Colorado part I: Euclid Hall

I'm sitting here staring at my post, thinking about Colorado, and completely stumped as to where to begin the FANTASTIC EPICNESS that was my trip!!!! Let's start with the County Fair....my friend won FIRST PLACE!!!! YAY!!!! This came as no surprise to me, her yarn was gorgeous... :)

We ate at Euclid Hall on Friday night. After a bit of discussion, we decided to do a tasting of quite a few things but to order them after each bit just in case we changed our minds, which we did a few times.

Beer in hand, Kristen had to talk me into starting with the bruléed bone marrow but let me say this: OH EM GEE. CAPS. PERIOD. Our server (who also happened to be quite adorable), described it perfectly as...."meat butter." It was completely different than what I had pictured in my mind (which I am not going to describe here because it was quite gross and the opposite of what it ended up being), and I ended up spooning up little bits of the delicious gravy that was served with it after we had finished gobbling it up.

Bone marrow, demi glace, sherry reduction, grilled sourdough

Just a quick note: I had brought my camera but didn't put it on the "food" setting so unfortunately, this picture is fuzzy. The other ones turned out well though! :)

Next, we ordered lamb poutine. Poutine originated in Quebec and is traditionally a dish of french fries, gravy, and fresh cheese curds. Euclid Hall kicks it up a notch and offers three gourmet poutine dishes that completely knock your socks off. We chose the lamb version and it was again, absolutely mouth-wateringly delicious.

Braised and grilled lamb, smoked espagnole sauce, goat cheese, micro sorrel

After a quick breather, we each chose a dish to share. Kristen went with the Spätzle, I chose one of their fresh, hand-cranked sausages. The sausage came with four different kinds of house-made mustard; all spicy, all grainy and delicious.

Caraway Spatzle, sauteed crisp, 10,000 island dressing

Beef short rib kielbasa sausage

At this point, we were stuffed to the brim but we couldn't walk away from sharing their S'mores Pot de Crème. Day to day,  I prefer savory over sweet but I couldn't keep my spoon out of this little dessert cup. I've also never had a homemade graham cracker before! Ummm can you say AMAZEBALLOONS?!

The beer that I drank was Lefthand Milk Stout Nitro. Similar to Guinness in texture but sweeter; It was poured beautifully and was the perfect accompaniment to my meal.

Euclid Hall - 1317 14th Street, Denver Colorado, 80202

Approximately $50, 2 people

3 - Different beers

2 - Bone Marrow

1 - Lamb Poutine

1 - Spätzle

1 - Kielbasa sausage

1 - S'mores Pot de Crème

Food: 8

Atmosphere: 8

Presentation: 8.5