SEE Rating for The Moongate Restaurant 12/7/08-Discounted and Invited back

http://www.moongateasia.com/ .......1628 Pearl St Boulder, CO 80302-5411
Moongate Rating for 12/7/08
There was 22 people who arrived for this "invitation-back-SEE discounted" event at the Moongate. We filled up the middle of the restaurant-one long table with plenty of cross-conversations...everyone seemed to have a really good time. Nothing but similes at the end. Also the entire management of US was excellent-food came out fast, hot, very tasty, and the separate checks were done/distributed/paid in record time. WOW! The performance of this restaurant is WHY it remains on-top in everyone's evaluation. If ever you wanted to recommend a place to anyone-this is the BOULDER sweet spot!

Here are the ratings:

• Plates (Food value) = 4.69
• Glasses (drinks) = 4.45
• Trays (Service) = 4.94
• $ (Cost) = 4.83
• Fiz Factor (Body reaction to food) = 4.61
• Environment: 4.22
• Overall: 4.62

Cheers-Caswell & Roland

Rating Cantina Laredo:Winner SEE 4.0 Award!

http://www.cantinalaredo.com/
Cantina Laredo in the 29th Street Mall.....10% Discount given....Drinks and appetizers are regularly priced...and they do add an automatic gratuity for groups + separate check service.
30 people showed up-HUGE Crowd and we owned the back of the restaurant-for our group only and the wait staff was terrific.
There were so many new faces-probably half of the people there had never been to SEE before.
It was a great time! And the restaurant beat the 4.0 rating overall even with 30 people attending. Encourage your friends to go to Cantina Laredo-this place has won the SEE (people's choice) 4.0 Award!

• Plates: 3.92
• Trays: 4.34
• Glasses: 4.22
• $: 3.58
• Environment: 4.71
• Fiz Factor: 4.07
• Overall: 4.14

Cheers-Caswell & Roland

Rating Island Restaurant for last SEE (Sunday Evening Eats) 10/26/08

Boulder Islands Restaurant.........There was eleven of us smashed into a large booth. It was a blast, we laughed the night away and had many interesting conversations. This place is a good family place-bottomless fries that are freshly made and cut just before serving.
Address: 1855 29th Street, Suite 1152 29th Street Retail District
Phone: (303) 449-0333
http://www.islandsrestaurants.com/
Rating:
Plates..2,63
Trays...3.13
Glasses...3.8
$: 3.40
Environment...3.68
Fiz Factor...3.09
Overall...3.28

Cheers-Caswell and Roland

Rating for Sunday Evening Eats (SEE)-10/12/08 Sobo....

http://www.soboamericanbistro.com/index.html

Plates: 4.66
Trays: 5
Glasses: 4.16
$ Cost: 4.29
Environment: 5
Fiz Factor: 5
Overall: 4.69
This is our highest rating for any restaurant!
There was six of us, and this place had it together!
BTW-The service was as good the taste of the food.
Great atmosphere, good for conversation...everything is right about SOBO.

Rating Restaurant 4580 for Sunday Evening Eats (SEE) 10/5/08

http://www.restaurant4580.com/
303.448.1500
4580 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304
In North Boulder......Rating for 10/5/08

• Plates: 3
• Trays: 4.16
• Glasses: 4.5
• $ Cost: 3.33
• Environment: 3.91
• Fiz Factor: 3.33
• Overall: 3.58

1. This is an okay rating, worth a second visit.
2. There was six of us, and we had a fun-filled time.
3. Three new folks showed up....one from England and the other two from the continental United States.
4. BTW-They have an appetizer that is incredible. It is dates wrapped in bacon with a red pepper sauce that is unusual as well as delicious. Their coffee is also terrific (French press individual serving).
5. The restaurant owner is very attentive and welcomes you to the place.

Rating for Ras Kassas Restaurant (Sunday Evening Eats) 9/28/08

http://www.raskassas.com/

Rating for this restaurant is:
Plates: 4.07
Trays: 3.10
Glasses: 3.90
$ (value): 3.55
Environment: 4.50
Fiz Factor: 4.0
Overall: 3.85

This is an Ethiopian restaurant-all fingers. There were ten (10) of us who showed up. The rating is okay, the factor that drove down the overall rating was service. The quality of the service effected people's evaluation of the value (cost) to eat there.....this was unfortunate because we all had a great time, lots of laughs, plenty of talking and we ate outside on the patio-very pleasant environment. It is worth trying this place-especially if you never have eaten this cuisine before.

