The Webmaster says: [Went there for breakfast]. As for the building, the interior is beautiful. Makes it feel homely and cozy with all of its rich wood structure. What I am impressed the most with is the building's history. It's one of the true landmarks of Main Street and Parker itself.

As for the food, the gravy for the biscuits was superb! It made the biscuits nicely soft and very tasty. I found the ham portion to be large, but lacking in flavor. That was taken care of by dipping the ham in the gravy cup. The eggs, nothing special. The fruit cup was tainted by the taste of grapefruit, not something I like.

As for the service, it was excellent. The server (Nick, who unfortunately will be gone until August 2009) was extremely polite and courteous. He was attentive without being intrusive. At the right time, he would frequent our table to keep my delicious coffee hot.

As for the atmosphere, very pleasant. Since it was early Thursday morning, I believe only one other table was occupied. Their conversation did not interfere with ours. The booth we sat at was comfortable on the seat and the table gave us plenty of real estate.

The worst part of The Warhorse Inn is the parking. I believe you are supposed to park in the same lot as the Tail Gate, but to walk from the lot to the Warhorse, you have to traverse over mud that was filled with trash. I did not see a clear path. Puts a negative on what would otherwise be an attractive building.

Overall, I would give The Warhorse Inn 4 out of 5 Parker Pops.

The Parker Pundit says: [Also was there for breakfast]. The building is historic and nicely done on the inside. I had the eggs benedict, which for the price ($10 and change) was (ah, the conumdrum ... should eggs benedict be a single item, hence a single verb use, or because there are two eggs, a plural verb use?) is not that great. The coffee was luke warm initial, but when a new pot was brewed, was hot (can't account for the initial luke warm since we arrived at 7:00 a.m. when War Horse opens for breakfast). Service was very good. The owner, Steve Strain (I believe that is correct) was there, but never came over to introduce himself or say hello (for the life of me I can't figure out why most restaurant owners, who should be outward going and gregarious, aren't - get with it owners, your patrons want to be more than just someone to whom food is served - they want to be a part of the business). The food overall was underwhelming, which may explain why the two times I've been there, there have only been a few other patrons. One of these days I'll try it for dinner. Last visit: 2-12-09

The Parker Pundit says: We needed an additional outdoor light installed, and while the project fit a DIY (do it yourself) profile, we chose to hire an electrician. We have used several over the years, but in this case Mrs. Pundit found Stafford through the local yellow pages. Scott (the owner and I gather principal person except when there is added work to do) was very timely in his on-site visit to assess the work to be done and give an estimate (he charges $35 for same unless you hire him to do the work). His fee for the work seemed high, but he could do it the next day and his work was neat and he used all the right material for what was done (the Pundit has more than a passing familiarity with electricians and electrical work). I'd give him 5 Parker Pops except for the expense. Last used: 2-10-09

The Parker Pundit says: I've seen Cafe Monet many times when I've stopped at Posh Pasteries to satisfy my very hollow sweet tooth (not certain I've ever heard "hollow sweet tooth" before, yet a person who consumes large quantities of alcohol will be referred to as having a "hollow leg" so why not use the analogy?). Cafe Monet is in the Northwest corner (or just about) of the strip center (unfortunately very dated) at the Southwest corner of Plaza and Parker Road. I went with low expectations, because for the more than four years I've lived in Parker, only a couple of people I know have ever eaten there and most have said good things and one a not so good thing (but for the life of me I can't remember what that not so good thing was). Well, based on a recent (and first) dinner there (and now a more recent and second dinner), Cafe Monet is THE nice restaurant in Parker (Vines used to be for me, but Cafe Monet is now the one), with reasonable (very reasonable it seemed to me) prices. I am a fan of Gabriel's in Sedalia (if you haven't been there, go at least once, and make certain you get Vera as your server), but Cafe Monet is every good as Gabriel's and one can save a half week's wages in gas money not having to drive all the way to Sedalia. So, GO TO CAFE MONET. Food is fabulous. Service is wonderful. The house pinot grigio (Placido) is stunning. Food is fresh, plentiful, inexpensive, and delicious. What a delightful find! And it only took me 4 & 1/2 years. Last visited: 2/12/09

Cafe Monet - Country French & Italian Cousine
Receives 5 out of 5 Parker Pops

  10471 South Parker Road
  Parker, Colorado 80134
  Phone: (303)840-0004
     Web: CafeMonetInParker.com

One of many reasons our (USA's) economy is in the condition it is in is because for the last 20 years or so we have stopped insisting on, and buying, products made in the USA by companies headquartered in the USA. If we (Americans) want to pull the USA out of this recession, it will take buying locally and definitely buying American products made by American companies.

So, what can one do? Well, get rid the Honda and buy a Ford, for example. But most importantly, with the upcoming SuperBowl (Feb. 1st), buy beer made in America by American companies. Coors is NO LONGER an American company. Budweiser is NO LONGER an American company. Both are owned by foreign companies, which means ALL THE PROFIT from the sale of their beers goes overseas. What to do? Buy Samual Adams. Buy Fat Tire. Buy other micro-brewed beers made by companies which are American companies. Let the profit STAY IN THE USA. It is that profit which will be used to keep jobs and/or create jobs.

It is up to each of us. Beer is as good a place to start (and end for that matter) as any.

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Michael maintains his own website (titera.com) and MOST days writes an interesting e-mail called "Sip of the Day." It is so named, I guess, because Michael is a Coca Cola freak (in the interest of full disclosure I prefer Pepsi, but I do drink Coke too - Michael, however, is one of those freaks who doesn't believe there is a drinkable drink other than Coke) and his "nick" is "the Coca Cola Kid." He has other nicks but we won't go into that right now.

Other full disclosure: he works for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. I maintain my brokerage account at Schwab. Michael has included a link to Schwab which I might not have, but since he controls the website I am totally at his mercy. Anway, Schwab is a good company. One of these days I'll write about my rep who works there.

This breakfast and lunch spot is in the old Le Peep location. I'm not certain what happened to Le Peep, but I heard rumors. Le Peep was good. Egg & I is good. I have not been there for lunch, but have for breakfast. Service was good and food was fresh and tasty. I didn't really notice much difference in the layout from when it was Le Peep. On the West side of Mainstreet, between Parker Road and Dransfeldt.