Racines - a place the locals love

So, I'm a slacker I know. No pictures this time - too much great conversation with the friends we were dining with. Visiting the mile high city for a trade show Monday and we flew in early to have a little R & R. We always like to go off recommendations or Yelp reviews in new cities or better yet - ask the locals. They know all the good spots. Racine's was highly recommended as a place the locals love. Going through the Yelp reviews for it, apparently breakfast is amazing, but at 5:30 pm, it was dinner time and we were hungry for good eats.

We were greeted when we walked in the door and seated immediately. The dining room was beautiful with cathedral ceilings done in wood with unique lamps hanging down. Medium lighting let it seem casual, but still very nice. The expansive menu had us chatting food decisions for a while, but settled on the eggrolls for an appetizer - great choice! I had the Ahi tuna which came on a bed of brown rice with veggies and loved it. A large piece of tuna seared to perfection I did my best, but could not eat all of it. The hubby had a buffalo burger that was extremely tasty. One of our friends ordered the cod and the other a salad with nuts and bananas. The salad was very rich she said and he said the cod had a lemon sauce that tasted delicious. For dessert I had an apple cinnamon hot tea and everyone else had coffee. The hubby ordered a pumpkin cheesecake which I nibbled on. it had good flavor - not too overpowering and with a pumpkin pie consistency. The friends ordered the apple torte dish and their comments said it was good, but would have rather there been more crunchy to the crust to go with the tall portion of soft apples inside.

Service was great - our server, Laura, who seemed to have a helper who took care of keeping our drinks filled and dishes cleared. While I didn't feel like we were the only ones in the restaurant, she gave recommendations and did not rush us through the meal. I think it was a manager who came and opened the blinds a little once the sun went down, but she did not smile nor say anything to any tables she walked past. Maybe she should take some customer service skills from our server.

2 more days here in Denver - I'll work better on getting some pictures!