The Savory Side of Denver

Megan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:04:27 +0000

Now for the savory side of Denver!

Rebellion Pizza (2231 S Broadway, Denver CO 80210): Rebellion Pizza is the type of place that works for both meat eaters and vegans. Anyone of their pizzas can be made vegan and they have three different vegan cheese options. Pictured above is the vegan “meat” lovers pizza that I ordered when I was in Denver a couple of months ago. The pizza had four different types of vegan “meat” on it (MorningStar Chicken, Tofurky Italian Sausage, LightLife Pepperoni, and Yves Canadian Bacon). It’s sans vegan cheese and it was pretty good (their crust and sauce were awesome). They also have friendly customer service and killer vegan garlic sticks. Their “Vegans Only” parking sign in their parking lot out back is pretty rad too.

WaterCourse Foods (837 E. 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80218): When I visited this place a couple of months ago, it was super packed at dinner time. However, since I was dining by myself, I was able to be immediately seated at the bar section of the restaurant. After looking over their large menu I decided on the tempeh burger and the vegan seitan buffalo wings (everything pictured above). The burger came with my choice of two sides (I selected the colesaw and the gravy and mashed potatoes). Everything was pretty good except the tempeh patty was slightly overdone. To make up for the dry patty, I put some of the vegan ranch that came with the buffalo wings onto the burger and that made it much better. I would recommend trying this place out because they have a large selection of vegan items and their daily specials looked really tasty.

City O’City (V206 E 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80203): I wish there was a City O’City in the Bay Area. I like City O’City because it’s open late (2am Monday – Saturday), they have a great selection of vegan pizzas, and Monday night is whiskey night! I’m a fan of their whiskey night because they have specials on good whiskey (stuff like Buffalo Trace and Bulliet). They also have great daily vegan specials too.

When I was in Denver a couple of months ago I had a couple of hours to kill before my return flight home, so I shot over to City O’City to check out their daily specials. Their daily vegan special was “Tempeh a la Sylvestre” (potatoes au gratin, roasted tempeh, green bean succotash, and dijon vinaigrette)(pictured above) and it was amazing. I think I would have licked the plate if I didn’t fear getting dirty looks from other customers. Overall, the food was great and on the inexpensive side (I think the special plus drink, dessert, and tip cost me just over $20). The atmosphere was pretty relaxing and they also sell baked goods from the WaterCourse Bakery next door.

The Sweet Side of Denver

Megan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:26:07 +0000

A couples of months ago I went to Denver for a business trip and was sweetly surprised with all the amazing vegan food. This blog entry is going to focus on the sweet side of Denver. I am going back to Denver this weekend for the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s Western Regional Tournament and I can’t wait to pig out again.

Sweet Action Ice Cream (52 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203) : How could you not love a place that makes their own vegan ice cream? Not only do they make fresh batches throughout the week but they offer more than just ice cream cones. This is the first place I have ever seen that makes VEGAN ICE CREAM CUPCAKES! When I visited this place a couple months ago I had to pass on picking some of these up because they are sold by the half dozen. I was by myself and knew that I could not be trusted with a half dozen if these babies. Sweet Action also makes homemade vegan ice cream sandwiches too. I picked up a peanut butter cookie and vanilla ice cream sandwich (win! pictured above). Another wonderful thing about Sweet Action is that they are on twitter (twitter.com/sweetactionic) and they tweet their daily fresh flavors. Did I mention that I already placed my order for vegan ice cream cupcakes for this weekend (chocolate cupcake, coffee ice cream, and vegan buttercream).

WaterCourse Bakery: bakery goods available at City O’City (206 E. 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80203) and WaterCourse Foods (210 E 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80203). The WaterCourse Bakery does not have a retail location but they supply the sweets for WaterCourse Foods (duh) and City O’City. The bakery is located next door to City O’City; so you know everything is fresh. While in Denver a couple of months ago, I picked up their mini vegan hoho cupcake (middle picture) and a frosted sugar cookie and a cinnamon bun (bottom picture). Everything I had was excellent and I definitely want to get my mitts on more of their baked goods.

East Side Kosher Deli (499 S Elm St, Denver, CO 80246): Want to know a secret? This deli is a vegan chocolate chip mecca! Not only do they have the hard to find butterscotch chips but they have COFFEE chocolate chips that are vegan. Check in the back of this deli for those flavors plus more! Are these chocolate chips good for you? Not really, but they do not have confectioner’s glaze or any dairy in them!

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The Savory Side of Denver

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