Snooze: Brunch in Denver
Who doesn’t love brunch? It has everything you could want in a meal: a leisurely pace, drinks and pancakes. In Denver, Brian, Kimberley and I asked what was a good spot for brunch, we were told in no uncertain terms to get over to Snooze as quickly as possible.
Once there, we found the place packed. Luckily, they provided coffee while you waited. Kimberley opted for a latte, which came with a nice flourish in the foam. I opted for standard drip coffee (the only disappointment in the meal. Maybe I was doing something wrong, but the coffee in Denver really left something to be desired.)
While we waited for our table, I decided to channel my father. I walked around the restaurant (recognizing many GABF passes hanging around people’s necks) seeing what they were eating. I even asked a few people eating at the bar what they had ordered, and if they’d recommend it (Pancakes. Yes.) After only a few minutes, it was clear that pancakes were in our future. Once seated, we ordered the “Pancake Flight” as our brunch appetizer.
Snooze takes it’s pancakes very seriously. In front is the off-the-menu special, Reese’s Peanut butter cup pancake, on the right was our upside down pineapple pancake, and in back is the seasonal special blueberry ginger. Delicious. Then came our main courses: the Pork’s Benedictian, an Eggs Benedict with pulled pork, (and pickle garnish, a nice touch) and a hash browns made to order with cheese, broccoli and cheese.
Service was friendly and courteous, and the place felt trendy without trying too hard. The food was delicious, reasonably priced, and even well lit, making for easy brunch-time photography. I think I might have surprised our waitress with the camera – i suppose food blogging isn’t the natural past time in Denver it is in San Francisco. (My solution: open a Snooze in the Mission in SF!) After licking our plates clean, we headed across the street to Great Divide Brewery for our post-brunch beers.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
[...] After breakfast on the Friday of GABF, we had some time, so we joined many other fellow beer travelers, and headed over to the Great Divide Brewery, which had opened it’s doors wide open for visitors during the conference. [...]
April 6th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
That’s our pub crawl that we host to whom commented before me. Beer Advocate skips the festival on Friday and hosts a pub crawl around Denver. We always start at Snooze. I love that place and I love their garlic salt and onion salt hash browns. Then we go to Great Divide and see Brian Dunn and sit in his tap room and take tours of the brewery. Its always around 90 people and we go all day!
July 30th, 2009 at 1:31 am
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