626 on Rood

What an awesome find via google map search for Grand Junction restaurants! Such innovative, flavorful dishes for meat lovers, vegetarians and vegans alike. And the staff was so wonderfully friendly and helpful, from our hostess who sat us to our waitress/bartender Amy B, who was such a great guide to their on menu (and offmenu) dishes. And she offered such great insight on the area’s fun activities and living in the Grand Valley (we’re looking to escape AZ and move to Colorado). We started with Spanglish flight which led us to very nice bottle of local wine, the Open Range red blend (Petit Verdot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc) from Sauvage Spectrum in next door Palisade, Colo. The Charcuterie - Plant Based board, with Mushroom Walnut Rillettes, was amazingly flavorful. Quite unique and wickedly tasty plant-based cheeses, with rich plant-based sausage that impressed this meat lover. The cool blend of flavors with addons of onion jam, coriander nuts and homemade strawberry jam was perfect start to the night. Amy mentioned the off menu item of local heirloom tomatoes with backyard basil and cheese was an ideal gift for this birthday celebration. So richly flavorful! Despite feeling stuffed to the max our entrees were even more perfect. My wife had the Arctic Char which she loved. This meateater passed on the delicious sounding Flatiron steak salad for the unique Yakitori Mushroom entree which was divine! We topped off with the 10yr old tawny port (Warre’s Otima) and the decadent Chocolate Marquis de Sade. A wonderful birthday celebration, made even more cool by the unique friendly folks we met at our next door table. In 2 months of traveling across Colorado, 626 on Rood is by far the best restaurant we’ve visited. The dishes are unique and richly flavorful, portions perfect sized and the staff super super nice. A wonderful eatery that is very rare in that it can be equally enjoyed by meatlovers, vegetarians, vegans and gluten free diners. Thanks for such a fun culinary experience, delivered with such great down-to-earth friendly service! Amy B ROCKS!!!

Fabulous vegan and gluten free options! So thankful for some thoughtful, unique and delicious vegan and gluten free dishes. What a treat!