{"id":22069,"date":"2011-08-10T14:07:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T20:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=22069"},"modified":"2011-08-10T14:07:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T20:07:22","slug":"hey-denver-help-crowdsource-a-business-dinner-suggestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/hey-denver-help-crowdsource-a-business-dinner-suggestion.html","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Denver &#8211; help crowdsource a business dinner suggestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve finally wangled my way to having a business conference in my company meet here in Denver, rather than somewhere else.  We&#8217;ll have one formal dinner together out, and I&#8217;m looking for suggestions of place to take the crew (7 of us) to dinner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the downtown area &#8212; walking distance between Colfax and Wynkoop, Speer and Broadway. Folks are not going to have cars, and I&#8217;d as soon avoid the bus or light rail (16th Street Mall bus is okay).<\/li>\n<li>Something, preferably, that is Denver-specific or emblematic. \u00a0I.e., there are plenty of great restaurants downtown that are parts of national chains, but I&#8217;d rather it be something unique to the city.<\/li>\n<li>No $70 entrees and $100 bottles of wine. \u00a0But not Tokyo Joe&#8217;s, either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I did a Surveymonkey survey of the participants as to preferences. Top choices were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steak \/ Beef \/ Meat \/ Grill<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Brewpub (various foods + local microbrew)<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Seafood (non-seafood choices available)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These all tied (everyone could vote for however many choices they wanted, including &#8220;anything&#8221; or &#8220;don&#8217;t care&#8221;). \u00a0There were no food allergies or aversions listed. \u00a0I&#8217;d just as soon stay away from the hoity-toity molecular infusions, though &#8212; I want folks to walk away satisfied with both quality and quantity.<\/p>\n<p>My only thought at the moment was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wynkoop.com\">Wynkoop Brewing Co.<\/a> &#8212; good variety of food, local (in-house!) microbrews, even pool tables, entrees in the $10-20 range. \u00a0We could go pricier than that, if need be.<\/p>\n<p>So, any other memorable or noteworthy suggestions? I&#8217;m wide-open here, and appreciate any input. Let me know in the next day or so if you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve finally wangled my way to having a business conference in my company meet here in Denver, rather than somewhere else. We&#8217;ll have one formal dinner together out, and I&#8217;m looking for suggestions of place to take the crew (7 of us) to dinner: In the downtown area &#8212; walking distance between Colfax and Wynkoop, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/hey-denver-help-crowdsource-a-business-dinner-suggestion.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hey, Denver &#8211; help crowdsource a business dinner suggestion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink-restaurants","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23988,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/another-lunchtime-option-in-downtown-denver.html","url_meta":{"origin":22069,"position":0},"title":"Another lunchtime option in downtown Denver","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 22-Nov-11 11:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Oooooh. 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