Readers,
I recently ate breakfast at a really awesome brunch-style restaurant while visiting my friends Hailey and Larissa. I would like to tell you all about it!
Snooze, an AM Eatery
Location: Four locations in the “Denver Area” (Lodo, Capitol Hill area, south metro, and Fort Collins, affectionately dubbed “Ballpark”, “7Co”, “Fort Fun”, and “SoGlo” respectively)
Hours: 06:30 to 14:30 (Monday through Friday) and 07:00 to 14:30 (Saturday and Sunday)
Local crowd: People who freakin’ love brunch
Is this the first trip?: For Hailey and Larissa, yes. I went to the Ballpark location a few years ago.
What’s awesome?:
- The omelettes
- The pancakes
- The food, in general
- The drinks (Yeah, you can have some beer with your breakfast)
- The wait time for drinks (speedy, speedy, speedy)
- The tables (Especially the round booths)
- The decoration
- The staff (hilarious, cheerful, friendly)
- The ambiance
What’s not so awesome?:
- Wait time (You’ll want to plan your arrival about an hour before you want to eat)
- Seating (Not enough seating for demand. These restaurants could easily be twice as large.)
- Wait time for food (Understandably long (see above), but it still sucks when you’re hungry.)
Who should you go with? (for maximum fun): Anyone who freakin’ loves brunch (or breakfast, or lunch, or food in general)
Local brews on tap?: Absolutely. The “locals” vary depending on which location you go to. The Fort, for instance, is in high support of New Belgium and the like. But they all have Coors, obviously (but especially Ballpark).
What about coffee?: They have a great house blend!
What should you drink?: Coffee, Mimosas, Morning Margaritas, or Beer. Support Kegs and Eggs!
What should you eat?: As stated above, I’m partial to the pancakes and omelets. They even have a pancake flight. If you read that and thought of a beer flight, you’re absolutely right (but with pancakes).
Major Woo Girl Categories:
Drinks:
Whether you want coffee, orange juice, tea, soda, local brews, or a bloody mary (or anything else I suggested above) it will be awesome and you will get it quickly. You can even just go in and sit right at the bar.
Food:
If you asked me while I was waiting, I would probably give it three pink cowboy hats because being hungry makes me irrational… But, the food is awesome enough to make up for the wait time (mostly).
Fun:
Same as above. This place is fun, but the wait time does make you kind of sour at the beginning of the meal.
Patrons:
I have no identifiable feelings about the patrons. It’s people from all over and you don’t really interact with them, but big parties and families make the wait longer. As long as your party is cool, you’ll have a great time (and why would you go with non-cool people?).
Facility:
The staff is always great and I feel like they must have been effectively trained for disgruntled crowd control, so props to them! As I mentioned above, ideally the restaurants should be bigger to accommodate their patronage.
Overall Score:
Four pink cowboy hats go to Snooze for their tasty food, great drinks, and awesome staff! Woo!
Deidree’s personal rating:
Same feelings as noted above.
Signing off with a woo!
Deidree