4/5 Adam S. 4 years ago on Google
For
Denver
Restaurant
Week
we
tried
Acorn.
Acorn
is
located
in
a
shared
space
called
The
Source
in
the
RINO
neighborhood.
It
is
split
into
two
sections,
and
this
restaurant
was
in
The
Source
#1.
That
space
also
housed
a
pizzeria,
ice
cream
parlor,
bakery,
liquor
store,
bar,
coffee
shop,
and
hair
salon.
An
upscale
sushi
restaurant
and
a
brewery
are
supposedly
coming
soon.
We
believe
there
might
be
some
residences
in
this
building
too,
because
we
found
a
set
of
mailboxes
and
Amazon
packages
back
near
the
restrooms.
This
space
also
differs
from
the
food
court
style
of
Edgewater
Public
Market,
because
the
restaurants
are
separately
contained
and
Acorn
required
reservations.
I
didn't
do
my
homework
very
well,
and
was
surprised
that
the
prix
fixe
Denver
Restaurant
Week
option
didn't
offer
any
choices.
Luckily
one
could
order
from
their
normal
menu.
I
still
opted
to
try
the
Restaurant
Week
menu
and
added
the
wine
pairing.
Course
1:
Heirloom
Blue
Cornbread
with
surryano
ham
and
red-eye
butter.
The
cornbread
was
really
savory,
and
paired
well
with
the
salty
ham
and
coffee-infused
butter.
This
was
paired
with
a
nice
Santa
Barbara
chardonnay
(Tyler).
Course
2:
Duck
confit
with
green
farro,
field
peas,
baby
leek
and
blood
oranges.
It
was
succulent
and
paired
well
with
the
Mendocino
Ridge
pinot
noir
(Drew).
Course
3:
Golden
honey
cake
with
cacao
nibs,
mandarin
oranges,
and
honeycomb.
The
cake
was
light
and
not
too
sweet.
The
orange
flavored
vermouth
dessert
wine
pairing
was
pretty
disgusting!
(Mommenpop)
I
could
smell
it
several
feet
away,
and
it
smelled
like
Mr.
Bubble's
Bubble
Bath
from
the
80's.
Bob
thought
it
smelled
like
the
inside
of
a
Grandma's
purse.
I
actually
took
two
sips
and
could
not
finish
it.
Bob
ordered
the
half
chicken
entree.
It
came
over
a
bed
of
front
range
fungi,
rainbow
chard
stems,
bread
and
butter
pickled
radishes
and
something
called
RW
roots.
The
chicken
was
extremely
moist
and
Bob
enjoyed
it.
He
also
ordered
the
chocolate
cake
offering.
The
chocolate
cake
was
actually
kind
of
dry.
There
were
large
dollops
of
hazelnut
mousse,
chopped
up
hazelnuts
and
another
accoutrement.
I
preferred
mine
and
he
preferred
his.
;)
The
ambiance
is
a
young
hispter/yuppy
crowd.
The
music
was
very
contemporary.
This
restaurant
is
more
known
for
sharing
plates
even
the
larger
entree
size
plates.
Our
table
was
wobbly
when
we
got
there,
and
Bob
had
to
shim
it
with
an
extra
napkin.
For
the
upper
echelon
of
a
$45
Denver
Restaurant
Week
option,
I
thought
it
fell
a
little
short,
but
would
still
recommend
for
a
more
casual
outing
with
friends.