Dining WITH Your Food

If you want a true Colorado hick-town experience, make your way to the Buckhorn Exchange on the random street of Osage pretty much Downtown Denver.  This is probably the most morbid dining experience I have ever had.  You literally are dining with the food you are eating.  Their walls are decked out with dead animals that stare at you while you eat them.  It's quite unsettling.

Yea that's the creepy dining room...

(Photo taken from TripAdvisor)

I tried to enjoy my meal but that Buffalo in the corner watching me eat my Buffalo Prime Rib made me feel guilty and wanting to vomit, yet my taste buds were saying "shut up weakling and eat this delicious prime rib."  It's true, when I tasted the food, I couldn't help but be thankful the Buffalo made a lifetime commitment so that I could enjoy eating his guts.  Anyways, they have exotic meats such as our appetizer, called "Sirloin Game Tips" (real creative guys), that consisted of beef, buffalo, and elk.  Yea elk.  They also have things on the menu like Alligator Tail, Rocky Mountain Oysters (trust me, they are NOT oysters), and Rattlesnake....things I will never try.  But it you're unkosher, adventurous and abnormal, don't let me discourage you.

"Sirloin Game Tips" Appetizer

They also have this Steak Dinner which is supposedly their specialty where you can order it for 2-5 people.  Being the nosy person I am (I'm surprised I didn't try to be a creeper and to sneak a picture), I saw the table of husky dudes next to us order this giant piece of meat.  The steak is carved tableside and served with this little pot of mushrooms and onions, it looked so good and artery clogging.  For dessert we tried the Hot Dutch Apple Pie with cinnamon rum sauce a la mode.  Now I'm not a fan of the Dutch but they do make some good Apple Pie.  I mean I've had better, this one was super sweet and expensive...  It was good but you'd have to run like 5 miles after eating this to burn all those calories.  

Fried Artichoke Heart Appetizer

Now I don't eat meat to often so I instantly felt the heart preparing for bypass surgery.  So when I got home I drank some Oolong tea which is good for melting down the fats and helps your body to digest better.  So all in all if you enjoy a creepy and morbid ambiance, are a meat lover, in Denver, want a "Colorado" country bumpkin experience, and have a great metabolism, then you should try this place.