Modern Market Eatery Fitzsimmons - Aurora, CO
An absolutely perfect cool light delicious post-flight lunch . . .
Generally I'm not going to be posting about a franchise, even if it's mostly regional to Colorado, but there's something special about Modern Market. Hell, I didn't realize it at the time, but today was looking back at a post on flickr from a long weekend in downtown Denver nearly exactly ten years ago, and find I raved about the location downtown saying, "Looking for some ‘lighter’ fare, this place hit the mark"
We were a group of five in town for work, on a blazing hot mid-90's day, after a buttcrack of dawn early start to airport gymnastics and a ridiculous line at the car rental place, we needed someplace to fuel on our way to the hotel. One of us is Vegetarian-fluid, and this ended up being a stellar option for Veggiesaurus and Carnivore alike
How was the food? EXACTLY what I was looking for. Light, fresh, cool, surprisingly generously portioned, and killer value. Oh I'm sure there was plenty of Bag & Assemble, but it didn't taste like it
Their Baja Blackened Chicken Salad was excellent ("Blackened chicken thigh, romaine, organic black bean, roasted corn, pickled onion, cotija, organic blue corn tortilla strips, avocado, lime wedge, creamy jalapeño lime dressing"). Lots of ingredients and lots going on, but it all worked. Looking at the menu . . . there's no way in hell this was only 430 calories, but I'm not complaining. I even ended up taking a third of it back to the hotel for a late night snack
I added on a side of Chilled Spicy Charred Brocolli ("Chilled roasted broccoli, red chili, garlic, sesame oil, sesame seeds"). Simple, cool, and balanced. A steal at $3 bucks
Yeah, so Modern Market. Visits ten years apart and both times blown away by what they have on offer. Fingers crossed they make their way up to the Twin Cities
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Modern Market Eatery - 12230 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80011
720-262-8047
IG #modernmarket
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