Loaded Joe's

The Met Kitchen showcases local flavors with its menu of small, shareable plates and beverage selections of Colorado beers, wines and spirits. Take, for instance, the meat and cheese plate (perfect for splitting with friends over happy hour cocktails), which comes with House of Smoke Colorado elk sausage, Haystack goat cheese and Paladori Hatch green chili sausage. For something lighter, there's the grilled Palisade peach salad. The Met Kitchen replaced The Metropolitan, and fans of the former will be happy to know the new establishment's retained some of the earlier fan favorites on the menu (the lobster tacos and the New England lobster roll) and the look and feel of the space (industrial furnishings with exposed brick walls).