I had been to Button Rock a few times back when it was in its old location at 95th and Arapahoe, but it had been a while. It is now located in the District Mall at 400 W South Boulder Rd., Suite 2200, and has added the deli in the same location as the bakery. It has a wide variety of deli-type foods in addition to the baked goods—and sushi!
My friend Sarah and I had a lunch date last Wednesday, so I
asked her to meet me at the District, and we ate indoors. The bakery has a little
patio, but it was a chilly, snowy day. The indoor part of the mall has quite a
few tables and easy chairs with small tables, and they are fairly spread out in
the large open area.
While I was waiting for Sarah, the kind server at the counter
answered about a hundred questions that I had about the menu and the pastries.
I can’t remember them all now, but I appreciated the help.
I wasn’t planning to get sushi because I had my eye on some other menu items, but Sarah got an order of the crispy rice bites. They are actually served cold, and they had them premade in the refrigerator. I tried one, and it was delicious! For our main dish, we each ordered a breakfast sandwich. I got the fried bologna and cheese because I was intrigued by the combination with the potato latke (fried bologna, over-medium egg, provolone, arugula, giardiniera, and potato latke in a warm brioche bun). Sarah got the avocado and egg (scrambled eggs with feta & spinach, avocado, gochujang ketchup, and arugula in a warm brioche bun). These were both amazing sandwiches and extremely filling—so keep that in mind because you will need to save room for dessert! Fortunately, we had planned ahead, so we knew to pace ourselves. Although I liked the combo of flavors and textures very much, I could only eat about 2/3 of the sandwich because it was a lot. My egg was more like over easy than over medium, so next time I might ask them to cook it a bit more.
For dessert, Sarah got a raspberry napoleon, and I got a chocolate cake bombe (a layer of cake topped with chocolate mousse and coated in chocolate). I am a fan of chocolate mousse in almost any form, so I thought the bombe was the bomb! G wasn’t with us for this meal, but I suggested that he pick up some bombes for him and a friend a few days later, and he also loved them. Sarah was happy with her napoleon, which I sampled and agreed was excellent. She said that she is always trying to match a napoleon that she ate 20 years ago, and this one came close. There are many more things to try from the deli and sushi menus and the bakery case, so we’ll be back!
* Lafayette Restaurant Project Redux: visiting all the new places that have opened since the end of the previous round of the LRP.
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| I forgot to photograph the outside, so I borrowed this from the Button Rock FB page. |
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| Me with my fried bologna & cheese breakfast sandwich |
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| Sarah with her avocado & egg breakfast sandwich (we were dressed like twins, but it was totally accidental) |
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| Top: Crispy rice bites. Bottom: avocado & egg breakfast sandwich and fried bologna & cheese breakfast sandwich |
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| Chocolate bombe and raspberry napoleon |
Saw your post on Button Rock Bakery and loved how it was written and of course the yummy photos. I want to also add, as a Gluten Free patron of Button Rock...holy smokes, you can't go wrong. Absolutely THE BEST I've ever had. Typically everything in the Gluten Free world is cardboard or dry, but they have their products NAILED. Unbelievably delicious...from sandwiches to cakes, cinnamon rolls and my favorite just the plain ol' Chocolate Chip Cookies! I'm not a follower of your site now that I found you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment! That sounds great for people with gluten intolerance. Have you tried the GF products at Eats & Sweets? I've heard good things about them but never tried them.
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