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The Village Smithy Restaurant is a must for anyone visiting the hot springs in Glenwood or skiing at Aspen. They serve breakfast and lunch with breakfast served all day. The restaurant is located in Downtown Carbondale at 26 South Third Street, right between Aspen and Glenwood Springs - an easy drive from either location.
The service: They give you a pager and free coffee if you have to wait for a table. It's a large place so the wait shouldn't ever be too long. If you get bored waiting, there's a recycled mercantile shop across the street where you can browse. We sat is an out-door patio section with canvass walls all the way around (they were down for winter). The service was top-notch service. The wait-staff was very friendly, helpful and the kitchen will customize for special diet requests.
The menu:
For breakfast, there are all kinds of eggs to choose from like benedicts, burritos, and omelets, plus pancakes and waffles. For lunch, they have soup, salad, garden burgers, Mexican dishes and sandwiches.
Bonus! - Real Maple syrup available on request. Tamari also available on request for wheat free diets.
Where to start - this place was so fabulous! OK, beverages:
I had the Swiss Water Decaf, they had soymilk for the coffee! It was excellent.
Fresh squeezed OJ and GJ sold in four sizes from a small glass up to a whole liter for only $8.95.
For breakfast, I had the Tofu Scramble for $6.95. Organic tofu, garlic, tomato, green onion, mushroom and zucchini. It came with a Kashi medley and fresh cracked wheat bread from a local bakery. The salsa was also homemade and delicious. The Kashi medley was a pilaf with shredded zucchini, diced tomatoes, mushrooms, and celery - light and delicate compared with breakfast potatoes.
Maria had the Grilled Veggie Pita (which I tasted) for $7.25. Marinated squash, zucchini, portabella and artichoke spread in a fluffy pita from a local bakery. The sandwich was excellent. The potato salad was the creamy classic tasting kind and very good. She also had a Blueberry Corn cake on the side. Blueberries in buttermilk cornmeal batter with real maple syrup - mmmm!
Dan had the Grilled Vegetable Omelete for $7.25. Fresh spinach, grilled squash, zuchhini and portabella mushrooms with cheese and sourdough. He had the Kashi also, although you get your choice of Kashi or potatoes. He pronounced it great!
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