La Casa Del Rey

July 15, 2011

A handful of times a year I have to go to Denver for various Doctors’ appointments for my Muscular Dystrophy, while in the Denver area I like to find a new place to eat, so I have something to look forward to after.  This time I found La Casa Del Rey.

We got there for an early dinner. The lady at the front just told us to sit wherever we wanted to, the first section near the door just had booths further into the restaurant there were tables which we sat at one of them. While here we didn't just have one waiter or waitress, at least three or four different people helped us at some point. They took our drink orders and brought chips and salsa shortly after we were seated. I really enjoyed this salsa it was chunky and you could see all the different things in it, the onion, peppers, and tomatoes among other things.

Usually when I go to a new Mexican place I like to get a combo with multiple things instead of just one. So if I don't like one thing there's not that much of it to eat, and if I really like one thing I can get it next time. This place however was a little harder to do this since they don't have a build your own combo. They did have about 14 different combos, my mom and I both got the number 13 combo which had a Chile relleno, a cheese enchilada and a beef taco, which I didn't really want, but it was the best sounding combo. I thought everything on the plate was very good but I don't think any of it was the best Mexican food I've had. The Chile relleno was long and skinny with green chili on top. It was crispy, which is what I like, it had cheddar cheese inside the pepper. It was a little bit different from what I expected; I thought it tasted kind of like a jalapeno Popper. The green chili was good on top, I kind of wish I would've had more of the green chili. The enchilada was good not anything too exciting, but good. The taco was also good I really liked the shell, it was different than any taco shells I had before. It was like they actually made it. My mom also like her combo plate, she thought the Chile relleno was hot up by the stem, which mine didn't have.

My dad had the combo with the Chile relleno and a beef and bean burrito. His whole plate was smothered in green chili and he also thought it was good.

Overall this place was very good, not the best I've ever had but still very good. My favorite part I think was the chips and salsa, and the green chili which I wish I had more of.

La Casa Del Rey

7035 East 72nd Avenue, Commerce City, CO 80022-2107

Big AL’s Burgers and dogs

March 23, 2011

I met a friend at Big Al’s Burgers and dogs, multiple people had told me it was really good.  I decided to get a single with fries and my friend just got a single burger.

I thought the burger was good, but not as good as everyone made it sound like.  This may have had to do with just having In n Out burger in Arizona, which I thought was better.  The fries were fresh cut with the skins still on, but for some reason I usually don’t like fresh cut fries.  I didn’t like them that much, but they weren’t awful.

Overall I thought the burger was good, and very good for a fast food place and the fries I thought were ok, but not that great.  I would go back to this place, but I probably would not good out of my way.

140 West Mountain Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524