A Traditional Christmas Dinner

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Permalink Reply by Marlene on November 3, 2009 at 1:37pm

Another option is to try the Drunken Onion - they are located in the Wildhorse Plaza. They have some pretty amazing prepared food including main dishes, side dishes, salads, soups and desserts - already made and it is yummy!

I too was confused by your "traditional" Christmas dinner question. You will have to define that. I am not quite sure if anyone alters their menu for Christmas - I think you probably will find the usual menu items - steaks, seafood, pasta, etc. All restaurants will be open - it is one of the busiest nights of the year so you must make reservations in advance if you plan to eat out on Christmas.

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Permalink Reply by Boo Boo on November 4, 2009 at 4:56am

Another "thumbs up" for the Drunken Onion.

I don't know about Christmas dinner, but they are great for "homecooked food to take home and warm through" etc. Westie, this is a great way to "cook" in your condo without too much worry about the challenge of cooking at altitude.

Their homemade ice creams are excellent too: I LOVED the "Caramel and Khalua", my husband still raves about the "Chocolate and Guiness"...

Boo

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Permalink Reply by SimplySki on November 3, 2009 at 3:44pm

Thank you everybody for your suggestions. I'll try the Drunken Onion, The Cabin and The Sheraton.

Sorry I wasn't a bit more explicit about what I meant by 'Traditional' - for me a Christmas dinner would be turkey (or goose maybe ;-) ), roast potatoes and vegetables. (I'm originally from the the UK)

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Permalink Reply by Dr Juice on November 3, 2009 at 4:13pm

Hi Simply Ski, I am a UK transplant as well, now living in Colorado. There really is no true Christmas dinner equivalent that we have come across in Colorado, at least. Thanksgiving dinner is the closest we have found both in friends homes and eating out. We spent the last 4 Christmas days in Steamboat. I usually cook my own turkey at home, but we have done the Ragnars Sleigh Ride Dinner on the Mountain. While it was not traditional in the British sense it was a great evening, but quite expensive. It is also quite a long evening. As previously mentioned lots of places will do prime rib etc. but no roast potatoes, parsnips or bread sauce... :(

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Permalink Reply by SteamboatRider on November 6, 2009 at 3:26pm

Turkey, roast potatoes, parsnips and bread sauce, mmmmmm .... knew I should have lunch today :(

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Permalink Reply by Ed F. (bpos2) on November 7, 2009 at 7:36am

Took a trip up to the Boat for Thanksgiving, 2003 with my son (age 11) and his two friends. We arrived early evening on Thankgiving day, unloaded the car and went looking for some food. By that time, 'everything' was shut down (stores and most restaurants and bars). I was surprised that so many businesses had closed down for the holiday. So it pays to check ahead of time (just like what you are doing). Although very peaceful and quiet, I feared we would go hungry. I asked around and someone mentioned the Sheraton - I called them and they said they could get us in about 8:30. However, the boys were hungry and they weren't looking for something so formal and traditional. We kept asking around and someone thought the Tugboat Saloon and Grill was open. We walked over there and they WERE open. We had a great non-traditional Thanksgiving meal and the evening was saved.

BTW, we had great skiing that trip.

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