Guess where I'm (not) eating an overdone burger

This steak place was crammed with nurses in town for a convention, but even they couldn't save an overdone cheeseburger that we ordered medium rare, but arrived without a trace of pink. And a replacement was just as DOA when it was delivered. The gracious (if overwhelmed) management did take...

By Patricia Calhoun

May 22, 2014

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This steak place was crammed with nurses in town for a convention, but even they couldn't save an overdone cheeseburger that we ordered medium rare, but arrived without a trace of pink. And a replacement was just as DOA when it was delivered. The gracious (if overwhelmed) management did take the $7 happy-hour burger off the tab -- but we still almost went into cardiac arrest when the bill came and we saw that the bar was charging $5.75 for a Coors Light....and $16.25 for a Grey Goose martini.

Nurse!

Can you guess where I'm (not) eating this burger?

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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.

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