Dinner for Ang's birthday was at Kelly Liken in Vail. Kelly Liken is currently on Top Chef & recently competed on Iron Chef, where she came in 2nd. The restaurant came on a recommendation from some friends of ours and it was outstanding.
www.kellyliken.com
It took awhile to make reservations because they asked questions about names of everyone in the party, special occasions, dietary requirements, etc... Our menus were specially printed for us - complete with "Happy Birthday Angela" on the opening page.
All ingredients are locally sourced, if she can't get something that week in Colorado it is not on the menu. ALL ingredients are organic and sustainably grown.
We did the "Chef's Choice" - which consisted of 5 courses, entirely her choice. The dungeness crab salad was followed by an English pea puree ravioli, halibut to die for, duck which was done to perfection and accompanied by a hoecake with blackberry compote and arugula, and a two course dessert that consisted of a Colorado Peach Pastry and her version of Smores - I am not a fan of smores and I could have eaten this until I was sick!! Dark chocolate cake, topped with smoked marshmallows, glazed with caramel sauce & a toasted coconut.
All of that and they were incredibly accommodating to Jackson. They noticed he was not eating much of the actual food, so they kept bringing him the olive bread that he developed an affinity for.
Kelly Liken spent the evening in the kitchen and when things got busy came out and not only bussed but reset tables. Very down to earth, very refreshing. She signed & sent my menu with me :) Brandon thinks it should be framed & displayed in our dining room.