"Drunk" on sausage.................

No, no, no this is not pornography.  But by all of the food that we consumed you might think a bit grotesque and sad.  Recently was joined by my two favorite foodies, Teresa and Jesse, to eat Polish food.  Cracovia restaurant is a small restaurant in Westminster Colorado.  We went on a Friday night, and the place appeared to be busy, not all the tables were full but for this small family restaurant it appeared to be a large crowd.  We were pre-warned that if we took a booth close to the dance floor it would be loud, yes I said dance floor.  There is a one man band, not only does he play trumpet, but he sings, and plays a keyboard.  What this isn't your thing?  Ok not ours either but felt like going to someones wedding and being entertained, hell people even danced.  Be prepared as the service is very slow, but the food is very good.  First off our waiter asked for a drink order, Teresa and I ordered Cokes and Jesse ordered a beer.  When we got the cokes there was no ice, we were informed later that the ice machine was broken.  Ok I love ice so I felt very sad, but it was going to be fine as I was in good company. 

Teresa and Jesse ordered the platter for two and I order the platter for one.  This is not cheap, but it will feed you 3 times trust me.  We started with bread and a pate, was very nice and creamy.  The second course was soup, we all got different ones.  Mine was dill pickle and potatoes, let me tell you this was so freaking good, I love love love dill pickles and I wish I could make this at home because I would eat it everyday.  Jesse got Beet soup which was great, creamy and sweet, Teresa got breakfast soup as I like to call it, had sausage, hard boiled eggs, and potatoes.

Beet soup and Beer

"Breakfast" soup

Dill pickle soup!!!!!!!

Then came the food, lots and lots of food.  My plate came with perogies, kielbasa, cabbage roll, cucumber and beet salads.  Teresa and Jesse's came with all of those plus a croquette of some kind of meat, mashed potatoes and short ribs.  Need I say more

sauces for cabbage rolls

cucumber sour cram salad

freaking adorable

Jesse stop playing with your food

sausage, potatoes, spare ribs

pirogi, croquette, cabbage roll

Ok this place is awesome.  Very slow, but the food makes up for it.  Go support this local family restaurant. 

justice League

What could be better then eating outside???? Eating outside with a lot of food trucks surrounding you and a glass of sangria!!!!!  Went to the Justice League of street food last night, in Denver.  They have parties all summer and let me tell you the food is good.  This event was at 29th and Huron in Denver and included a many fine food and fine people.  The fun thing about this is that you get to see all sorts of different people and eat all kinds of food. 

 So many many choices........

 The Biscuit Bus is where I started....................................

Ok I love biscuits but they are not really good in Colorado, more like rocks, no moisture is hard to work with.  Some how the Bus knows what they are doing.  I ordered the Ellsworth, biscuit, fried chicken, homemade mustard, homemade pickles, and a drizzle of honey..............I think I am in love.  I could eat one of these biscuits every single day.

The biscuit was flaky and buttery, and the other items were the highest quality, explains the 7.50 price tag.  I recommend getting in touch with these folks, follow them on Facebook at The Biscuit Bus and they will tell you where they are for the day.  Next up Teresa had some fried mashed potato balls from the Stick it to me bus, also Jesse had some meat on a stick from there.  Both items were really good.

I had to have some dessert from the Denver Cupcake truck, Lemon Cupcake anyone?

Teresa also got some Milk and Cookies to eat later.

I had to have a sangria to wash all of this awesome food down.......

Teresa and Jesse finished the night with some chicken tacos from the taco truck and an ice cream sandwich.

Overall a great success.  If you are interested in these street parties just follow Justice league of street food in Denver to find out more on Facebook.  I know I will be hitting a few more. 

Eating with a Pregger.........................

Ok if you love to eat like me and you have a friend whom is pregnant then you should eat lunch with that person, and order a lot of items on the menu with no shame.  I recently went to lunch with my friend Daedre, small tiny thing with a baby bump.  I will say even though Daedre is tiny she has always had a love of food and that is one of the things I most like about her, ohhhhh and she has crazy red hair which I love. 

Daedre

Hmmmmmm what should we order?

menu with free matches

I have never eaten at Steuben's but have always wanted too.  This place is so cute, a mix between a diner and a bistro.  Almost all of the items come A la Carte which bothers me, but the prices are reasonable.  Quick mention here, the glasses are tiny, if you order a coke which I did you will need it refilled at least twice. 

Outside entrance

The next things you will see is all of the food we ordered, it might make you blush but I am not ashamed and we shared so keep that in mind......

