Restaurant Show on Saturday, March 13, 2010

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Here’s the Scoop from the Gabby Gourmet Restaurant Show on Saturday, March13,2010.

We were in studio and my guest was Amanda Faison of 5280 to talk about her choices for the top 25 restaurants –in her opinion and number of rating.
Amy Smith stopped by to visit as well.

Boulder Baked came by to show off some of their goodies. They just won best dessert in Boulder. Katie Comstock—1911 Broadway-303-444-4999
We had some delicious cupcakes, cookies, carrot cake and vegetarian chile.

The question of the day-How many meals did Amanda and friends eat for the article-260.

GIVE PAWS—JUST 2 WEEKS AWAY-
OSTER JEWELERS IS GIVING US THE DIAMOND!!!! A DIAMOND DOG TAG—FOR HUMANS!!!! WE HAVE BEEN WISHING FOR THIS AS IT IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE AND WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR EVENT IN STYLE—THANKS TO OSTER-AND SOMEONE WILL GO HOME WITH A GREAT REMEMBERANCE.


Remember the Bagel Deli on E. Hampden and Monaco will have corned beef and cabbage and red potatoes for St. Patrick’s Day—and Reuben’s and bagel too. But theirs-corned beef-is fabulous!! So are the lunches we always get—turkey, pastrami, peppered beef, egg salad, tuna salad (those are amazing too), anything you want is great-and don’t forget the best matzo ball soup anywhere.
And get your Passover order too.

New York was incredible!!!! From beginning to end it was a perfect trip. The weather was fabulous-we walked everywhere. We went to MOMA-the Museum of Modern Art-twice-and saw the masterpieces as well as the Tim Burton exhibit—which is such a draw and lots of fun. The museum is incredible. We had dinner and several visits to Modern, the Café Bar and all the restaurants—all owned by my favorite Danny Meyer. And we ate at Gramercy Tavern, Eleven Madison Park, saw the Shake Shack, and went to the new and fantastic Maialino. All of these are Danny’s. I have a fabulous story on all the places coming up on features soon.


We went to Chili Verde for dinner and it was great. We talked to friends who love Mexican food and thought we would take them—they loved it!!! We had ceviche and guacamole to start—and chips and 3 dipping sauces. Then we had the crepe, the very special chile rellenos, the burrito, and the fish tacos. All were great—and then flan for dessert.

First fun of the day was the Ritz Carlton is chosen to do one of the menus for Lufthansa airlines and we got a sample. The tray, etc. are great and then the food-wish it was on our plane to New York---
The menu

LUFTHANSA AND THE LUNCH BY RITZ CARLTON
Mustard rubbed breast of chicken, tomato green olive salsa sandwich, vanilla panna cotta, watermelon salad, cookies

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Then we had lunch at Strings. It was mobbed! And even the mayor was there. We had the tuna nicoise and the omelet of the day---great all.

Dinner at Shanahan’s was outrageous and divine. We decided to sit in the bar area-complete with a pianist and great fun—wanted to see it all. And it is great too, of course. You may dine on the bar menu or the regular menu-both are presented. We did some of each. We had the great bread and super wine. And then we had onion soup, fried oysters, crab cakes, tomato burrata salad, the pork chop and mac and cheese---all were amazing!!! And so was the chocolate cake for dessert. Shanahan’s rocks.

TV on Wednesday on Channel 7 on the 11am news we did places for St. Patrick’s Day—they were great so get to those spots of the big day—after TV!!!!! Go to TV Appearances to see the places, the food, and the entire segment.

Dudley had surgery and we picked up dinner at Marco’s Coal Fired Pizza—what a party at home-as Dudley came home—best party!!! We had chicken wings, salad, pizza, and the pannini and all were great.

Osteria Marco was great-very busy and always fun-super service, great prices on wine and food-no wonder it is busy-and the food is great!!! We had the burrata and a special bruschetta with ricotta honey and more. Then we had the house salad. Dinners were the roasted lamb with risotto, the mushroom pizza, and the chopped rotisserie chicken salad. And desserts wre tiramisu. Gelato, a butterscotch bacon pudding with a candied bacon top and chocolate gelato—and a chocolate cake. Wines were super too.

The Gabby dinner at Assignments was such a treat-and terrific. It is hard to remember that students both cook and serve and do one fabulous job. The wines were wonderful-a terrific chianti. Then we started with homemade foccacia, and crisp bread with pecorino cheeses and tapenade. The next course was an Italian crepe with spinach and cheese. Entrées were your choice of pork or chicken and both were super. The party ened with a nut cake of Siena that was perfect.

Jay Conway from Cameron Hughes wines called to give us a brief update on the fabulous wines they will be serving at Give Paws.

Gwynne had a fabulous dinner at 5280 week at Restaurant Kevin Taylor.

Kathy had a great meal at Kevin Taylor as well. And she loved the dinner at Assignments-it was terrific. She had a divine dinner at Shanahan’s and adored the décor too. And she loved Shells and Sauce-where it is always super-and they have great brunches and lunch too.

Terry went to Interstate for Rest. Week and said it was fantastic.

Dave went to Meritage at the Omni and said the food and service were incredible-restaurant week and more.

MaryAnn went to Bloom for 5280 and said it was fabulous and they have updated the restaurant too.

Robert wanted to know about the Fresh Fish Co.—good or bad—we said good and then we asked the callers.

Jackie loves the Fresh Fish CO and really loves the new Pasquini’s in Littleton.

Jeff adores the burger at Strings but wondered about the really glamorous ones like on the Food Network-we told him the Strings can do them-and did-and Tag has a kobe beef burger with all sorts of rich toppings.

Diane loved the dinner at Assignments and had a great 5280 dinner at Capital Grille.

Rob loves the Fresh Fish Co—and is on his way to Shanahan’s. we talked about it a bit.

Paul said the prime rib at Fresh Fish Co. is really good. He loves Steakhouse 10-specially the Greek salad-me too-the real one. And he goes to Assignments for large meetings all the time-and the wine list is great
And everyone talked about the students there and how their service-and cooking are perfect.

Mike loved the dinner at Assignments—and just went wild about Snooze-so do we all.

Mildred had a great lunch at the Briarwood Inn.

And Noel Cunningham called to say we should all go back to the Fresh Fish Co. he had a super dinner there too.

We were out of time.
Thanks so much for listening and calling
Gabby