Slowly getting caught up on my blog! My goal is to try and get all caught up from last June till current. o_O (keyword- TRY) A lot of work to do but I'm up for the challenge. ( I am!!! I am!!!)
If you're a regular reader of my blog you know that Paige is one of my foodie friends.
I love when we find new places to try or places that neither one of us had gone to before.
For my birthday last June, Paige wanted to take me for an early dinner since she wasn't going to be in-town for my actual birthday. Though I told her it wasn't necessary, there is no arguing with Paige. :) She knew any excuse to get together to have dinner or drinks I was in! ;)
We decided to check out the Roaring Fork.
Now, I know that I've driven past this place I don't know how many times never really knowing what it was or how to get to it. And unless you know what or where it is, guarantee you've driven past it during the day without realizing it.
Now at night...that's a different story. (the restaurant name is lit up) But if you're not used to the area...trying to figure out how to get there is another story! LOL
We got there shortly after they opened and sat in the bar area (they are only open in the evenings with happy hour starting at 4pm and the dining area opens at 5pm) but you can order food in the bar area.
The bar area is pretty spacious with a nice long bar, several high and low tops, a few booths and they have a outside patio area. The place has a rustic western feel to it.
We both ordered a nice glass of Cypress by J Lohr, a Cabernet (which was AWESOME!!) while we looked at the menu to decide what we wanted to start with.
The lamb was SO tender and had a nice spicy kick. I think we could have eaten another order of it!! Thank goodness for the side of bread that came with it..no cheese was left to waste. :)~
Shortly after we finished our glass of wine and appetizer we moved to a table in the main dining room.
(we typically talk for hours and wanted to be more comfortable ~ lol)
We had our server bring us another order of Cypress while we checkout out the menu.
Paige decided to go for the short ribs with horseradish mashed potatoes.
I know the picture doesn't do it justice (was dark in there and the flash made it look gross) but TRUST me when I tell you that she loved it!!
She even let me try a bite. It was tender, moist and there was nothing left on her plate! :)
Myself, I opted for the bacon wrapped tenderloin with Mexican street corn and cheese grits.
To quote one of my favorite movies (guess which)
"Each flavor was totally unique. But, combine one flavor with another, and something new was created!"
It was really good...but I only ate half. WHAT?!?
I had to save room for another glass of wine and dessert!!
So, of course we had another glass of wine and for dessert, well.....what goes well with a nice western-ish dinner but pecan pie with vanilla bean gelato!!
As always having a foodie outing with Paige is always a great time. We will need to come back (can't believe this was last year!!) and check out the updated menu but thinking in the fall so we can enjoy the patio and the wonderful fall weather!
People who love to eat are always the best people! ~ Julia Child
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