Pranjali S.
Yelp
4.5 stars. If you ever want to get full just by the decor and ambience of a restaurant, look no further! DC's is the cutest restaurant I have ever been too. It reminds you of an old english study/common room (esp after having watched Bridgerton the weekend before :)). There is an old charm rustic feel to it with each table being set up as one with a study lamp, few old book and cutes tiny salt-pepper shakers ever! The walls are adorned with old books, vases, a french horn contraption, etc. There are dining rooms separated by wooder flap doors. There is just an overload of character and you really should take everything in. I did, after having the menu in front of me for a while :)
The service is excellent. Because they are limiting seating, the servers are able to spend the required time explaining menu items or just chitchatting. The owner greeted us too, saying it was the first time in 2 months anyone had sat on this table (sweet and sad at the same time).
We started out with the wines - I got the reisling, then the chardonnay. My friend got the moscato and my brother got one of the reds (sorry don't remember which!). I personally liked the chardonnay (california) more than the reisling (germany) which was a little sweeter than I expected even for reisling.
Ok, now to the food - EVERYTHING looked delicious! We got three appetizers - the crab cakes, fried avocados and spicy shrimp. The plating was beautiful. I loved the crab cakes then spicy shrimp then fried avocado. But that's me being partial to crab cakes. Unbiased, I would say the spicy shrimp was the best of the 3. Amongst the 3 of us, we licked the appetizers, sauce and the accompanying salad bits off the plates, that's how tasty it all was!
For the main course, I got the house special with was a salmon with pesto sauce, risotto and veggies, my friend got the chicken picata and my brother got the steak. The picata was the best of the 3 I think - not dry, the sauce seeping into the chicken and the accompanying pasta simply delicious. The steak was pretty decent. For me, the pesto and risotto were delicious but I thought the fish was a bit bland for my taste.
Finally for dessert, we got the chocolate lava brownie (? cake) and the peppermint coconut cheesecake. The lava did not lava out as expected but the chocolate was really good. The peppermint coconut and cheese was a really great mixture but I would've loved more peppermint (I'm a peppermint fanatic, could eat toothpaste all day).
They are a bit pricier than the usual lot of restaurants in Pueblo, but I see why and I'm happy to pay. Honestly, I would've given it 5 stars had it not been the salmon and the desire for more peppermint. But these guys are awesome and I would recommend them over and over again. Will be here to celebrate any big occasion :)