Highlands Garden Cafe   

3927 W 32nd Ave
Denver, CO 80212
303-458-5920
www.highlandsgardencafe.com

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Yes, it has won practically every award possible for its foliage-lush patio -- everyone's favorite summer brunch respite -- but chef/owner Pat Perry is about far more than just botanicals and wind chimes. While her patio is indeed stunning, it's her indelible artistry in the kitchen and two exquisite Victorian homes that she's painstakingly renovated, redecorated, and re-invented that make dining here such a memorable experience. Every room showcases its own personality, which means that you can dine downstairs amidst watercolors and flowery wall murals, upstairs in a private room embellished with a gas fireplace (there are five strewn throughout both houses) or in more modern, sunlit quarters in the rear of the second home. Over the years, the legendary Sunday brunch has come and gone, but it's now back with a vengeance, and the crowds clamor for the lobster benedict and vegetable tamales sided with a piquant red chili and crowned with yolky eggs. Perry's Sunday Supper, a three-course dinner for $26.50 person, is a convivial, come-as-you-are gathering for bargain hunters with expensive connoisseur tastes.