RESTAURANT: Bones

So I feel a big part of being a locavore is supporting local business, especially ones that try to be as locally conscience as possible.  Anyway, I am way to lazy to cook for my self ALL the time. 

I had never been to Bones.  It is very near my house on 7th and Grant.  Everyone says it is Oh Soh Good and I blindly assumed that it would be mostly local fare (although I did know that there is a lot of seafood on the menu, which obviously isn't from Colorado).  I told our waiter what that I was trying to eat local and asked him if anything on the menu was farmed in Colorado.  He wasn't entirely sure but did tell me that all of the pork was from Salmon Creek Farms, which is in a state that is not mine.  I was a little disappointed but he did mention that some of the greens were from Colorado, he thought...

Then he came back with our drinks and some GREAT NEWS!  They recently changed to a local farm, Torpedo Farms in Pueblo (which, by the way, is just within the 100 mile radius), for all of their pork.  Their greens are from Verde Farms - which seems to be a popular choice for Denver restaurants.  The distributor they use for other produce, tries to source as much as they can locally.  YAY!  Our service was really great.  We had a super nice waiter who was so helpful and went out of his way to help answer my questions.

it was a cloudy day so it was nice to sit outside on their adorable patio.

Onto the food!

So let's call Bones an Asian Bistro.  With lots of unique flavor combos and noodle dishes. 

Their appetizers are a pretty good price and the things we ordered were good proportions.  I would say that this would be a great place for snacks and drinks because of their starters but I could have been a little more impressed with their booze selection.  We started with the Jicama Salad which was really awesome.  For $3.50 we each got a small salad and it was a delight.  It had jicama, oranges, poblano and mushrooms.  It was so refreshing and really great for a summer day.  Then we had the Pork Belly Steamed Buns.  Everything was just right.  The belly was tender and juicy and the steamed buns were SO good!  Sweet and a little sticky I could maybe just eat them alone all day long.  

For dinner we shared a bowl of the Udon Noodles and The Soba noodles.  Both were very nice.  I preferred the Udon.  The broth was out of this world good and the pork shoulder was cooked just right!  The Soba was very good as well, it is served at room temperature which I think distracted me a little bit from the flavor.  There was also an overwhelming amount of prosciutto in the soba.  Leslie loved it though so it worked out for all of us.

Leslie really enjoying the udon.

The other nice thing about Bones it that even though $14 seems like a lot for a noodle dish you get A LOT of noodles.  Enough to fill you up and then some. 

I don't know that bones is a restaurant that I am going to go to all the time but it nice to keep in mind, especially because it is so close to home!