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Reader: Sunrise Sunset Is My Favorite Breakfast Spot, But the Coffee Is Awful

While brunch has become a popular hipster meal, breakfast remains a meal for traditionalists. And it doesn't get more traditional than at Sunrise Sunset, a three-decade-old, three-spot chain that Gretchen Kurtz visited for this week's review. She found a lot to like at the Wheat Ridge location -- but not...
By Patricia CalhounDecember 18, 2014
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While brunch has become a popular hipster meal, breakfast remains a meal for traditionalists. And it doesn’t get more traditional than at Sunrise Sunset, a three-decade-old, three-spot chain that Gretchen Kurtz visited for this week’s review. She found a lot to like at the Wheat Ridge location — but not the coffee, even though it comes to your table in a big thermos.

See also: Sunrise Sunset Recalls a Time When It Was Morning in America

And Joe agrees with the coffee assessment:

My favorite breakfast spot, but the coffee is awful. Fortunately, they don’t complain if you bring in a Starbucks.

Sadly, bad coffee is common at too many breakfast joints. What’s your favorite spot for both a solid breakfast and good coffee?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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