Rating for Ai Sushi Sunday Evening Eats on 9/14/08

Sunday Evening Eats (9/14/08)
Ai Sushi (Japanese Cuisine)
1685 29th Street Unit 1268
Boulder, CO. 80301
Phone: 303 440 9600
www.aisushi.com
Rating.......There was eleven of us who went to this place. The square table and the grill in the middle was terrific for food entertainment and gave us the ability to cross-talk with people on all sides of the table. This place was blazing in terms of ratings until one really odd thing happened. Do not pay CASH when you go to this restaurant-use your credit card only. They do not have change, so whatever change (in coins) maybe owed you will get rounded-up and you will not get change back. This happened to one of our diners, and they got short changed. The Restaurants answer to this was "this is what we do" basically they keep your money. It is a small amount but the principal is very "off".
Plates: 4.87
Trays: 4.62
Glasses: 4.37
$: 3.50
Environment: 3.75
Fiz Factor: 4.43
Overall: 4.25
Cheers-Caswell and Roland

Rating for the Five Spice (8/24/08)

Five Spice Asian Cuisine
3325 28th St., Unit 5, Boulder. 720-564-0707.
This is in the Safeway shopping area.
Kid friendly. Vegetarian entrées.
Recommended dishes: Thai spring rolls, tempura, Shanghai Moon.
Five Spice Asian Cuisine (no relation to Spice China in Louisville) takes its name from Chinese food's popular five-spice blend. But the restaurant's menu isn't limited to Chinese cuisine. It also offers dishes from Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Rating:
Plates: 4 .29
Trays: 4.20
Glasses: 3.70
$: 4.25
Environment: 4.83
Fiz Factor: 4.16
OVERALL: 4.24
Very high rating. Small place, out of the way, but worth your dinner sometime.

Cheers-Caswell

Rating Sunday Evening Eats for Radda Trattoria 8/17/08

http://www.raddatrattoria.com/about.php
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRATTORIA
Small group-seven of us..........
Rating:
Plates: 4
Trays: 2.42
Glasses: 4
$: 3.28
Environment: 2.71
Fiz Factor: 3.85
OVERALL: 3.38
Low rating.

Cheers-Caswell

Rating: The Gondolier Restaurant for 8/10/08

First: Roland's party was a great success-thankfully to all of the well wishers who came to Sunday Night Eats.
ALL of you are the BEST and those of you who were unable to come as well-Roland had a terrific time.........
twenty five people crowded into a LOOOOONNNNG table and we partied!

Rating:
Plates: 3.76
Trays: 4.1
Glasses: 4.31
$: 3.95
Environment: 4.04
Fiz Factor: 3.89
OVERALL: 4.01
Pretty good rating and very similar to what happened last time we went to this restaurant.

Cheers-Caswell

Rating West End Tavern for 8/3/08

WEST END TAVERN on Sunday @ 6:00PM 8/3/08
http://www.thewestendtavern.com/
926 Pearl Street . Boulder, CO . 303.444.3535
Rating:
Plates: 3.82
Trays: 4.26
Glasses: 4.26
$: 3.30
Environment: 4
Fiz Factor: 3.42
Overall: 3.84
There were 13 of us who met at the outdoor deck on a cool Sunday evening. Live music was a hit with some people and not others-but we ALL enjoyed eachother. Great group!

Cheers-Caswell and Roland http://sundayeveningeats.blogspot.com/

Rating for Serrano's and Sunday Evening Eats 7/20/08

http://www.serranosgrill.com/
6525 Gunpark Dr, Gunbarrel
Here are the rating for Serrano's Southwestern Grill:
Plates: 3.64
Trays: 4.57
Glasses: 3.96
Cost: 4.32
Environment: 3.78
Fiz Factor: 3.57
OVERALL: 3.98
We had a U shaped table and there were 18 of us. The waitress was GREAT, cost of food was GOOD, and everyone had a good time.
The overall rating is GOOD. Take your friends there when in Gun Barrel and enjoy southwestern food.

