The Cherry Creek Holiday Market is surrounded by the many lights in the neighborhood and traffic but worth the visit. It was a mild weather evening to enjoy a delicious crepe filled with caramel and bananas from the Crepe Outdoors. It was very light and not sweet. We also found a local distillery, Family Jones, … Continue reading Cherry Creek Holiday Market →

We found a fancy place for Thai food at Daughter Thai. In the past, my experience with eating Thai food has been only at counter restaurants. At Daughter Thai, we were able to sit at the bar and start with a pot of tea and a cocktail. The food selected was chicken Satay and a … Continue reading Daughter Thai Kitchen & Bar →

El Corn Beer is a dark lager brewed with dark malts and flaked maize. It won the Gold Medal at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival in Denver. It's dark and delicious especially when paired with chips and spicy queso. You can find it at the many Post Chicken and Beer locations. We were lucky … Continue reading El Corn Beer, Gold Medal Winner →

To celebrate the first snow that made everything white in Denver, Mile High Dining made a double chocolate pecan pie from scratch. Even the crust was made from scratch with my secret ingredient, vodka. Delicious!

Mile High Dining visits a 100% vegan restaurant, Watercourse Foods. It's a large and busy place on Saturday evenings. Since they do not take reservations, we sat with families and waited our turn. Denver has a fair number of vegan restaurants and Watercourse is one of the oldest. It’s popular with the younger age set … Continue reading Watercourse Foods →

Champagne tasting was a new treat for Mile High Dining. We learned about sparkling wines from around the world but focused on champagne from France. Total Wine did a good job and presented us 8 different wines ranging in price from $12.00 to $200.00 per bottle. I selected 4 from Champagne France. The word champagne … Continue reading Champagne Tasting →

Corrine is located in the Meridian hotel with a busy and open lobby. On Saturday night the lobby was filled and there is even a vending machine serving champagne bottles! The restaurant is about 5 years old and serves American styled food. It’s open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The dinner menu provides many small … Continue reading Corrine →

Convivio Cafe is a Guatemalan bilingual coffee shop that is woman owned and operated. Convivio serves coffee that is grown and roasted by Guatemalan farmers. Currently they have snack items like muffins and cookies and plan to expand the food items as it has been open only for a week. Even their web site is … Continue reading Convivio Cafe →

Mile High Dining went in search of a pumpkin beer. After checking several breweries and not finding any, we went to the Denver Beer Company on a beautiful warm fall afternoon. Sadly they were just out of their pumpkin beer at the brewery so we substituted the Peanut Butter Stout. Extra strong and good tasting. … Continue reading Pumpkin Beer →

Mile High Dining went to Boulder not to watch the CU Buffs lose another football but to dine at Frasca. Although 5280 Magazine believes it is not a top 25 restaurant, Mile High believes otherwise. They have received more awards from the James Beard Foundation than any other restaurant in Colorado. Frasca focuses on northeast … Continue reading Frasca Food and Wine →