High country Orchards – Palisade Colorado

August 23, 2013

Excellent Palisade peaches. I’ve never had fresh peaches besides at the grocery stores, and these are so much better.

 

3548 E 1/2 Rd, Palisade, CO ‎



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My favorite muffin – Grand Junction Colorado

August 23, 2013

 

 

These muffins were huge and really delicious, but I think cupcakes would probably be a better way to describe them.

 

 I got a Boston cream pie muffin it was just like a Boston cream pie with chocolate on top in the cream in the middle. Mom got a carrot cake muffin dad got two muffins a Boston cream pie muffin and a blueberry cheesecake I think. We also got a variety of mini muffins. There were plenty of tables there to eat, but we took ours to go. On our way home this day we stopped at a rest area and ate the large ones.

The next day when we got home we ate the mini muffins. These were all really good and I don't think there was a bad one in the bunch. These muffins might just be the greatest muffins out there.

683 Horizon Dr, Grand Junction, CO ‎






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El Tapatio – Grand Junction Colorado

August 22, 2013

We stopped here before a Grand Junction Rockies game.

 

 

They brought out chips and salsa and this slaw type thing. This was different than anything I've had with chips at a Mexican restaurant, I’m not even exactly sure what everything in it was, but it was good Just different. I really enjoyed the salsa, it was very fresh and one of the better salsas I've had in a while.

 

I decided to get the el tapatio enchiladas which had three different enchiladas pork with green sauce, a chicken enchilada with an orangish cream sauce and a chicken mole enchilada. All these are really good the pork with a green sauce was my favorite then the chicken with the cream sauce. Finally the mole was my least favorite, but still good, was a little too sweet for me. The Rice and beans were both good as well there were veggies in the rice, this was interesting but good. Mom and dad both had different combo plates I can't exactly sure what they were. But they didn't have many complaints.

1145 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501




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Strayhorn Grill – Loma Colorado

August 22, 2013

 

This restaurant is connected to the sale barn, where they auction the animals they are only open for lunch during the week and they have dinner on the weekends. We were here during the week so lunch it was. I knew they had some sandwiches and assumed steaks. When we got there weren’t really many steaks on the menu mostly sandwiches so I decided to have the prime rib sandwich. Dad had the cheesesteak and mom had the pulled pork sandwich and all two of us choose fries as our side and mom had coleslaw. During our meal our waitress changed. The original waitress got busy with a large group so someone else came and took our order. Shortly after the original one came back and made sure we got our order taken to make sure it got in before the group. In not a whole lot of time our sandwiches came.

My sandwich was all right but the meat I thought was kind of tough really and just not as good as I was expecting. It was pretty plain and simple just the prime rib on toast with au jus which was good.

 

Dad really liked his cheesesteak. He said it had chunks of steak and not just the little thin stuff, he really enjoyed this.

 

Mom liked hers as well and it was gone very quickly.

 

 

 

After we were done eating mom and dad both decided to get a slice of chocolate cream pie. They both thought this was a really good chocolate cream pie. I tested it and have to agree it was really good.

 

It was a little confusing if we pay at the counter or at the table. Eventually though waitress came and took it, but I think we were supposed to pay at the counter. 

I don't think what I ordered would get 4 stars, but everyone else liked theirs more and when you add the pie it does boost the rating for sure.

 

 

 

 

 

1369 12 1/2 Rd, Loma, CO 81524

 

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Which wich – Grand Junction Colorado

August 21, 2013

I met a friend that I hadn't seen in years here for lunch. It was a little after 11 so it wasn’t really busy.  This is a build your own sandwich place. When you first come in you decide which main type of sandwich you want. Turkey, beef, ham, and seafood were some of the many options. You then take a bag of the type of sandwich you want then grab a red sharpie and checkmark all the things you want on your sandwich. Once you're done with this you take the bag to the counter and pick your chips if you want them and pay for your meal. Then you could take a cup to fill up while you wait for your sandwich.

 

I got a ham and turkey sandwich with pepper jack, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onion, spinach and spicy mayo. This was a good sandwich and better than silver mine or subway type places for sure.

1125 Patterson Rd. Grand Junction, CO 81506

 

 

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Kannah Creek Brewing Company– Grand Junction Colorado

August 20, 2013

I read online that they had orange cream soda which is what I was excited about trying. However when we were ordering drinks they said they only had a grape soda and root beer, so I just got a pepsi ($2.25) as did my mom and dad decided to try the root beer ($2.25). This night I wasn't exactly starving because of my breakfast at Dream Café earlier in the day. So I thought I would get something fairly small with a side salad. When our waitress returned with our drinks I hadn’t made my decision yet so she gave us some more time. When she did come back I decided to get a pepperoni pizza ($6.99) and a side salad ($3.49) with ranch dressing.   Dad got the Reuben sandwich ($10.49 w/ side) and mom got the Roasted turkey cranberry sandwich ($9.49 w/ a side) and they both got side salad with it.

 

The salads were decent with all the normal things you expect tomato and cucumber all that stuff.

 

 

The pizza was a decent pizza, but not the greatest but good enough for me on this day. This wasn't all that big of a pizza, but I think I was less hungry than I thought and could only eat half of it.

 

 

Dad thought his Reuben sandwich kind of had too much meat in it, but thought it was an okay sandwich and mom said hers was good but that's what she says about almost everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960 N 12th St, Grand Junction, CO 81501

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