The Comanche breakfast plate is a terrific special at the Krameria Cafe in Denver. (Photo by William Porter)
Saturday often finds me at the Krameria Café, a family-run place at the northwest corner of Krameria Street and 14th Avenue. Itap a breakfast-lunch-dinner spot – and they serve cocktails – but I go there for breakfast and a cup of coffee. I was a fan of the restaurant long before I gave it .
What has traditionally drawn me is a dish called Luchadores, a Spanish word generally translated as “fighter” that you often encounter on promotional posters for traditional Mexican pro wrestling. Itap a marvelous stack of fat roasted poblanos, provolone cheese and eggs atop two corn tortillas, surrounded by soupy pinto beans and green chile sauce.
But now the Luchadores has a competitor: The Comanche. Itap been a breakfast special for about a month, and Brian Davis, the Krameria’s manager, says it just might wrestle its way onto the menu.
It is a great plate of food – and as pretty to look at as it is to eat. Café staffers have always been a cut above when it comes to plating the food, and the Comanche is no exception.
You get a stack of two corn tortillas loaded with two eggs your way, ranch beans and a mix of shredded jack and cheddar cheeses. For a bit extra you can add roasted poblano chiles, shredded steak – the machaca thatap easy to find in Arizona but less so here – or a fan of sliced avocados. (For my money, you’ve got to add the poblano.)
The whole shebang swims in a pool of brick-red pasilla chile sauce and topped with diced lettuce, tomato and scallions. The plate’s rim is dusted with smoked paprika-cayenne blend. Itap a lot of color to go along with the flavor. And for $11, a great way to start the morning
“I really like the dish and I think other people do too,” says manager Brian Davis, whose wife, Vanessa, is the Saturday chef and restaurantap co-owner.
A big “Oh, yeah!” to that.
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