The Skinny on Real Estate

A blog about Broomfield real estate

When I pulled up to the Khow Thai restaurant in Broomfield last week I was only slightly surprised to find that they had decided to permanently close the restaurant. I was surprised when they opened last year in that crappy little strip mall across from Target. It seems to be a great place to house a vacuum store (which I highly recommend btw) but not such a great place to house a somewhat upscale restaurant.

So in order to feed my face as quickly as possible I stopped in at the Chinese Express up the street at 155 Nickel. (You can see it from 120th, it’s just north of 120th and Nickel.)

I was not disappointed and will definitely go there again. Most of the lunch specials are priced at $4.50 - now how do you beat that? I don’t think you can get an Extra Value Meal at McDonalds for that price, can you? All lunches come with soup, fried rice, and a fortune cookie (always important!).

They have the standard Chinese restaurant side items plus of course you can pop in there for dinner if you wish.

The folks who work there are super friendly which I always appreciate. They’re open Monday - Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.

If you’re looking for fancy you’ll need to go elsewhere, their simple surroundings are (I assume) how they keep their costs down and stay in business. It certainly doesn’t seem to affect the food though!

I had lunch at Enzo’s Italian Cuisine & Espresso today and I loved it! This is actually a rare occurrence for me because there are a lot of sucky restaurants out there. A lot!

It’s at 120th and Pecos, in the cruddy looking little strip mall type place on the north-west corner, where the Mexican restaurant used to be. It’s shoved way back in the corner, so don’t miss it!

They don’t have their liquor license yet but they hope to by Valentine’s Day.

The wait staff is extremely friendly and happy to offer suggestions. In fact they told me that the Veal and/or Chicken Marsala are to die for. (If you like that sort of thing I guess.)

I had a calzone with green peppers and black olives also stuffed with a ricotta/spinach/onion mixture. That was $5 and it’s a little pricier for dinner. The calzone was packed full of the veggies which I appreciate. I seriously hate it when restaurants cut corners in all the wrong places.

I also added a garden salad for $1. What I really liked about the salad is that it was a fresh tasting romaine mixture with GOOD veggies, not just cheap ones as some restaurants use. And the bread sticks were freakin’ awesome!

They have all the spaghetti you can eat for $5 on Wednesdays. And I might add here that they don’t do it in the politically correct form “all you CARE to eat” - they tell it like it is - “all you CAN eat.”

They even gave me a 2 for 1 entree coupon and and 2 for 1 coffee drink coupon on my way out the door and I LOVE coupons!

Their dinner prices range from about $10-$15 and it includes a salad.

They’re open 7 days a week from 10:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. and their phone number is 303.255.1162.