Grand Elk Ranch & Club

Last Saturday July 16^th, my family and I stopped here for lunch. Yes, kind of odd to stop in at a country club for lunch and having no intentions of playing golf. However, we had not been to this area of Colorado before and we were starving. But, it worked out perfectly.
The dinning area is small but welcoming. It still smells of new which is refreshing. The docoractions flow with the Colorado background as you look out the tall windows at the snow capped rockies.
Our server’s name was Brandon, I can’t forget it as its my son’s name. :) He takes our drink orders and off he goes. Arrives with the drinks in a short while and proceeds to take our order.
We order appetizers, meals the whole thing right here. Like I said we were hungry. Hot wings, onion rings and other assorted finger foods. The wings were a tad hot for my taste, but they were really amazing. I had never tasted a seasoning like that only a wing. It seemed more for beef, but they had mixed it with hot wing sauce.
The onion rings had flavor. They didn’t seem like they were purchased frozen then some chef just threw them in a deep fryer for 2 mins while they thawed. No, these looked real, tasted real and were the real deal! YUM!
For my meal, even though it was only lunch I still had the half rack of ribs. They too seemed a bit spicy and possibly the same style rub as the wings, but were in a bbq sauce. The ribs had a decently amount of meat, maybe slow cooked a little longer but they were very good. I also had the slaw as a side dish. The cole slaw was fresh, not soggy or saturated.
our waiter, Brandon, took good care of us. He was very polite, always watching the levels in our glasses. Was honest when asked advice and seemed to even know a few things about their beer selection. Good job.
this was a great way to start off our vacation, good food with good service.

i came here for a rehearsal dinner recently. it was for about 65 people. service was decent. wine glasses were never empty. and they were prompt to address any questions or requests.
my fiancée and i split a salad and an order of ribs which were quite tender. they were falling off the bone. and the bbq sauce was pretty decent too.
for dessert. we had apple pie a la mode. it was pretty damn tasty.
overall. not a bad place to have a rehearsal dinner.