Saturday, February 26, 2011

d bar- restaurant review

Hi guys! So tonight I went to d bar restaurant on 17th street, Denver! Here are my thoughts on the restaurant:
Crue Fries: My appetizer of choice at d bar is the crue fries. They are d bar's classic garlic parm fries drenched in homemade ranch dressing, melted cheese, chives, and bacon. I like these a lot, but, like many things on the d bar menu, they are heavy in calories. When ordering this, remember that it's FILLING! My family of four and I had one order and it was more than enough! Also, this is EXTREMELY SALTY, if you don't love salt as much as I do, I wouldn't recommend this. Overall, this is a good choice if you are a lover of all things cheesy, creamy, and salty!

For the entree, the meals that we had between the four of us were steak frites, sliders, baked mac&cheese, and the soup(tomato) and sandwich(grilled cheese). I had the steak frites and it was great! The steak was really tender and perfectly cooked. The only thing I didn't like about it was that the fries were the same ones used for the base of the crue fries, so after that, the fries tasted pretty plain, but they were still pretty good. The kobe sliders were ok. The meat and buns were perfectly cooked/toasted, but the cheese on them was too mild for me and I couldn't really taste it. Overall, they were good but a little bland. The soup and sandwich would have to be my least favorite entree that we got. The sandwich was good, but, again, the cheese was very creamy and somewhat tasteless. The soup was okay, but it was supposed to be tomato soup and it was cream based, which didn't give it the strong tomato flavor that I was looking for. The mac&cheese, on the other hand, was AMAZING! The bechamel was perfectly cooked, the breadcrumbs were delicious, and the cheese was fabulous. There was literally nothing that I could find bad about this dish.

Incase you were wondering, yes, the "D" in d bar does stand for "dessert." And that is exactly what it is, a dessert bar. There is no place better for a dosage of sugar than this restaurant! The four desserts we tried were a lemon merengue tart, the famous "Cake and Shake," the molten cake, and a brownie sundae. I had the molten cake and it was definitely my favorite! The whole thing was soft and it had raspberry ice cream, tart raspberry sauce, and actual raspberries that came along with it. On the description in the menu, it says that the cake is also steamed with a truffle inside which is probably why it is so good! One of the other desserts was d bar's famous "Cake and Shake." This is just what it sounds like, a delicious piece of chocolate cake and either a vanilla or bittersweet chocolate shake. The cake is always great, but the shake really surprised me as being particularly outstanding tonight. There are also little chocolate covered espresso beans in it which very well may make all the difference. We also had a brownie sundae that was pretty good, but, above all else, it was beautiful. It was similar to your average brownie sundae, but the ice cream was strange. It looked like vanilla ice cream, but tasted like a cross between warm ice cream and whipped cream. I didn't get to taste the lemon merengue tart, but I am told that it was fabulous! It was, apparently, so great because it wasn't overly sweet. It was a tart tart! The merengue was also perfectly toasted and delicious!
So there's my review of d bar and I hope that me description of the food was enticing enough to make you go!
Side note: This restaurant is fantastic, but it is very small. They also don't take reservations, which makes it hard to get a table if you wait until 6 or 7 to go. During the week, I normally aim to get there around 5:30 to ensure that the wait won't be over 15 minutes.
Talk to you tomorrow!

2 comments:

  1. Next time you go be sure to sit at the "bar" so you can get in a good conversation with Keegan. I think he would be very impressed with your review :) Keep writing as I am super curious about all your other restaurant and cooking adventures.

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  2. Yummy!!!! Now I want to go there!

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