My partner was out of town for work and I wanted to get out of the house for dinner, so I scootered around to Tables in Park Hill, Denver. Their summer menu is great and I had the “Heirloom Tomato Stack” to start and the “Crispy Chicken” for my entree. Of course, I [...]

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We had another fantastic meal at Tables restaurant last Friday evening.  Denver weather forecasters were all saying we would only see a few flakes of snow on Friday; however, about 7:45pm, a mini-blizzard hit!  Our reservations were for 8pm, so we trodded four blocks through the storm and arrived at the restaurant totally coated in [...]

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We had a excellent meal at Tables Restaurant in Denver on New Year’s Eve.  My selections from the pre-fixe menu were: 

Shrimp Cocktail (served in a martini glass with a two sauces — one was cocktail sauce; the other was a horseradish-ginger sauce — I love shrimp cocktail)
Sweet corn “risotto” with lobster — this was sweet whole kernel [...]

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… is at the cafe in Nordstrom in Cherry Creek, Denver, Colorado.  Today, I ordered the Roast Chicken Pomme Frites dish at Nordstrom and it was exceptional.  The chicken was so good, I had to ask the chef how he did it.  He explained the chicken had been cut off the bone (in one piece) from the breast [...]

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My insurance agent told me about a restaurant in the neighborhood (Park Hill, Denver) called “Tables“, so we decided to check it out and have dinner there last night.  What a great experience!  From the reservations to the fantastic dessert, everything was pleasant and top-notch.
Coming from Atlanta, we really don’t expect much in customer service or restaurant [...]

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Let me sum it up in just a few words:  Lunch good; dinner bad!
We had lunch at sensi in Bellagio right after we arrived since our room wasn’t going to be ready for several hours.  The place looks fantastic with all interior finishes being organic (stone, wood, bamboo, water, glass).  I say water because some [...]

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Ate lunch at Food 101 in the Morningside neighborhood in Atlanta yesterday.  I’ll just say I could have gone to Picadilly cafeteria and eaten better food and experienced a more relaxing lunch.  That visit was my first, my last and my everything for Food 101.

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