Cheers,
Caswell and Roland

Ratings Turley's Restaurant on 6/22/08

We had a great time last weekend (6/22/08) at Turley's. Really great time!
The restaurant has a room with a round table and all dozen of us sat there and chatted away for two SOLID hours.
Everyone loved it-we want round tables everywhere we go.
Here is the RATING:
Overall: 4.29
Plates: 4.04
Trays: 4.05
Glasses: 4.53
$: 4.40
Environment: 4.68
Fiz Factor: 3.95

Go to Turley's it was a winner!

Rating:Mediterranean Restaurant (6/14/08)

The Mediterranean!
http://www.themedboulder.com/
There were six of us this last week.
We got a relatively quiet table, in the back and in a corner on Sunday
Here were the ratings:
Plates: 4
Trays: 4.58
Glasses: 3.70
$: 3.41
Environment: 3.91
Fiz Factor: 3.45
Overall: 3.84
Compared to most ratings this is okay-it isn't BAD and it is not great.

Cheers-Caswell and Roland

Rating for the ZOLO Restaurant 6/1/08

There were four (4) of us who showed up this first weekend of the summer. Even though we were in a good mood the restaurant EARNED these ratings-OVERALL almost 5.0.

• The food, service, fiz factor, drinks, price ALL were a 5 rating, the only part of the place that dropped below 5 was the environment rating or place.
• We have never had a rating this high before.
• There is no point in boring you with each particular point results because it was five (5) across the board except on environment.
• If you love latin or Mexican style food with a flair-this is the PLACE.
• It was excellent and so was our server.

Go here anytime.

Rating Chez Thuy for 5/18/08 Sunday Evening Eats

There were five of us who got together this last Sunday @Chez Thuy
(Open Sunday 4pm — 10pm)
2655 28th Street Boulder, Colorado 80301
303.442.1700 http://www.chezthuy.com/
The rating was as follows:
1. Plates: 4.01
2. Trays: 4
3. Glasses: 4.1
4. $: 4
5. Environment: 4
6. Fiz factor: 4.5
7. OVERALL: 4.10
I am going out on a limb here-this place is really worth a visit for everyone! Food was good, service, just everything about this place was above the TOP. Terrific place to take friends and family-plenty of tasty food at the right price. It is a small place, so choose your time to go wisely, we were ahead of the crowd on Sunday night by 15 minutes-when we left the place was packed. Two new and FUN people showed up (from San Francisco) for Sunday Night Eats-arrived in Boulder awhile ago.

Cheers-Caswell

Rating for The Red Robin in Boulder 5/4/08

Rating for Red Robin.. http://www.redrobin.com/home/menu.aspx
2580 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder CO. 80302
Phone: 303 442 0320
There was six of us who got together at the ROBIN this Sunday.
It was an intimate affair and we all had a great time chatting around a ROUND table.
A new person drove in from Central City and another person showed up after an Estes park job interview to talk.
the rest of us had a meal and here is the RATING:
1. Plates: 3.79
2.Trays: 4.37
3. Glasses: 3.75
4. Price: 4.12
5. Place: 4.16
6. Fiz Factor: 3.75
OVERALL: 3.99
Cheers-Caswell

Rating for Cantina Laredo on 4/27/08

Cantina Laredo in BOULDER
1680 29th StreetBoulder, CO 80301
(303) 444-2260

http://www.cantinalaredo.com/

There were nine (9) of us last Sunday Evening.
Here are the Ratings:
Plates: 4.88
Trays: 4.27
Glasses: 3.83
$: 3.30
Environment: 4.11
Fiz Factor: 4.0
Overall Rating: 4.01

This is a new place in Boulder.
The management team were exceptionally accommodating and friendly.
They gave us every consideration for seating, and even provided some FREE appetizers because there was some confusion about seating us in their party room or not.
The place is cool, food good, and as you see the rating is HIGH.

