The Big 3-0

My handsome fella turned 30 on Friday, and we celebrated all day long.  After he opened a few fabulous prizes, we headed to Denver Biscuit Company for breakfast.

Christopher had the mammoth pulled pork, coleslaw, pickle, concoction:

And my biscuit had fried chicken, bacon and cheese with sausage gravy:

The biscuits are amazing, but the cheesy grits are even better.  They are the best we've ever had.

I couldn't finish my biscuit, but it wasn't for a lack of trying.

Also, we had to save room to try Voodoo Doughnuts!

We shared the three doughnuts over the course of a couple days.  Neither of us are huge doughnut fanatics, but I think they were likely the best doughnuts we've eaten.  They have a nice crispy exterior which is different from other doughnuts we've had.

Our late lunch was a bit healthier ...

We had some Vietnamese soup.  The server also brought out a giant place of fresh Thai basil, bean sprouts, lime wedges and jalapeno slices.  We couldn't believe how big the stack of basil and sprouts was - craziness!

We spent the afternoon visiting a couple of lounges, one being a cigar lounge next to the concert venue we'd be hitting up in the evening.  The guy working at the lounge really liked us, and asked if he could sit and talk with us a while.  We had a nice time visiting with him; we seem to make friends wherever we go. 

In the evening we went to The Ogden Theatre to see one of our favourite DJs, Bonobo.  The place was packed, the opener was okay ...

But when Bonobo was on stage ...

Our minds were blown.

If you don't know of Bonobo, look him up.  So, so good.

We needed some late night snacks after the show, so we went to Biker Jim's Gourmet Hotdogs (the same romantic place we went to for Valentine's day).  We shared an elk hotdog, some fried mac and cheese, and fries.

The fried mac and cheese is phenomenal. 

Finally Christopher is in his thirties. 

I've only been waiting a couple of years ...

What did you do for your thirtieth birthday (if you've had it)?

If you're not 30 yet, what did you do for your 20th?  25th?  Anything special?

Denver Biscuit Company

When we saw Denver Biscuit Company on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, we knew we had to eat there.  It's also been featured on Unique Eats, among other shows.  This place is out-of-this-world good! 

We had a full day of eating planned, so we decided to share one biscuit sandwich (with fried chicken and bacon), smothered in sausage gravy, along with some cheesey grits.

The server asked if we'd like to start with a cinnamon bun ... it's a good thing we said no, because the things are gargantuan!

The grits were the best we've ever had.  Soooo cheesey, so flavourful - perfect in every way.

The biscuit just made us crave more biscuit #foodie problems.

If we ever go back to Denver, this place just might be our first stop.

Have you ever had biscuits with sausage gravy?  

Have you been do Denver?

Valentine's Day in Denver

On Friday we went to a popular breakfast joint in Denver, Snooze. 

We had a 40 minute wait, so we wandered around and enjoyed the beautiful weather.  They texted us when our table was ready.

The service was excellent.  Our coffees were never empty, and the server brought us a sweet potato pancake, on the house.

Our food was excellent.  I asked for crisp bacon, and they cooked it exactly how I like it.  Yum yum! 

After breakfast we did some more wandering, and shared a mini Pinkberry froyo.  It was so nice to be able to enjoy it out on a patio.

It got so warm that I lost the coat and we hung out on another patio.

We had dinner at the romantic, Biker Jim's Gourmet Hotdogs, haha!

Christopher had a reindeer hotdog, because they were out of rattlesnake hotdogs :-(  I had a duck cilantro dog.  One the side we had fried pickles and fried mac and cheese which BLEW our minds.

It was a lovely Valentine's Day.  We went to bed early so that we could be up by 5:30 to catch our 7:00 a.m. ski shuttle the next morning.

Would you try a rattlesnake hotdog? 

(I'm sad we didn't get to).