Hush puppies rolled in sugar

Deviled Eggs, creamy and delish

French Fries

Shrimp Po' Boy

Monte Cristo Sandwich

I really liked this place.  I was filled with your usual 'foodies' but it was also filled with families with small children and older people, I felt comfortable there.  The menu had a nice brunch selection as well but we opted for lunch.  Steuban's now has a food truck and can be found around town for their goodies as well.  I will go back I really want to try dinner here, I hear the fried chicken is good.  Daedre and I left feeling really full and with all that food the cost with tip was around $20 a person, not too bad.  Ohhhhh and I forgot to mention all of the food rocked, everything was very well prepared, how could I forget the most important part, must be having a food coma re-living all of that food. 

I think I might be half greek...........

If there is one thing that I love just as much as Mexican food it is Greek food.  I am sure if I ever get to go to Greece I will love the food just as much, but what I am talking about is gyros which I am pretty sure is not what they eat in Greece.  I just love it and I think and I know that is probably not very good for you, but I really don't care because I love it.  I kind of do what I want, you should just get to know that about me.  So my favorite food companions Teresa and Jesse suggested Melita's Greek Cafe and market they eat there a lot but I have not and it was on my list of places to try so off we went.  You walk in and it looks like a diner with some grocery items to one side, I think OK this looks pretty good, because everyone knows that the lower the ambiance is, you are probably going to have a good meal.  They have a menu on the wall, the kind of menu you see at a bowling alley snack stand with the red and black press in letters and numbers......I am liking this already.  I grabbed a paper menu to have a peek.

I love a good paper menu.  I order some hummus and pita to start, I have to have an appetizer it is like a drug or something, I have found many a good food just by ordering an appetizer.  The hummus was great, and the pita is grilled on a flat top which makes it slightly oily and toasted which is even better.

hummus and pita

droollllllllllllllllllllllll sorry I had a moment of pita and hummus coma for a minute.  Ok on to the main event.  Teresa had falafel sandwich and french fries, which I of course tasted.  The falafel was really well seasoned and I am pretty sure made in house and homemade with ingredients on hand not from a box. 

falafel sandwich

Jesse ordered the gyros sandwich with a side salad.  I like the fact that you can get fries or a salad with the combo because sometimes you do not want fries and you don't want to pay extra for a salad.  I also had some salad with my gyros platter and I will say the salad here is very fresh and not boring, see picture below to figure out "not boring". 

gyros sandwich

I don't really know if Jesse liked this but I think it was gone in about 2 minutes flat, and that is very strange for Jesse so I am going to say that he LOVED it and move on.  The gyros platter was similar but comes with some baklava as a dessert.  I really enjoyed my food and took half home to eat the next night for dinner, I just tossed it with some more salad greens and had two salads from one meal.  This place really gives you a lot of meat so chances are you will be taking some home.  I am definitely going here again, and by again I mean soon, and by soon I mean maybe this weekend.  If you are not in the mood for greek they do offer cheese burgers and different types of sandwiches, I am sure they are all good.  So what are you waiting for, an invitation?  Go there now.

top view gyros platter

side view gyros platter

Bikers and Dogs

Ok now that I have gotten your attention, focus on hot-dogs and you are in for a real treat.  Recently my sister and her husband wanted to get hot-dogs and they suggested Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs.  Located at 2148 Larimer St, Denver, CO.  Ok first off this started as a cart in Denver and now it is a restaurant location, and I am not surprised because it is really good.  We started with some fried macaroni and cheese, that doesn't really need a description because: A. anything fried is delicious, and B. anything macaroni and cheese is great.  The fried appetizer was great, and I could eat about 5 orders of this........

I ordered the Elk Jalapeno Cheddar Dog.....now this is not a hot-dog, but a tasty delight in your mouth.  It is filled with cream cheese and topped with sauteed onions that are cooked in soda.  Very, very, very good.....oh did I mention I got mine served with fried green tomatoes?  This place is great, great atmosphere, good prices, and really unusual hot-dogs that are super tasty. 

Elk dog, with fried green tomatoes

We all really enjoyed our food and there are a lot of choices on the menu.  I will be back, and yes so will my sister................

Toast

Now I usually do not venture down to Littleton for Breakfast, but a friend that I haven't seen in over 15 years invited me down so we could re-connect.  She chose Toast, there are actually 2 locations in Colorado one in Littleton and one in Cherry Creek.  The one in Littleton is really cute, with pictures of art shaped like toast on the wall.  The menu is really large, and there is something for everyone.  The coffee is also really great for a breakfast place, I'm not sure what kind they use but I loved it.  My friend chose a dish called Sante Fe french toast, this thing is a monster, it has egg, chorizo, green chilis, cheese, pico de gallo, and avocado cheese

Sante Fe french toast

Chicken Fried Steak and eggs

I had the Chicken fried steak and eggs.  Both things were really great.  I will eat here again.  The service was great, the prices were good, and the portions are huge. 

Sams No 3

Don't have a lot of time to write about this but I wanted to get it in.  Ate at Sams No 3  for Breakfast a couple of weekends ago, and all I can say is WOW.  Really Good, here are some pictures.........

Go eat there sometime soon.  Beware long lines..........................