re: Denver/Aspen Eats

Thanks for all the suggestions, Burlee

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There was decent German place my family like. Someone knew the name?

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Wienerstrube

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Hombre Sabio

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Awesome first post, by the way

best place in town right now - Root Down

Slow food movement stuff though, seasonal menu, heavy on vegetarian options.

I hit a great mexican polace in aspen but don'w recall the name.

Potager and vesta are the only othe rplaces I hit on your list. Both are excellent, Potager is better.

I lived there for a couple years as well in the early 80's. Trying to remember. Woody Creek Tavern was a cool place to have a cocktail. Used to see John Denver in there a lot. Cooper Street Bar? Great little dive and I remember Little Annies and the Red Onion. The little crepe stand outside Cooper Street.

And the high end Chinese at Snowmass. Something Lion? Think John Denver owned a piece of it. And I believe it was the place that had Doc and Hooker the magician bartenders. Fold a hundred dollar bill in with a rubberband around it and a dart or nail laid flat and they would toss it through the moving ceiling fan and stick it into the ceiling.

I worked at the Uhlerhoff at the bottom of the big burn. Did a lot of drinking at Gail's High Alpine. Roommate was head waiter at Chart House and he knocked down about 500 a night four nights a week. Lot of money for a early 20's single waiter. I ate great steaks four nights a week although it was midnight when I got them.

A couple of other people (one guy one woman) lived in TeePees on the backside of Aspen Mountain.

I miss those days.

October will be gearing up for the season but there is plenty to do. When is the balloon festival?

Good luck. You'll love it. I will be there for Christmas or New Years and I'm ready since it has been many years myself. If you are flying into Aspen Airport close your eyes because they dive bomb over the mountain into it and it looks like you are going into the side of the next mountain then smoke the brakes that makes the seatbelt cut into your kidneys. Pretty hairy. But you will see more private jets than anywhere else with the exception of Augusta during the Masters.

Think Scott Fetzer still have an antique shop there. He moved there when I did and never came back. I wish I would not have as well.

I bartended at The Chart House for the "90 and "91 season. Lived next to NY Pizza. Our favorite spot was a small Mexican restaurant downtown named La Cocina. Great food and great prices for a struggling "local."

It was a party everyday and night. Loved living there.

Most restaurants are gone because of high rents and labor.

Enjoy the nightlife.

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Burlee

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So did you guys live in Aspen or down valley....like Basalt? I interned in Aspen one summer ('89) and paid $1600 for a shack (you could see daylight through the walls) in Snowmass. Most the young people in my office lived down valley and had 40 minute commutes. That's one of the reasons I didn't go to work for that company when I graduated....that and the snow and cold....I'm not a skier.

If you're driving near Avon, you got to stop at the Swiss Hot Dog Company.

I don't go near the area without dropping in!

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Denver:

Denver Chophouse and Brewery
Elway's
Breckenridge Brewery
Jim and Nick's BBQ ( in the northridge mall area across from Bass Pro---they have SWEET TEA with crushed ice!!!!!!!!!!!!! )