5280 Denver Restaurant Week has begun - woohoo!!

For those of you that don't live in the Denver Metro area... sucks to be you!  Denver offers many lifestyle opportunities, has great weather (310 days of sunshine a year, bite me Honolulu, Miami and San Diego!), and tons of outdoor and indoor recreational options, you can choose from 6 different sports teams to cheer, we have 12 ski areas within 90 minutes and for all our beer-loving friends it is the brew-pub capitol of the world but most of all it offers Denver Restaurant Week (a misnomer because it is 2 weeks long).  This means that if you eat at one of the participants restaurants your meal for 2 people will cost $52.80 or for 1 person $26.40.  These meals normally include 3 courses (appetizer, entree and dessert), you get to sample all kinds of lovely dishes AND this is a great way to try new, fancy (read expensive) restaurants for a very reasonable price.  


This year my friend K and I are partaking of a few restaurants (mileage reimbursement put to good use), we have chosen ones that we have never been to before and one where I have been but she hasn't (and I don't mind going back to) - and a couple of times I am letting DH coming along as well.  The contenders are:
Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Elway's, Red Square Euro Bistro and The Melting Pot.


We went to Restaurant Kevin Taylor and were slightly disappointed.  The service was extremely attentive (although the waiter had a very thick accent and spoke in a whisper which made things a little difficult), the restaurant itself has a great ambiance and the menu had many options ~ we were good about not getting the same dishes so as to try more but none of the dishes left us wanting more or craving to come back.  I think I would much rather go to Racine's for their awesome Solitaire Salmon Salad than go back to Restaurant KT and pay a bunch of money for something that does little to nothing for me.  


If you are in Denver, drop me a line and let me know what restaurants you have chosen for DRW and if you liked them!