Shanahan's

5280 Restaurant Week

Shanahan’s website
5085 South Syracuse Street 
Denver, CO 80237
(303) 770-7300
The final 5280 dinner found us at Shanahan’s, also in the Denver Tech Center. This dinner was 2 years in the making since the kerfuffle. They had signed up for 5280 but then decided not to participate. When my mom called to verify our reservation, they rudely informed her that they were no longer participating. Luckily, after a complaint to management, she received a gracious letter of apology along with some gift cards inviting us to return. This year, they did participate and we finally went!

Our reservation was at 6:00pm but the earlier reservations hadn’t cleared out yet. They were obviously overbooked. This meant we had to wait for about 30 to 40 minutes for our table. I was regretting my high heels then. The restaurant offered champagne to those waiting. While we enjoyed our free champagne we got to look at Mike Shanahan’s, former coach of the Denver Broncos, Super Bowl rings. My brother said that he always loves the high end restaurants owned by sports people because they always include TVs. The bar area was very chic. Tyler also ran into some friends of his who were enjoying the 5280 special as well.

Eventually we were led to our table in the main dining area. The chairs here were also comfortable and reminded me of those in Restaurant Kevin Taylor. We enjoyed some bread as we looked at the menu. It didn’t take long to decide since the menu had only one choice on it: steak or salmon.

The first course was Shanahan’s House Salad: iceberg, spinach and romaine lettuces with English cucumbers, heirloom tomatoes, crisp bacon and balsamic vinaigrette. The balsamic vinaigrette was one of the best I’ve had. I also enjoyed the thick slice of bacon on the salad.

We all went with the 6 oz. Filet Mignon in a Cabernet Sauce. It came with asparagus and a potato croquette. The filet mignon was extremely tender. The 6 oz filet was just the right size of steak. The meat was very fresh and I enjoyed the seasonings on it. The asparagus had a smoky grilled flavor. And what is a potato croquette you ask? They took some mashed potatoes, formed a ball, and rolled that ball into some bread crumbs. The outside was toasted and crispy. It was similar to a twice baked potato.

The dessert was Honey Cheesecake with blueberry sauce. The servings were just right. I felt comfortably full afterwards. The dining room was spacious and separated from the bar area. We sat next to some private rooms that looked like they could be used for business meetings.