Cheers-Caswell

Rating-The Red Lion Restaurant this last Sunday Evening Eats 4/20/08

There were eight (8) of us who attended.........
http://www.redlionrestaurant.com/
Located five minutes from Boulder, 3.8 miles up Boulder Canyon. Drive west from the intersection of Broadway and Canyon. Set in the beautiful Rocky Mountains overlooking lovely grounds and Boulder Creek.
Here is how the rating broke down:
Plates: 3.71
Trays: 2.25
Glasses: 3.06
$: 3.37
Environment: 3.81
Fiz Factor: 3.96
Overall Rating: 2.78
This is a LOW rating. Everything was going well until it came time to pay. The waiter had insisted on ONE CHECK and we pay separately AFTER adding up our portion. The math didn't get right and it kept dragging on and on......while we tried to figure out what each owed. The entire prior experience which was fun and delightful got overshadowed with "nickel and diming" to figure out who owed what. Naturally we got "out of control" and the waiter finally gave-in and just took whatever we finally came up with.......he really blew it.

Going forward for ALL restaurants I will CLEAR the separate check issue BEFORE we suggest a place to go-if they will not take separate checks we will not go there-DONE!
Cheers-Caswell

Rating for Bangkok Cuisine April 13th 2008

Bangkok Cuisine at 4479 Broadway (near Red's Liquor). 303-449-9938 (303-786-9999) "The food is really authentic - most authentic/best we've had (Steve and Crystal) in a long time." The owner (Nepalese) advertised for a Thai chef in L.A.'s Thai language newspaper and got a husband/wife Thai cooking force. The owner is very genuine and kind and looking for all the customers and kudos he can get since the restaurant just launched . The restaurant opens @ 5:00PM.

RATING: There was a small group of us this week (four persons) so according to our informal poll the rating was four (4) overall for this restaurant. Pretty good score and it is a NICE place, cozy, plus the Nepalese owner is really handsome...we definatley will frequent this place again.

Rating-Orchid Pavilion for Sunday April 6, 2008

There were 16 folks who showed up for Chinese Food. We had our highest rating YET for any and ALL restaurants we have been too date.
The Orchid Pavilion: http://www.orchidpavilion.com/
1050 Walnut Street Boulder CO. 80302 Phone: 303 449 43534.
This place has been recommended by several people on several occasions, and it lived up to its reputation.
RATINGS:
1. Plates: 4.28
2. Trays: 4.93
3. Glasses: 4.25
4. $: 4.58
5. Environment: 4.65
6. Fiz Factor: 4.12
7. OVERALL Rating: 4.44
This place was such a winner! Always a recommendation.

Cheers-Caswell

Cafe Gondolier Rating for Sunday Night Eats 3/30/08

We had our largest gathering this Sunday 3/30/08 = 19 people. Everyone seemed to have a terrific time, including our guests from Lake Tahoe and Seattle. Each of you who attended can put a personal comment on our BLOG about this restaurant. Please do, so we have a well-rounded perspective of everyone's experience. The rating was really high!
Also the waitress was excellent (in my opinion) and she ranked high for TRAYS (Service) among everyone's opinion.


1. Plates: 4.34
2. Trays: 4.43
3. Glasses: 3.92
4. $: 4.31
5. Environment: 4.42
6. Fiz Factor: 4.25
OVERALL Rating: 4.155
Cheers-Caswell

Bimbamboo - Rating - Mar. 2, 2008

This last week we met at Bimbamboo: We changed the name to KARMA CAFE.
1710 Pearl Street
Boulder CO. 80302
Phone: 303 442 4575
http://www.bimbamboo.com/

Why did we change the name? Because it will be your "good to bad karmic position" in life that will determine the following:

1. Will you get your food?
2. Will you food get delivered to another table?
3. Will your food be cooked?
4. Will your food be cooked, partially cooked, and/or tasteless?
5. Will you get waited on? If you food has a taste-what it may taste like?
6. Will you get enough food, or will you be hungry at the end of a long meal-long because it maybe a long time before you get the food.
7. At the end of the meal (if you got it) we suggested the KARMA CAFE give you a mirror-LOOK into the mirror so you can see your KARMA and what you deserved eating at this restaurant..........Instead of Bimbamboo you maybe Bambozzoled.

