Restaurant Show on Saturday, February 6, 2010

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Here’s the Scoop from the Gabby Gourmet Restaurant Show on Saturday, February 6, 2010.

• My guests were Michael Long of Opus, W. Main St., Littleton and Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs on E. Colfax and Monroe.

We bet on the Super Bowl so could not give out the prizes of Opus yet.
Steve Snappin Dogs-how many hot dogs did they sell in the 2 hours of the pizza contest—

Remember the Infinite Monkey syndrome and Opus dinner on February 11th. It will be fabulous-call for reservations.

NEXT WEEK WE ARE AT SAVORY SPICE-VALENTINE’S AND LOTS OF SPICES TO SEE SO COME ON DOWN—IT WILL BE GREAT!!!! Janet and Mike are great and we will learn all sorts of things. And we may have a surprise cookbook author as a guest as well. WE WILL BE AT THE LOCATION ON 15TH AND PLATTE!!!

Remember the Gabby brunch at Strings tomorrow!!! Brunch and a Book for the children’s library in Ethiopia!!! And pre football fun too. It’s $20 including tax, tip and drinks-and you can reserve any time between 10 and noon. We will be there of course.

And then sign up for the Opus dinner—and Assignments as well.


New dinner

March 28, 2010
Opus Restaurant
2575 W. Main
Littleton
303-703-6787
6.30

Join Chef Michael Long as he teams up with Michael Ditch of Republic National and brings a night of fabulous food with courses matched with champagne. Each course will show the differences of the champagnes with the food. The price of this incredible night is $50 inclusive of tax, tip and wine.


We went to Annie’s Café for dinner. It was great, and so reasonable too. We had the turkey dinner special complete with stuffing and cranberries, the tuna melt with the homemade chips, and the turkey club with sweet potato fries. And we could not leave without blueberry pie ala mode.

We went to Yia Yia’s and it was great. The service and staff are incredible. The new wine list is fabulous-the wine list is great by bottle and glass and prices right too. And they have an 8oz pour so one glass goes a long way. And they bring the bottle to the table. The food was great too. We had the foccacia and babaganush dip to start. Then we had the pizzetta, the Caesar and the fabulous new brushcetta to start. Then we had the short rib ravioli-worth the trip!!! Entrees were the pork chop, the half chicken; the salmon and the striped bass-all were super. Dessert was a goat cheese cheese cake. It is a super choice.

We went to Steuben’s for a lunch meeting for Give Paws and it—and the meeting ---was great. We had the lobster roll-several—and the special of a steak sandwich with 2 fried eggs and the tuna nicoise salad.

The Gabby dinner at Prime Steakhouse was beyond incredible. It was so perfect and so fabulous-from the valet on. The service was just unbelievable-it was amazing-and the wines-wow!!! Never better and matched with each course. And then the food—the best ever. We started with each of us getting a jumbo shrimp, crab claw and oyster with great sauce-and super breads. Then we had the spinach, cheese, apple salad. Next course was a divine salmon with amazing rice. The entrée was a prime bone in strip with green chili mac and cheese. And a heavenly bananas foster bread pudding with rum raisin ice cream ended this beyond incredible feast.

TV on Wednesday was great on Channel 7 on the 11am news. We did ethnic-and wow!!!
Wild Basil, India’s Pearl, Chopsticks, Da Lat, and Taki Sushi—what great places. Go to TV appearances for more.

We went over to Deluxe for dinner and it was great. We had the pizza bread (complimentary to all), and then the smoked trout salad with divine slaw and the chicken dumplings for starters. Several had the turkey Bolognese which was great and the signature half chicken with goat cheese mashed potatoes. All were delicious and so good-service great. Dylan is opening Deluxe Burger on E. Colfax and Grape around Valentine’s Day.

And the long awaited H Burger will open on the 10th in the Sugar Building. It will be great too.
Both menus are terrific-can hardly wait.

This week on TV we are doing Sweets for the Sweet for Valentine’s Day and think you will love it!!!! Tune in to the 11am news on Channel 7 on Wednesday and see it all-and there will still be time to get some great goodies for the big day.

There was a media dinner at Panzano to show off the new look and new menu. The place is gorgeous with lots of gray with red accents. The new look is modern, simple and goes with the great food. Lots of tables and a focus on community tables and the second bar/open kitchen with seating now as well. We had great appetizers and the best tomato soup with a crispy potato cracker-divine. The great breads and dips are still offered. Then we all shared barrata with cranberry and doughnuts, a fabulous salumi platter, and then beef heart with risotto. The grilled Caesar was incredible which was next. Then we had our choice of steak with pasta, scallops with risotto, lamb with gnocchi, or vegetarian tagliatelle. All were great. The dessert was lavender filled chocolate ganache. We had wonderful wines and coffees as well.

We went to Strings with the family to try the new menu—it is great!!! Presentation, flavors, and variety are super. We had the new chicken liver pate, gnocchi and lamb, mizuna salad, and nicoise salad for starters. Then we had the mini burgers and noel mcnuggets from the bar menu, and then the liver, the cod, the tortellini with lamb and mushrooms, the linguini with pancetta and fried egg, the chicken and all were fabulous. Desserts were a lemon tart, cookies, and chocolate tasting. Service, wines, and all were wonderful as well. Get on over and try it.

Both Steve’s and Opus are open every day—very different and great.
One I s super hot dogs—and more-burgers, egg sandwiches and on and on-shakes, yum
And Opus-weekend brunch-l lunch, and fabulous dinners. The prices have been lowered as well. And 5280 weeks are on their agenda too.

Brooke of Big Pappa Bar & Grill called-Belleview and Federal-they will be open on Super Bowl-720-363-9776—and deliver!!!

Kathy went to annies and loved it. She takes her kids to Steve’s Snappin dogs—and goes herself. She loved the gabby dinner at Prime steakhouse. And had a great meal at Yia Yia’s—where there is a super kiddie menu.

Matty called about Vesta’s mustache contest tonight!!! Great fun and prizes.

Frank wanted to know about Café Berlin and German restaurants-we talked about Café Budapest and Golden Europe as well.

Ann loves Andrea’s Swiss for lunch.

Dawn called and is doing the catering for DCPA and went to Kevin Taylor’s-it was fabulous. She went to Lola and loved it-Osteria Marco-another super winner and had a burger at Capital Grille. We talked about SALT in Boulder-she adores it-so do we. And Larkburger too for burgers.

H Burger, Deluxe Burger, Walk In Burger are all opening. We will show them as soon as they open on TV.

Dave thought the dinner at Prime Steakhouse the best ever. They are going for the pre-theater meal this weekend-leave your car there!!! And they had a $15 burger at Morton’s last night in the bar and it was great.

Robert wanted to know more about Steve’s.

Linda had an excellent meal at Thai Bistro.

It was a super fun show-thanks for calling. We will put up the winners of the Super Bowl as soon as it is over.

Gabby

See you next week at Savory Spice on 15th and Platte.