There are many places I have traveled throughout the years while being on my GF journey. I feel like I cannot just move on from those and start from my last trip without giving you insight on where to go and what to eat, so I will be adding those little gems here and there with some fun pics along the way!
Colorado was my most recent trip and my first trip of 2019. We went there to celebrate the birth of my handsome husband. This post will be about our first stop, GOLDEN, COLORADO! Did you know that is where Coors Light is made?! Me either. It has a really cute downtown that was still decorated with Christmas lights, so that made it even more magical. For this trip, the group left me in charge of picking the restaurants since I am the "picky" one.
The first night we kept it low key. Nick and I had gone out the night before in Chicago to kick-start his birthday shenanigans, so between that and travelling, we were exhausted. When choosing where to eat, I was in between Yard house and a cidery. Yard House has great GF options and is a chain, so I knew it would be easy to eat GF, but a cidery?! Now, that is up my alley. I chose to take us to Colorado Plus 49 Cidery & Pub. I see breweries all of the time, so when a cidery pops up in my search for greatness, I HAVE to go there! They just opened in June of 2018, so I was not sure what to expect. They have 4 house ciders to choose from, along with some guest ciders that are visiting for now. I always like to try the house ciders wherever I go. I like showing them support and encouragement. Idunn was my favorite-ish. I go for dryer ciders, so this one was pretty on point. There was not a ton of flavor difference between all of them, but Idunn and Knackers(semi sweet, but not super sweet) seemed the most distinct. Again, they are growing and learning, so I am sure the flavors will get even better and more distinct and before we know it, they will each have their own personalities and individual tastes. FOOD....we started with their mussels. Nick and I always get those if we can. They had me at, CIDER! I saw that as one of the ingredients and did not read past that point to be honest. They had a KICK, so if you are not a fan of spice, which I am getting better about, I would not recommend these. If you have a sinus infection or are stuffy from allergies....ORDER THEM! I was so excited when they said they could bring me my own bread to dip into the mussels. That was an added bonus. All in all they were delicious and the chorizo and peppers added, really made them different from any mussels we have ever had. For my entree, I ordered the All American Burger and added cheese, bacon, and an egg. Their cost for adding items is a little steep(bacon being $2.50), but again, I like to see these places keep their doors open, so I pay it. Their GF bun was the most I have ever seen anywhere in the world. It was an additional $3. That is bogus to me because when you are paying for a burger, a fraction of the cost is going towards the bun already, so I can see adding $1 or even $1.50, but $3 is way too much. I also had to pay the $3 for the bread for the mussels. I do know their ingredients are locally sourced, however, I think they could have some wiggle room on bringing those additional prices down.
Ok, back to the food. The burger was cooked perfectly, but the egg cooked while they were bringing the burger out, so I was bummed that I did not get to enjoy the eruption of the egg yolk all over the perfectly cooked burger. I had truffle fries as my side and they were DELISH! BONUS: They have a separate fryer for the fries to avoid cross-contamination(GF folks around the world REJOICE)!! For dessert we had their homemade vanilla ice cream. They brought it out as we sang, "Happy Birthday" to Nick and watched his face go from an Italian tanned brown, to a beet red. It was perfect! Ha!
I was flipping through the cocktail menu just passing time and saw a Mule with Cider?! My ears perked and I couldn't resist. It was just ok. I think I had my expectations too high. Side note: I make my own ginger beer that is very ginger forward, so that can skew my opinion on mules sometimes when I feel like they taste "too diluted". I definitely think they could benefit by adding a little more ginger syrup.
I did end up getting "gluten'd" here and left looking 6 months preggo and in terrible pain. It started to hit me early on, but really hit hard towards the end. At first I thought maybe something in the truffle fries, but then started thinking about the bread I had devoured on my burger and with my mussels. They were toasted, so I can only conclude they were put on top of the grill where regular bread had just been toasted and soaked in all of crumbs...maybe?! That made for a bad night. Thank goodness I had my Activated Charcoal in tow. I popped a couple of those suckers and started praying for relief. I do not completely put the restaurant at fault. With them being in the infant stage, they are still learning. I should have asked them to make sure to wipe the grill off prior to putting my delicious bread on top. Also, they are not a GF kitchen, so I know there is always a risk of getting "gluten'd". It is a risk I take and it backfired this time.
Would I give them another try? Absolutely! I would like to try them out again this summer when they are a year old and see what tweaks they have made. Definitely stop by and give them a try. Just be specific when ordering GF and make sure to ask about wiping down the grill if you are getting any bread!