Our Rating (there was twelve of us) is as follows:

• Plates (food): 3
• Glasses (drinks): 3.42
• Environment (place): 3.29
• Trays (service): 1.58
• Cost (value): 2.62
• Fiz Factor (body sensation): 3.54

We had a great time at this place-really was allot of fun just because you had waitresses wandering around from table to table with plates asking "is this yours"? "Who does this belong too"? We had food delivered to our table that wasn't ours-so if was there long enough and people at our table didn't get any food they could and did eat it. The cooks were pissed at the waitresses, and we had to hug our waitress so she wouldn't cry. In the midst of this chaos we really had a fun time talking, laughing, and commenting on the circus acts around us. Do not go to this place-it is scary UNLESS you want to be entertained as to how a place should not be operated as a restaurant. Go with a bundle of humor and friends-you will enjoy it.

Caswell P. Forrest

Pasta Jay's - Rating - Feb. 17, 2008

We ate at Pasta Jay's last Sunday and it was a BLAST!

There were 12 of us and five (5) of the 12 were NEW folks who had never been to Sunday Night Eats before.
Everyone had a good time making some new acquaintances maybe even friends.
Here are the results of the survey:

• Plates (Food taste): 3.16
• Trays (Service): 4.33
• Glasses (Drinks): 4.16
• Environment: 3.79
• Fiz Factor: 3.79
• Cost: 3.95

Overall: 3.86 rating which is good.

Cheers, 

Caswell P. Forrest

The Boulder Chophouse - Rating - Jan. 20, 2008

Last Sunday we met at The Boulder Chophouse. Here are the ratings/numbers:

• Plates (food/taste): 4.08
• Trays (service): 3.875
• Fiz Factor (effect on your body): 4.125
• Environment (place/atmosphere): 5
• Cost (overall value): 3.56
• TOTAL Overall RATING: 4.206

This was a good overall rating-if the restaurant BREAKS 4.0 that is worth a second trip sometime in the future. The Moongate restaurant on Pearl has our highest rating so far. The Chophouse was reduced in rating due to the COST factor and really skyrocketed due to the PLACE/Environment category.

UPDATE: We were going to go to The Boulder Chop House Restaurant (921 Walnut Street) for a return engagement, but apparently they did not care whether we came back or not? The manager was going to check if the 4th of January 2009 would work, and after two follow up messages from me she did not even bother to respond-and "left a message with her front desk" person that maybe she would get back to me sometime? Frankly, if I owned a restaurant and a group of people (30 at least) were going to come back to eat-because they really liked my place-I would not ignore them. Especially in a down-economy and our SEE list goes out to over 150 people a week plus we maintain a BLOG.

Frankly I would not recommend going to this restaurant since the managing partner did not really care about our business-thats right someone in authority really did not have enough common sense to ask 150 people back to her restaurant and those people had a very positive view of the establishment.

Tandorri Grill - Rating - Jan. 12, 2008

There was small group of us who met at the Tandorri Grill = Indian Food.

I forgot to bring in the sheet so we didn't rate the place, but just as well-the rating would have been embarrassing..........This place just did not cut the grade. We had a really good time with the crowd who showed up-lots of laughs and some crazy occurrences BUT the food and service does not warrant a trip back in the future.
So no numbered rating on this one-lets just say THUMBS down.

Caswell P. Forrest

The Olive Garden - Rating - Jan. 6, 2008

Nine of us got together last Sunday at the Olive Garden.....The ratings was as follows:

• Plates (food taste): 3.0
• Glasses (Drinks taste): 4.0
• FIZ (Effect on your body) Factor: 4.12
• Cost ($ value): 4.28
• Trays (Service): 4.12
• Place (environment): 3.59
  

OVERALL rating: 3.85

This is a pretty good rating.....and we all had a good time! So even a restaurant chain can make the grade with us.
Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest

Ruby's - Rating - Dec. 12, 2007

The rating was ABOVE AVERAGE however I shredded the results by mistake today-SORRY!
There were allot of four's (4) so by memory the rating was probably our highest to date OVERALL a 4 (four).
We sat at their largest booth-holds ten (10) persons-fun for us hard for the waiter. Ruby's serves beer, wine, and margaritas as well. The burgers were great-fries were on-the-fence.
The place is definitely worth a visit if you are in the neighborhood. There were 9 of us who showed up.

