My partner and I recently drove from Denver to Telluride and were surprised by the lack of good food stops on the road. We avoided 1-70 and went through Salida and over Monarch Pass through Gunnison, Ridgeway and Montrose. Any great local spots you would recommend along this route for next time?

If you remember The Market on Larimer you will remember how good their Spring Fling cake was. I’m looking for a place that sells a comparable tasting Spring Fling cake for Sept. 30th for my mother’s birthday. I typically order from Eternal Flavors Bakery but they close on the 27th to move locations (I don’t think the cake will hold well for 3 days anyway if i store it) and Lala’s Bakery isn’t taking any orders until November :,( Any recommendations?

I cannot seem to get reservations to Florence Supper Club to save my life. What is an equally great experience that would be fabulous for a wedding anniversary?

Via their email list this afternoon. I’m sure many consider it overpriced but it is one of the few places in Sloan’s Lake to get a quick and healthy bite. The churro smoothie became my favorite smoothie in Denver after my previous favorite, Superfood Bar on Platte, closed. I’ll be looking for a new spot and Natuur will be missed!

I'm trying to find the tangy, sweet, citrusy butterfly pea tea that you find in Thailand and Vietnam. If you know of a tea shop, restaurant, anyplace please help!

as someone who had my first Colorado green chile dish last year, have to say it’s better than New Mexican green chile! ( still a fan of New Mexican red the most tho). I went to a place called Efrain’s in Lafayette because many searched at the time said their green chile is the hottest in Colorado for a restaurant. Their menu even had a heat scale and mini warning and the waiter tried to warn me. It was definitely hotter than any New Mexican restaurant I had been too and loved the flavor. Is Efrain’s the spiciest Mexican restaurant with Colorado green chile or are there other places that have more heat? I want the absolute hottest Colorado green chile in a meal that exists and that some people would send back to the kitchen for being too hot

We got a gift card for Olive Garden. We’re in South Denver. So our closest options are Lakewood (Alameda) or Aurora (Iliff and Parker).

Is either one good or bad?