Let's face it, rainy days in Denver are few and far between. Of course two of those days occured when Matt's parents were in town visiting which also happened to be his birthday weekend.
We started their visit off with a dinner at Carmine's on Penn - probably our favorite restaurant in Denver (well... that might be Fruition, but that's only for very special occasions). Carmine's is a 5 minute walk from our apartment which is also why it is so appealing. We always go overboard on food and let our stomachs do the talking. We opted for the House appetizer - delicious, but I knew I would regret getting partially full on the appetizer. Our entrees included Chicken Montana (Rosemary chicken, gorgonzola pasta with asparagus and sun dried tomatoes) and a spicy sausage pasta. Matt and I get the Chicken Montana every time we go - we just can't resist. The problem with these two dishes is that they each consist of one full pound of pasta! Plus the other meat/cheeses. So Matt and I ate leftovers for a solid week after this dinner!! Seriously amazing though.
Saturday morning it was raining...again. The forecast failed us and we never really saw the sun shining. We originally planned to head to the mountains Saturday but a snowstorm rolled through the high country and we decided to pass. We spent the morning at the Denver Art Museum. What a great museum! The architecture of the building alone could be a museum. We stayed for about 2 hours and were hoping to walk down 16th Street Mall afterwards but the sudden drop in temperature and rainfall caused us to nix that idea. So the next best idea? Bloody Mary's! We ended up at Lucielle's in Wash Park - what do you know, another restaurant 5 minutes from where we live. I'm starting to realize we need to venture out of Wash Park more.. or maybe we just live in the best neighborhood :)
Lucielle's was seriously awesome. We had been there for breakfast before (get there before 930 or expect a long wait!) but never lunch. We got there at 130 and had to wait about 15 minutes for a table. They closed at 2, so the place started to clear out once we sat down. I opted for the bulgur wheat salad, avocado and a bunch of other veggies. It was pretty delicious but I felt guilty that it wasn't traditional Creole food. It did come with a side of homemade cornbread though, amazing. The Bloody's Mary's tasted fabulous as well. Probably the best Bloody's I've had in Denver thus far!
Saturday night consisted of cocktail hour, dinner (stuffed red peppers) and an early night to bed. We were getting up early Sunday to head to the mountains and then to Boulder!
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