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| - Charming little American restaurant serving a few surprises and staffed with super nice people.
Service - Excellent. Forget these other reviews, first of all. There is a difference between slow and bad. Easily overwhelmed? Yes they are. Bad servers? No, absolutely not. Paris, our server, was actually very quick to take our order, quick on the refills, and brought the food out hot (well, one exception, not her fault). Hostess is super slow to sit you and the cooks take a bit but overall was very happy. Actually adding a star just for Paris, she was great. Again, witnessed other guests acting inappropriately, shocked at the composure the staff kept, makes me think they get it a lot.
Food - adequate, prob should be a three star for the food. For starters, we got the lobster Mac and cheese bites. Sriracha sauce okay, not spicy at all tho. The "bites" are huge, it took like 4 bites to eat one. Three per order, unfortunately one was still cold in the middle, oh well. Both of us got the ribeye, fairly standard, a little overpriced but you're a captive audience, where else you gonna go? Came with a side of grilled veggies, these were pretty good, a winter squash, parsnip and carrot that seemed fresh. Baked potato, standard.
Drinks - they have a separate bar that makes several cocktails, fairly good list actually, even have two fairly respectable whiskey flights. Wife ordered a sidecar and they ran out of cognac, so bartender asked if brandy was okay, turned out alright. I had a jalapeƱo margarita, jalapeƱos were pickled, still not sure if I liked it this way but overall drink options were nice touch, more than just blank and coke, gin and tonic, etc. Wine list very small. Didn't make it to the bar to see the beer selection but it was just a few handles on tap, the evil blue oval of bud light was the only one I recognized from a distance.
Ambience - sitting by the windows watching the snow fall made us forget that a patron assaulted a server and police came to arrest them. Over wait times. WTF is wrong with ppl? Can't fault the restaurant for who shows up. That aside, there's a few fireplaces that give a warmth and glow, but also look like they need a deep scrub and some new paint. The country music playing has all the top hits from 1995. The view really is excellent and the huge vaulted ceiling with log cabin decor adds to the feeling that you are in Colorado not Nevada. I overall thought it was pleasant and enjoyable.
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