We are going to add another category to our rating chart = PLACE (environment). So we will make a rating on PLATES, GLASSES, $, TRAYS, FIZ
FACTOR, and PLACE.

Obviously PLACE means what is the place like-warm/cold, ugly/handsome, clean/dirty, etc.............this consideration keeps coming
up at our rating and we have had no category for it. Cheers!

Cheers Caswell and Roland

Old Chicago Pizza House - Rating - Dec. 9, 2007

We went to Tom's Tavern for a Hamburger, BUT there was a Full House of diners plus at least a dozen people ahead of us-SO we walked across the walkway to Old Chicago Pizza House. We were planning to go there someday, so it happened.

There was a large group of us so here are the results:
By the way everyone wanted me to say that the room we ate in SUCKED-it was cold until we opened the vent, surrounded by glass and the fireplace was roaring except it was OUTSIDE on their uncovered patio!????

In fairness, their main dining area was warm, full of large booths, BUT there were so many of us they could not accommodate us as a group in the main dining area-they were not prepared for large groups on Sunday night.

• Plates: 3.93
• Glasses: 3.42
• Trays: 3.35
• $: 4.45
• Fiz Factor: 4.11
  

Overall this restaurant rating was ABOVE average-actually quite well compared to MOST other places we have been. Was everyone in a good mood?

Cheers,

Caswell P. Forrest

Japango - Rating - Dec. 12, 2007

We had a small group, but still met and ate.......This place is obscure, if you didn't have the address it would be hard to find. The sign is small, the restaurant is at the BACK of an indented cluster of stores-we did find it however.
They have a Sushi Bar and an area with tables as well. The dining area is small, and there is no sound muffling acoustics, so it gets noisy plus it is made for small people (chairs are close together per the tables). They have a late happy hour, so we got deals on drinks up to 6:30PM at least on Sunday night.

The evaluation is as follows:

• Plates: 3.5
• Glasses: 3.83
• Trays: 4.33
• $: 4.5
• Fiz Factor: 4.33

This place was definitely above average. We would frequent it again.

Cheers,

Caswell P. Forrest

Boulder Cafe - Rating - Nov. 25, 2007

Hi-last Sunday we met at the Boulder Cafe (11/25/07) @ 6:00PM. We had two people who just returned from Brazil and one person returning from Vietnam. It was an international learning experience for us all. The company was great the food was a mixed opinion. Here are the numbered results:

• Plates: 3.68
• Glasses: 3.75
• Trays: 3.77
• Price $: 3.56
• Fiz Factor: 3.81
  

This whole thing amounts to a little above average in results. The conversations and people were a FIVE rating however. We have some new people on the LIST, so I need to explain what this means:

1. PLATES = taste of food
2. GLASSES = taste of drinks
3. TRAYS = service
4. PRICE $ = overall value of what you got and what you paid
5. FIZ FACTOR = How did your body feel after the meal?
   

We rate each factor from 1 to 5 (5 being the BEST). It is a fun thing to do.


Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest

Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant - Rating - Nov. 11, 2007

Hey Gang!
I was a professional chef in another time zone in my life, and my specialty was Mexican food. I was the head chef at the Santa Fe Country Club in New Mexico. I learned from Mexican women who have been cooking that style of food ALL their lives and especially New Mexican Cuisine. This restaurant last Sunday was a disaster!

The drinks were great (Margaritas) however I do not drink........okay enough of my opinion. The company was fun and terrific and that makes up for any shortcomings in the place we go every Sunday. There were eight (8) of us this weekend........Here is the rating for RGMR (RIO):

• Plates (food): 3.08
• Glasses (drinks): 4.08
• Trays (Service): 3.5
• $ (value): 3.83
• Fiz Factor(body sensation): 3.5
  

Overall: 3.6

This is one of the lowest overall ratings we have had to date. Further it was HOT as HELL in the place. Extremely popular even for a Sunday night but their air venting and cooling did not keep up with the activity in the place. We stripped down to short sleeve shirts and it was still hot. Felt great to get out at the end!

Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest

BJ's Pizza Grill and Brewery - Rating Oct. 21, 2007

We met at BJ's Pizza Grill and Brewery-eight people showed up and two
persons got lost at another restaurant. Everyone seemed to have a good time and enjoyed the place as well. Here are the results:

• Plates: 3.68
• Glasses: 3.62
• Trays: 3.18
• $: 4.31
• Fiz Factor: 3.90
  

The numbers are not our best to date, but the place was recommendable-if you
ever need to recommend a PUB to someone. The TV's gave us access to baseball and football games simultaneously-in both cases Colorado teams were playing and victorious!

Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest

Moongate - Rating Oct. 14, 2007

Moongate Restaurant - Oct. 14, 2007

Wow! What a terrific place = Moongate Restaurant
Of all the places we have been to date this one out-shines all of the other
spots...... Here are the ratings:

• Plates (Food value) = 4.16
• Glasses (drinks) = 3.92
• Trays (Service) = 4.75
• $ (Cost) = 4.66
• Fiz Factor (Body reaction to food) = 4.42
  

These ratings are really high across the board. We would recommend this
place to anyone.

It is a winner. The nights are getting darker sooner, and maybe more of you can make the dinners for the FALL...We had a great time at this place and look forward to next week's get-together. If any of you would like to bring
a friend-please feel free.

I will let you know this week where we are going this Sunday.

Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest

The Cork - Rating - Sept. 16, 2007

The Cork - Rating - Sept. 16, 2007

• Plates(food): 3.87
• Glasses (Drink): 4.5
• Price ($): 3.87
• Trays (Service): 5
• Fiz Factor: 4.5
  

As you can see the price of the food was equal to the taste of the food, so
low value of taste verses the cost OR high cost verses the taste of the
food.
The atmosphere was very nice, the service was incredible, but the cost was
high and the food value did not BEAT the cost.
Take it for what it is worth. We all had FUN however!

Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest

Antica Roma - Rating - Sept. 10, 2007

Antica Roma

We had a good turn-out of people for this last dinner.
* Some new people and an international visitor from Israel.
* Nine (9) people came and we had a lively time plus we ran the age
gamut-from 20 years old to 60 years............yea baby!
* Here are the ratings for this restaurant:

• 1. Plates (food value): 3.75
• 2. Glasses (drink Value): 2.85
• 3. Trays (service value): 4.55
• 4. Price ($): 2.85
• 5. Fiz Factor (effect on your body AFTER the meal): 4.07

* These are not high rating when you look at the whole picture.
* We would not return to ANTICA ROMA, unless all of the other Italian
restaurants in town were worse.

Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest

Centro Restaurant - Rating - August 2, 2007

This was an interesting restaurant. I believe the address is 950 Pearl (it
is located at the cross street of 10th and Pearl). The waiters describe the
food as Latin. Our experience there was if you order particular dishes they
are GREAT, others overpriced but terrific, and others just plain crappy. It
is a mixed bag-but if you get the right things it is well worth the trip.

1.        The Centro Avocado Salsa was excellent-appetizer. Everyone loved it
and the chips were wonderful.
2.        The flank steak is a loser (we sent it back) and the exchanged it
for another dish no questions asked or additional charge.
3.        The Roasted Chicken DISH is fantastic. That was ordered by two
people and they loved it. We all tasted various parts of the dish and each
part was tasty plus you got plenty of food for your money.
4.        The burrito dish was very good in taste-but the $16.00 charge for a
fancy, unique, and tasty burrito combination was out of bounds.

Here are our ratings: Based on a 5 point rating

• Plates: 4.3 (food quality)
• Trays: 4.75 (service quality)
• Glasses: 4.55 (drinks quality)
• $: 4.2 (cost/value)
• Fiz Factor: 4.1 (food effect on your body)
  

We ate on the patio which was cool and fun. The waiter was very good and we
all had a great time. Neat place if you choose the right dishes. We went on
Sunday evening so we got a table right away-looks like a popular place so
other times you had better call ahead.

Cheers,
Caswell P. Forrest