Restaurant Show on Saturday, July 24, 2010

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Here’s the Scoop from the Gabby Gourmet Restaurant Show on Saturday, July 24, 2010.

We were at Argyll Pub at 3rd and Clayton in Cherry Creek North.
My guests were Robert Thompson, owner, and Sergio Romero, chef at Argyll.
And there was a Scotch Egg Eating contest too.

The contestants include Lori Midson, Matty Selby, Steve Snappin Dog, and Amanda Faison. It was great fun.
And Stacey Rose who is visiting Denver will be doing a performance at the Newman Center next Saturday night with her own music. She is a great pianist and will be performing with a great orchestra. Call 303-871-7720.

The question of the day—how many Scotch eggs did they make for the contest—626.
The winner ate 13 eggs in 7 minutes-the runner up 10 ½. The proceeds went to Sobriety House and half the money for all weekend sales of the eggs will go as well.

Next weekend we are at the viceroy in Snowmass-join us for a fabulous week and away from the city an the heat-and all

Next week on TV is street food with the trucks!!!!! That is Wednesday on the 11am news on Channel 7—I come on about 11.30.
Be sure and watch.

We went to Gallop Café on 32nd & Zuni and it is great!!! Dave and Glen are super-owners-and turn out the best cocktails—and super wines at super prices. It was a coffee house and now more. Breakfast is incredible----eggs bene-the best, the Sherpa which is granola, goodies and a poached egg, biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs, green chili—then we went on toe the Vietnamese sandwich, the Moroccan chicken salad, Caesar, and tomato and mozzarella Panini---then we had forest mushroom fettuccini-and carrot cake and bread pudding. No wonder we were all stuffed-but so good. And the prices and great and the service and guys terrific.

Taste of the Nation was great and they did a super job. The restaurants and wineries were terrific too. Congratulations to all.

Then we went over to Sienna Wine Bar & Small Plates on 12th & Madison. It is charming and cute in design—like the tiny places in San Franscisco. The owners are delightful. The wine list is super with many by glass and at nice prices. The small plates are bite size and prepared right behind the bar. We had the baked brie, the tomato bruschetta (great), the mushroom tart, the mini (one bite) pizzas and the Sienna salad. We missed the cheese platter and two sandwiches-and some desserts. It is a really cute place to stop in for a drink and snack.

The Gabby dinner at Root Down was beyond incredible!!!! The food, wine and service was fabulous and everyone was so thrilled. We started with choice of gazpacho or carrot curry soup—the best soups ever. Then we had the tempura asparagus, corn salad or the beet and chevre cheese salad. The next incredible course was your choice of gnocchi or sweet potato falafel—both were amazing but the falafel are unbelievable. Entrees came with beef, halibut or tofu—and again, all were perfect. Desserts rocked with bread pudding or chocolate budine cake---what a great night—and wines were wonderful too.

New Spot to try:
Park & CO. opened this week on E. 17th & Pennsylvania. It is the sister restaurant of Park Burger—and it is super and fun---and good. The place is simple---like a burger place—with seating at the bar, along the sides and great patio too. The wines were great and reasonable—the burgers were super-and the veggie burger too. And we had the pretzel baked to order-yum—and the best sweet potato fries. There are a few more apps and salads—and all good. Read about it in the August 1 webpage features.

New spot to try!
The Denver Tea Room
1820 E. Colfax
Denver
303-550-4377

This delightful spot only did catering for parties, weddings, birthdays, etc. and now they have a spot for all to enjoy. It is at the Holiday Chalet Bed & Breakfast on the south west corner of E. Colfax and High. As they open they are just doing afternoon tea but soon will add a light lunch menu. Open Tues thru Sun from 11-5. It’s fun to have Margo and gang at their own place. She still does catering too if a bigger space is needed but enjoy this charming tea room.


TV with the Farmers Market was great-the places were terrific-all—starting with My Mom’s Pies (the best), Crock Pot was super, Love Grown fabulous-you can get it at Vitamin Cottage and Kings too-eating it now—Irish bread co., and white girl salsa-super fun—and all the fabulous produce. Watch it on TV appearances on the page.

We went to Morton’s LoDo for dinner and it was great. Joe is such a delight and the staff is incredible and been there for years. We had super wine, fabulous bread and then the divine crab BLT sliders and smoked salmon pizza. Then we had steak and sea bass for entrees and asparagus with balsamic and onion rings with Thai sauce. And then dessert was a gigantic chocolate sundae with divine cake in it and caramel-the dinner was super and great fun. The bar menu is great so stop in there too.

The Original Pancake House still serves some pretty darn terrific breakfast food. We were out that way at a dr. and stopped by---for Swedish pancakes and eggs over easy, and buckwheat pancakes with a perfect poached egg. It is simple, but so good.

Strings celebrated its 24th birthday and we just stopped by for a drink---lots of wine and terrific appetizers were there for the crowd of well wishers.


We went to Ernie’s Pizza and Bar on 44th and Federal for dinner-what a blast—the place is great looking-wines and drinks so reasonable and so good—all Italian wine list makes for fun too. Then we had the antipasti platter with dips, cauliflower, olives, nuts, meats, cheeees, breads and more, the calamari (huge hit), and 2 great salads-the arugula and the beet salad. Then we had the best sandwiches-the Caprese and the prosciutto with red pepper. And then we had a huge pizza that was really super and a divine pasta with chicken and spinach. We ended with great tiramisu and gelato-specially the salty caramel. And the wines were great!!!

We went to Venue for dinner and it was great-and fun. We had nice wines at super prices, super service, and terrific food. We had bread and then potato soup, the spinach salad, and ribs to start. Then we had salmon, oxtail cassoulet, and pappardelle with veggies for entrees. The food was super and we had a great time.

The new Brunch menu at Argyll is great!!!!

Remember the $52.80 dinner at Strings on Sunday-4 courses for 2—or cut in half for one. And the menus are fabulous.

Kathy loved the charity event at Strings for Susan G. Komen. The dinner at Root Down was incredible. And she is very excited about Snowmass next week.
You can still come---and it will be fabulous!!!!

Lydia loves Edgewater pizza.

Nancy adored the gabby dinners in July—Barolo Grill, Yak & Yeti, and Root Down.

We had several calls about Argyll, and new places.

We talked about Devil’s Food for dinner. And Gallop Café, and Fuel, and many more places.

Thanks for listening and calling.

Gabby