The original Cherry Cricket is 78 years old and they finally opened a branch in the suburbs. Mile High Dining went to the newly opened Cherry Cricket - Littleton. The restaurant has seating indoors for more than 400 and an extra large patio (Burger Garden) seating 100! On a Saturday afternoon, the place was packed … Continue reading Cherry Cricket – Littleton →

Four of us when to Machete in Cherry Creek to get the out-of-state family members' Mexican food. Machete provides handcrafted margaritas and their specialty, tacos. It's a small place on the basement level with some outside patio seating. Everyone selected a margarita and we started with chips, salsa, and guacamole. The house Margaritas are extra … Continue reading Machete Tequila + Tacos →

Mile High Dining and 2 others went to the first Thai restaurant in America which is located in Denver. Chada Thai was founded in the early 1960s and survives today. It's a small place but with an outside patio. You order at the counter but the food is delivered to your table. We ordered 4 … Continue reading Chada Thai →

The 5 of us went to Odell Brewing’s rooftop patio overlooking Sloan’s Lake. The bar features 12 experimental beers as well as the 4 brewed year around. Odell Brewing started in Ft. Collins 30 years ago. The patio was packed on a Friday evening but a table finally opened. We tried the experimental beers that … Continue reading Odell Brewing →

Mile High Dining went across town to eat Texas-style barbecue at Post Oak Barbecue. It’s a cafeteria-style restaurant, focused on Texas-style barbecue and they even use oak trees from Texas in the grills! The meals use all natural certified Angus beef, and both the pork and poultry are natural. I visited four years ago, and … Continue reading Post Oak Barbecue →

Mile High Dining went to a neighborhood Italian restaurant, Locanda del Borgo. It's located in East Denver in a residential area. The restaurant has a very extensive menu from appetizers to main entrees. On our Sunday visit the place was very quiet and had very few customers. Each person had a side salad and an … Continue reading Locanda del Borgo →

Mile High Dining attended a five-course chef’s tasting menu with wine pairings in honor of Pollinator Week. Each course had the chef came out and explain the food and the wine Director explained the wine pairing. Then we learned about the type of bee or other pollinator involved with the flower. The combination of the … Continue reading Pollinator Dinner at El Five →

After days of rain, Mile High Dining went to a bar in RINO, Federales. It has an open top to the sky, so we enjoyed an outing in warm weather. Larimer and 29th St. in Denver is the hopping area of town, with restaurants, bars, and lots of young people. I sat at the bar … Continue reading Federales →

Mile High Dining went to the Denver Greek Festival. The dancing and the music were the hit of the afternoon. The food was good while the Cathedral ceiling of the church was beautiful! One enters the Festival and must walk through the merchants selling products from olive oil to paintings. Once you arrive at the … Continue reading Greek Festival →

Mile High Dining went out on a rainy evening for Indian food at Tocabe. It’s American Indian food. It’s the only American Indian food restaurant in the Denver area. They focus on recipes from partnerships with the Indian community and many of their ingredients come from Indian producers. It’s a causal counter style restaurant. Mile … Continue reading Tocabe →