{"id":31125,"date":"2012-11-04T08:16:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/04\/restaurant-review-restaurant-kevin-taylor-denver.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:22:09","slug":"restaurant-review-restaurant-kevin-taylor-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/04\/restaurant-review-restaurant-kevin-taylor-denver.html","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Review: Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Margie and \u00a0I went for our romantic overnight on Friday, I took her to dinner at this highly acclaimed restaurant downtown. \u00a0My (4-of-5 stars) review (from Yelp):<\/p>\n

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My wife and I went there for an early dinner on a Friday night — arrived at 6, departed a bit after 8.<\/p>\n

The most noteworthy negative (more of a head-scratcher than anything else) was that the place was deserted. \u00a0My wife and I were the only customers until close to 7:30, when a four-top arrived, and then just before we left another two-top came in. \u00a0On a Friday night. \u00a0While we didn't experience anything to justify that, we certainly had to wonder what was up. We never did figure it out.<\/p>\n

The food was highly professional, flavorful, well prepared, good ingredients. \u00a0A bit too fiddly \/ "creative" for my taste, but I enjoyed found something (the lamb loin) I enjoyed.<\/p>\n

The service was very good — professional, just a scosh impersonal, but helpful. \u00a0Given the lack of others in the dining room, we could have been swamped with servers, but they struck a good balance between attentive and leaving us alone.<\/p>\n

The ambiance was nice — an elegant dining space with good vocal\/jazz in the background and (at our table) nice people-watching of folks and traffic on 14th Street. No idea how it would be if completely full.<\/p>\n

The wine list was broad, and pricy. They offered sommelier help, which I declined.<\/p>\n

Overall price was high, but a fair value. \u00a0It's definitely a "special occasion" restaurant.<\/p>\n

I expect to go back again, though it won't be an imperative.<\/p>\n

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Or, as I put it elsewhere, we'll probably back, though more in a "Hey, we haven't been there in a while, and it was pretty good" than a "Hey, that's our favorite place" kind of thing.<\/p>\n

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When Margie and \u00a0I went for our romantic overnight on Friday, I took her to dinner at this highly acclaimed restaurant downtown. \u00a0My (4-of-5 stars) review (from Yelp): —– My wife and I went there for an early dinner on a Friday night — arrived at 6, departed a bit after 8. 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