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Colorado – Day 2

September 30th, 2008

Our second day involved doing many things around Denver. One of those was lunch at Watercourse Foods. After my bad experience at VG Burgers I knew it could only get better, and it did. After we found our destination we grabbed a to-go menu just to check out our choices before committing ourselves as we usually do when trying a restaurant for the first time. Too many choices, but how many are vegan? Then I saw the line at the bottom, “All Items Can Be Made Vegan.” Perfect!

After being seated we started looking over the menu, our daughter had her own kid’s menu and since breakfast was available until 5pm she wanted the kid’s BBFT (Banana Bread French Toast). After looking for a bit I settled on the Po Boy with sides of onion rings and mashed potatoes and gravy, with a bit of help from our server Eryn, and Elizabeth had The Grinder, shaved seitan, grilled onions and peppers on french bread served with au jus and sides of broccoli and fries. We were soon served plates piled with food. My daughter’s french toast was two thick slices of banana bread french toast served with maple syrup, berries and banana slices. Her love of berries is deep, those went quick. My po poy was a deep fried hunk of diced portobello topped with slaw on a bun, peel-on mashed potatoes and brown gravy and four huge onion rings. Elizabeth’s sandwich was piled with shaved seitan, she had second thoughts on the brocolli after seeing my onion rings.

Banana Bread French Toast

The Grinder

Portobello Po Boy

After lunch Eryn asked if we cared for dessert, we usually have to give a no to this but she told us all were vegan! Splurge! She brought out a tray with six or so selections but the Tiramisu was an easy choice as we have not had it since going vegan. It was topped with shaved chocolate and after asking I found they used a tofutti mixture to replace the marscapone. I didn’t taste much in the way of rum but I believe it was there. Overall, delicious.

Our sandwiches were $10 each including sides and the kid’s menu selections ar $3.50 each. Desserts are $6 bringing our total to about $30 plus tax. A much better eat than VG Burgers and at less cost. Definitely a must-visit-again.

Interesting sign at the Butterfly Pavilion.

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Colorado – Day 1

September 28th, 2008

Short Post:

We began our first trip in 5 years to Colorado on Friday morning and arrived yesterday. We had planned on spending our first day in Boulder and our lunch was at VG Burgers. I had been looking forward to VG Burgers since finding out about the place and the idea of burgers, chili-cheese fries and milkshakes (all vegan!) was exciting to a foodie. After finding our hotel and getting the day of multi-state driving washed off we headed out. Being hungry VG Burgers would be the first stop. A small diner-ish place it looked perfect for finding good vegan eats. I had a 1/4 pound veggie burger, chili-cheese fries and an agave-sweetened root beer. My wife had the tempeh BBQ burger, large fries and the agave-sweetened cola and my daughter the nuggets and small fries. I think my expectations were too high or this place just doesn’t cut it. The microwaved patties were placed onto cold buns. I make a better veggie burger at home and to top it off the veggie burger selections are Amy’s patties. The nuggets are Boca, same you buy at the store in the frozen section and the fries, while baked, just seemed not fully cooked. I will give the agave-sweetened drinks good points but not enough to warrant a return trip. VG Burgers in Boulder would rank as some of the worst vegan food I have encountered and at the price, $36 for the three of us, it can’t get much worse. Burgers are $6 each and small fries are $3, far too pricey considering they are serving the same thing I can buy at a grocery store.

Afterwards, we visited Pearl Street Mall and walked around for a few hours. Our last visit didn’t give up the time to see most of Boulder. We went to Savory Spice Shop where we bought some Black Onyx Dutch Cocoa for making cupcakes and fake-hostess cakes. They were having a grand opening and giving out free beer and wine, so a beer I had.

Next up: Denver and Watercourse Bakery