Counting the ballots…
Counting the ballots…
“our brain basically receives smoke, comfort, warmth, and savory richness all in the same bite. It tastes like somebody turned a campfire into gravy!”
“It may not be our best dish, but it's the most iconic! And no one does it better than Bruce's Bar in Severance.”
“Nobody grows peaches as good as Palisade, CO. Lafayette, CO has a Peach Festival every year in August where they serve up pan after pan of delicious peach cobbler.”
“Green Chile alone is Colorado, I'd argue the entered burrito is NM, but plain ole green Chile wasn't an option”
“The Pueblo Slopper is a Colorado original! Made with Pueblo Green Chiles growing in or around Pueblo. Gray's Coors Tavern has the best with Cactus Flower in a close second!”
Green chile is the through-line on Colorado's ballot. It smothers the Green Chile Smothered Burrito, the Mexican Hamburger, and the Pueblo Slopper, the open-faced plate Pueblo built an identity around. The high country contributes Elk Burger, Trout Almondine, and Western Slope Lamb Chops. Denver adds the Denver Omelet and Rocky Mountain Oysters. Late summer belongs to Palisade Peach Cobbler and the honey-crusted Colorado Mountain Pie, where you drizzle honey on the leftover crust. What Colorado is famous for arrives smothered, at altitude. So what is Colorado's official state dish? Ten dishes are on the ballot.