Marco’s Coal Fired Pizza

Earlier this week some friends invited us downtown for pizza.  Without exaggeration I have to say that Marco’s Pizza is the best pizza that I have ever had.  Not only do they have incredible pizza, but they are an extremely family friendly restaurant.  It was an excellent dining experience for our large family.  When we arrived and were seated the waitress brought the kids pizza dough to play with while we were trying to decide what to order.  Then Marco came out to see if the kids were enjoying his dough.  They definitely liked the dough. It was better than play dough.

 

I think we ended up trying five different pizzas.  I can’t even decided which one was my favorite because they were all so good!  And get this, you order a pizza and it makes its way to your table in just minutes.  They have the most amazing oven.  Pizzas are cooked at 1000 degrees for 90 seconds.  Then they’re done. Marco was kind enough to take the kids to the back and show them his ovens and how they make pizza.  Can you believe I forgot to take photos of that?  What was a I thinking?  It was the neatest thing to watch and see.

Oh, and don’t forget the dessert we ordered this Cannoli and it was to die for!  We also got the Nutella Pizza and the kids wore it home on their faces.  It was quite tasty.  I don’t think I was the only one who enjoyed Marco’s.  Thomas couldn’t stop eating either.  On our way home he said he had a stomachache because he ate too much pizza and he was never, ever going to eat pizza again.  Thanks Mike and Carissa for inviting us.  We had so much fun!  (I’ll leave my sunglasses in my purse next time.)

Snooze

I met my friend, Carissa the other day at Snooze.  If you live in Denver or you are in town for a visit you must eat here.  Snooze is primarily a breakfast/brunch eatery.  It’s a super cute, retro, hip and trendy little place downtown near Coors Field. 

Doesn’t this pancake just make your mouth water?  It was the pancake of the day and honestly I can’t remember the name of it because I was laughing at Carissa when it was brought out.  It was so good though.  You take a little bite and you think it’s the greatest pancake ever.  Then you get a small surprise in your mouth-little white chocolate chips!  It was the perfect amount of sweetness.  We shared this pancake and devoured it in just minutes. Now this was Carissa’s tomato soup.  She gets this soup every time she comes here.  I didn’t try it.  It was only 85 degrees that day.  A little too hot for soup for me.  I may have to try it next time though because it looks really good.We also split this Vanilla Almond Oatmeal Brulee.  Isn’t it pretty?   The fruit medley was perfectly ripe and the oatmeal had a sweet little crunch on top from the brown sugar brulee.  There couldn’t have been a better meal or place to dine.

 

And look!  Isn’t that the cutest booth seat ever?  So retro, yet hip at the same time.  I love this place.  Thanks for introducing me to this place, Carissa, and for all the skin care stuff-tips and products.  It was a good time.  Carissa is one of Denver’s best make up artists, so if you have any make up or skin care questions just email her.  She’s tried everything.