In a Melistocratic World…

Restaurant Review: Colorado Kitchen

Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, American (Traditional) Neighborhood: Brightwood 2 star rating

I was very skeptical about trying this place, especially after all of the mixed reviews. However, I was lured by the prospect of fresh donuts. Add to that some friends in town that I was hoping to impress with something different than the usual brunch places.

I have never been so disappointed in a brunch experience. The food is good. I will not deny it. But how much trouble should one go through for your standard breakfast fare? What disappointed me so much about this place was their general apathy towards their customers. The service was disorganized, disorganized, disorganized.

We got there at 11:30. The wait was advertised as 45 to an hour. Fine. No problem. We can wait. After that wait though, we then waited for over 20 minutes staring at a table that we knew was ours (our name was next on the wait list) but could not sit at it until it was cleared. The worst part is that the owner, prominently perched in the kitchen overlooking the dining area, didn’t seem concerned that the lines were long and that there were empty tables just waiting to be occupied. The waitress seemed spaced out on meds, forgot to refill coffee and had to be flagged down three times in order for us to get our check. This was a four hour dining disaster that ate up half of my day. On top of everything, they were out of their “signature” grits by the time the waitress was available to take my order.

The decor: kitschy. The food: quite good. The service: NOT WORTH IT.

I will never go back. If you have an entire day to waste and do not twitch at the sight of glaringly obvious poor service and lack of management, then try it. But since there are plenty of other places with good food and GREAT service to boot, why would anyone waste their time?