Redstone Inn - Redstone, Colorado
The Redstone Inn started out about a hundred years ago as the bachelor’s quarters for a coal-mining operation owned by John Osgood. The whole town was built by the self-procalimed Robber Baron, as a matter of fact. When the mines closed in 1908, Mr. Osgood returned to the town to reopen the Redstone Inn as a resort hotel.
There’s a well-rated Grill and Patio located in the hotel which Spouse and I tried for dinner on the last night of our vacation. We heard their breakfast buffet is one of the best in Colorado, but we never woke up early enough to make it.
Redstone is an interesting little community and so little I’m not sure it’s a town. I took a photo on the bridge from Hway 133, overlooking the Crystal River and I hope it captures how peaceful Redstone is.
The photo was taken at dusk when the setting sun was shining on the red cliffs above the town and gave it a beautiful, soft glow. I wish you were there to witness that sight and the sound of the constantly rushing river….no photograph can do it justice.
Now since this is a restaurant review, let’s move on to the really interesting part of this post. The Grill and Patio is just off the old-fashioned lobby. We decided to have dinner by the pool and there was an ongoing wedding a few feet away. There was a very relaxed atmosphere with the Friday crowd of locals and tourists.
Spouse and I decided to go with two specialties of the Inn and the area: mountain trout and steak. My trout was delicately poached and served with a tomato beurre blanc sauce. It came on a bed of orzo and wild rice that was just the perfect match for the fish. Here’s a not too good photo, taken with the shaky hands of a hungry woman who also just got back from horseback riding:
Spouse had the Redstone Steak which was a sirloin-tip cut, grilled medium and smothered with mountain mushrooms and a lightly-flavored au jus. They left the red skin on their mashed potatoes, which gave it a nice earthy flavor….so much better than plain mashed potatoes. Here’s a photo of that. Yes, believe me there was a steak underneath the mushrooms!
