Jeffreys

Jeffrey's Bistro is my very favorit-ist place to eat in Laramie. It is a contender for all time Wyoming favorite, too. I go there whenever possible, which is not always as often as I would like. They make everything from scratch; much of it is vegetarian, or can be; and they have an eclectic mix of food. On Fridays they make clam chowder, deliciously full of clams, potatoes and other good stuff, and without bacon! The salads are huge. They have this great full meal deal where, for a few dollars more, you get soup or salad, choice of dessert and coffee or tea. A very good deal indeed. Dinners consist of such delicious things as stir fries with many possible add-ins, seafood tetrazzini, siamese chicken and broccoli.... I have never had a thing I didn't like there.

The real problem with the good food is that you can get too full to have dessert and that is really a dumb thing to do. Sara's desserts are fabulous! I am a baker, and I regularly don't have dessert because I can nearly always make it better, but not at Jeffrey's. I have never met this woman, but I have a lot of respect for a baker who is as consistent as she is at 7000 feet. They consistently have at least 10 desserts, the regulars, and then usually also a special. One of her specials is frangipani tart with cherries. Some regulars include a Ghiradelli Chocolate Cherry Torte, a Mocha Butter Crunch Pie, Tiramisu, fruit crisps of varying flavors, and always at least 4 differently flavored cheesecakes.

Today I also had this lovely stuff called Framboise Lambic Ale. I have never had this before, and I highly recommend it, even if it is expensive for a beer. It is imported from Belgium, and has a gorgeous garnet color and a very strong raspberry flavor. They suggested it as a dessert beer, so I had it for that, and, well, yum!!

All this to say, this is not a restaurant to skip if you are going through Laramie.

Closed roads

This evening there's snow in the southeast of Wyoming. Cheyenne got at least 6 inches--it snowed all day, and was apparently worse after I left about 5. I'm in Laramie now, and it is snowing here. It was warmer today, so there is a sheen of ice on most of the roads and cars and everything. People are off the road all over the place because they haven't slowed down, and now the interstates are closed--no unnecessary travel. Wyo roads are nothing to play with when the weather is bad. I recommend going very slow, or just not traveling at all (I'm holed up in a hotel, and happy about it!).