A Colorado Classic
Last week while visiting family in Colorado I was sitting around the breakfast table with my in-laws reading about an estate sale in the neighborhood. The ad said they had a huge owl collection. Jokingly I said that maybe they had the stuffed barn owl that I have wanted for the longest time. My father-in-law said, "if you want to see some taxidermy then we need to go to the Buckhorn Exchange! Mind you, I lived in Colorado for 6 years in the 1980's, married a Colorado boy and yet had never heard of Denver's Oldest Restaurant until that moment! We went online to make reservations for the following evening. I guess we were destined to go the Buckhorn Exchange as my mother-in-law had recently received a birthday invitation in the mail entitling her to a discount in the amount of her age... 81%! The minute we pulled up to this iconic building I knew I was in for a treat! Just one step inside and I was lost inside a world filled with the best of west! ...