Stay tuned as I write about the rest of our journey in Breckenridge!
Colorado was my most recent trip and my first trip of 2019. We went there to celebrate the birth of my handsome husband. This post will be about our first stop, GOLDEN, COLORADO! Did you know that is where Coors Light is made?! Me either. It has a really cute downtown that was still decorated with Christmas lights, so that made it even more magical. For this trip, the group left me in charge of picking the restaurants since I am the "picky" one.
The first night we kept it low key. Nick and I had gone out the night before in Chicago to kick-start his birthday shenanigans, so between that and travelling, we were exhausted. When choosing where to eat, I was in between Yard house and a cidery. Yard House has great GF options and is a chain, so I knew it would be easy to eat GF, but a cidery?! Now, that is up my alley. I chose to take us to Colorado Plus 49 Cidery & Pub. I see breweries all of the time, so when a cidery pops up in my search for greatness, I HAVE to go there! They just opened in June of 2018, so I was not sure what to expect. They have 4 house ciders to choose from, along with some guest ciders that are visiting for now. I always like to try the house ciders wherever I go. I like showing them support and encouragement. Idunn was my favorite-ish. I go for dryer ciders, so this one was pretty on point. There was not a ton of flavor difference between all of them, but Idunn and Knackers(semi sweet, but not super sweet) seemed the most distinct. Again, they are growing and learning, so I am sure the flavors will get even better and more distinct and before we know it, they will each have their own personalities and individual tastes. FOOD....we started with their mussels. Nick and I always get those if we can. They had me at, CIDER! I saw that as one of the ingredients and did not read past that point to be honest. They had a KICK, so if you are not a fan of spice, which I am getting better about, I would not recommend these. If you have a sinus infection or are stuffy from allergies....ORDER THEM! I was so excited when they said they could bring me my own bread to dip into the mussels. That was an added bonus. All in all they were delicious and the chorizo and peppers added, really made them different from any mussels we have ever had. For my entree, I ordered the All American Burger and added cheese, bacon, and an egg. Their cost for adding items is a little steep(bacon being $2.50), but again, I like to see these places keep their doors open, so I pay it. Their GF bun was the most I have ever seen anywhere in the world. It was an additional $3. That is bogus to me because when you are paying for a burger, a fraction of the cost is going towards the bun already, so I can see adding $1 or even $1.50, but $3 is way too much. I also had to pay the $3 for the bread for the mussels. I do know their ingredients are locally sourced, however, I think they could have some wiggle room on bringing those additional prices down.
Ok, back to the food. The burger was cooked perfectly, but the egg cooked while they were bringing the burger out, so I was bummed that I did not get to enjoy the eruption of the egg yolk all over the perfectly cooked burger. I had truffle fries as my side and they were DELISH! BONUS: They have a separate fryer for the fries to avoid cross-contamination(GF folks around the world REJOICE)!! For dessert we had their homemade vanilla ice cream. They brought it out as we sang, "Happy Birthday" to Nick and watched his face go from an Italian tanned brown, to a beet red. It was perfect! Ha!
I was flipping through the cocktail menu just passing time and saw a Mule with Cider?! My ears perked and I couldn't resist. It was just ok. I think I had my expectations too high. Side note: I make my own ginger beer that is very ginger forward, so that can skew my opinion on mules sometimes when I feel like they taste "too diluted". I definitely think they could benefit by adding a little more ginger syrup.
I did end up getting "gluten'd" here and left looking 6 months preggo and in terrible pain. It started to hit me early on, but really hit hard towards the end. At first I thought maybe something in the truffle fries, but then started thinking about the bread I had devoured on my burger and with my mussels. They were toasted, so I can only conclude they were put on top of the grill where regular bread had just been toasted and soaked in all of crumbs...maybe?! That made for a bad night. Thank goodness I had my Activated Charcoal in tow. I popped a couple of those suckers and started praying for relief. I do not completely put the restaurant at fault. With them being in the infant stage, they are still learning. I should have asked them to make sure to wipe the grill off prior to putting my delicious bread on top. Also, they are not a GF kitchen, so I know there is always a risk of getting "gluten'd". It is a risk I take and it backfired this time.
Would I give them another try? Absolutely! I would like to try them out again this summer when they are a year old and see what tweaks they have made. Definitely stop by and give them a try. Just be specific when ordering GF and make sure to ask about wiping down the grill if you are getting any bread!
Stay tuned as I write about the rest of our journey in Breckenridge!
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