the pursuit of favorites: root down

march, 15, 2011

because of the extreme table wait there was the last time we tried to eat at root down, we decided to make reservations this time. since we also waited until the day of to make reservations, the only available time was 5pm. super early! we ate only a small snack for lunch so that we would still be hungry for dinner.

i really like the atmosphere of root down. it is a bit fancy, but still seems to have a laid back feel. most things in the restaurant are refurbished or recycled in some way. the building is even an old garage! i also really like how they give the table a glass bottle filled with water that is filtered by reverse osmosis. it is also nice to have the bottle on the table so that you do not have to wait for a waiter to fill up your water glass if you find yourself being extraordinarily thirsty.

the appetizer bread with butter was very delicious. the butter was different than normal butter, but i cant figure out how to describe it. the closest description i can think of is very delicious, lets eat all of it haha. handsome ordered the roasted petaluma 3 chili chicken (habenero, chipotle, jalapeno, lemon creme fraiche, green chili grit cake and cucumber-spinach salad) and i got the colorado grass-fed buffalo sliders (aged cheddar, oogave carmelized onions, tomato jam, mustard pickles, organic sweet otato fries, udi's challah bun and curry-lime sauce). both of them were pretty good, but i did feel that prestons chicken was better than the sliders. the curry-lime sauce was delicious though! and so were the sweet potato fries, but when are they not delicious?!

we would go back to root down, but we would try happy hour the next time. our dinner was very expensive, possibly a bit more expensive than it was worth when only taking the taste of the food into account and not the organic/local aspects of it. (but i also do not have an income at the moment due to school and that may be a large reason why i feel that way). we were there during the time of happy hour, but apparently the happy hour prices are only given in the bar area. we found this out after we had already sat down. it would also be a fun place to enjoy a few drinks. the patio was closed, but i think it would be a very enjoyable place to hang out when the weather is nice. it also has a very nice view of downtown denver. maybe we will try happy hour on the patio next time!

there is a recent change to my pursuit of favorites. instead of moving to denver, i will be moving to little rock for a year. i am still going to continue the pursuit of favorites whenever i visit handsome, but i will also be starting another series about my favorites in little rock! so many favorites to find!

love.