Your choice of:

Crème Brûlée
Chocolate Brownie with vanilla ice cream

Mosiac restaurant parker co Who’s participating in 5280 Restaurant Week? The following restaurants in and near Douglas County Colorado are upscale restaurants you should check out.

For newcomers to Denver.. are you wondering why “5280″ comes up so much around here?? 5280 is how many feet in a Mile and Denver is the Mile High City.. so 5280 is Denver!
Follow 5280 Magazine on Twitter and they will keep you up to date on everything Denver.

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5280 Denver Restaurant Week in Parker Colorado

January 26, 2010 By Chrissy Morin Leave a Comment

5280 Denver Restaurant week for 2011

5280 Week in the Denver metro area is one that food lovers wait for all year long. Local area restaurants serve scrumptious, mouth watering cuisine for the outrageously inexpensive price of $52.80 for two.

This often even includes wine and dessert. For those of you that may be new to the Denver Metro area and aren’t familiar with what the significance of 5280 is… Denver is The Mile High City and is 5280 feet above sea level.

You can search the Denver Restaurant website by cuisine, location or name here.

An example of what restaurant offer is here for the Summit in South Aurora Colorado

The Summit is a locally owned & operated, award-winning USDA Prime steak & seafood house.

First Course

Your choice of:

Our House Specialty Wedge Salad
Caesar Salad Topped with a Homemade Crostini
The Best French Onion Soup in Denver
Our Made Fresh Daily Soup du Jour

Second Course

Your choice of:

Chateaubriand – (one to share) Center cut filet mignon, sliced for 2, with burgundy & bearnaise sauces, fresh vegetables, yukon gold mashers & stuffed tomatoes
Grilled Salmon – (one each) Fresh Atlantic Salmon, marinated in a house soy ginger, steamed vegetables,wild rice, with a dill cream sauce
Asparagus Chicken – (one each) Baked Chicken with fresh asparagus & white cheddar atop rice pilaf with a mushroom dijon cream sauce

Third Course

Your choice of:

Crème Brûlée
Chocolate Brownie with vanilla ice cream

The following restaurants in and near Douglas County Colorado are participating.

Mosaic Restaurant – Parker Colorado (pictured here)

Cool River Steakhouse

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse

Earls Restaurant – Park Meadows – Lone Tree CO

Hapa Sushi Grill & Sake Bar – Greenwood Village

The Dusty Boot Steakhouse & Saloon – Foxfield

The Summit – Aurora CO

Citron Bistro – South Denver CO

Lodo’s Bar & Grill – Highlands Ranch

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro – Park Meadows / Lone Tree

Via Baci Italian Bistro – Lone Tree

Outback Steakhouse – Highlands Ranch

Outback Steakhouse – Castle Rock

Outback Steakhouse – Centennial

Cru Wine Bar – Vistas at Park Meadows

Brio Tuscan Grille – Lone Tree/ Park Meadows

Saltgrass Steak House – Parker

Bonefish Grill – Littleton

Hacienda Colorado – Englewood

Indulge Wine Bar – Highlands Ranch

La Dolce Vita – Castle Pines

La Sandia Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar – Park Meadows

UNION – An American Bistro Castle Rock Co

Trappers Chophouse Parker Co

The Oven Pizza E Vino – Centennial

Sonoda’s Restaurant – Englewood

Sonoma’z Wine Bar and Grill – Park Meadows / Lone Tree CO

Nick-N-Willy’s Pizza – Highlands Ranch

Hacienda Colorado – Englewood

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Business, News & Events, Parker, Restaurants in Parker, Reviews, Things To Do Tagged With: 5280, 5280 week, Denver Restaurant Week, restaurants in Parker

Nomelie Cupcakes Parker Colorado

December 9, 2009 By Chrissy Morin Leave a Comment

If you love cupcakes, and who doesn’t? You need to take the drive out to Parker to check out this local ” cupcakery” Nomelie Cupcakes.

Seleh Davenport the owner of Nomelie Cupcakes in Olde Downtown Parker opened this shop as a labor of love and it shows. The shop is cozy and comfy with couches and chairs to snuggle up on with a book and sip your French press coffee or enjoy your own pot of tea (there are many varieties to choose from). The shop also boasts free WiFi so bring your laptop and relax on Mainstreet while getting your sugar and caffeine cravings satisfied.

People always want to know what “Nomelie” mean? Seleh explains “the name of the shop was created by combining my two childrens names and adding the accent to make it look French.”

Ms. Davenport hads been making cupcakes for years but created all of her recipies much closer to sea level. After moving to Colorado, she had to work diligently to rework all of her cupcake and frosting recipes for the slightly over mile hi elevation of Parker (which sits at 6,000 feet above sea level). She has done an excellent job as you will see if you come and sample her scrumptions confections. The cupcakes are made fresh daily and always include chocolate and vanilla varieties plus each day offers one or two special flavors to include:

Banana Velvet – Chocolate Chip - Snickerdoodle
Grasshopper – Coconut Dream – Cookies and Cream
Lovely Lemon – Nutty Monkey – Mexican Hot Chocolate
Crazy Carrot – Caramelized Apple – Strawberry Dream

Also offered are seasonal flavors and for the Christmas Holidays look for Pumpkin White Chocolate, Candy Cane and Irish Jig. You can get a sneak preview for the day by following Nomelie on Twitter .Selah tweets out the flavors of the day and specials as well. You can also find Nomelie Cupcakes on Facebook for specials of the day and special events.

During the Christmas season, Nomelie’s is staying open until 8:30 on Fridays and Saturdays so you can stop by when you come to Parker for your carraige rides.

The name of the shop was created by combining Selah’s two childrens names and adding the accent to make it look French.The shop is soon to expand offering homemade soups, sandwiches and other lunch items.

See the Slide Show here.

Filed Under: News & Events, Parker, Restaurants in Parker, Reviews, Things To Do Tagged With: coffee, food, nomelie cupcakes, restaurants in Parker

Takoda Tavern – A Sports Bar in Parker CO

October 9, 2009 By Chrissy Morin 23 Comments

I have been waiting for this sports bar to open for about 18 months and in fact signed the petition that went around so that they could get their liquor license and I wasn’t disappointed.

Takoda Tavern Parker Colorado Sports Bar

It is located on the Corner of Hess and Parker Road up on the hill with a KILLER view of our gorgeous Rocky Mountains and I bet the night lights are just as fabulous as sunset was. 12311 Pine Bluffs Way It has your typical sports bar menu with a few surprises like Sweet potato fries as an option for only $1.00 more with any sandwich. Happy hour runs to 6:30 p.m. and is changing on a daily basis right now, so stay tuned! That night it was $1 off well drinks and tap beer for $2.50. Tap choices include Coors, Shock Top, Guiness and Stella.

hot shot burger and onion rings at Takoda Tavern in Parker CO Sports Bar We sampled the chicken burrito which was HUGE, came smothered with yummy green chili.. not too spicy, but very flavorful and sides of salsa, chips and sour cream for $7.95, and the Hot Shot Burger (it was HOT… ) Jalepenos on top, Pepper Jack cheese and that same good green chili that the burrito was smothered in with onion rings for $1 buck more. .

There are about 6 nice big screen TV’s and lots of Bronco Fan paraphernalia. The owner BOB.. (he wanted to make sure I spelled his name right) is a Parker local for about 20 years and came to introduce himself right after we sat down and got our drinks.

There is also a stage where he is having live music this Friday and Saturday night.

Tell Bob “Your Web Chick” sent you.