Breakfast at the Barnstormer

My kiddos at the airport: Cecily is flying and Everett is hiding.

 Want to try a different location for a delicious breakfast?  Head out east on 8th street to the Greeley Weld County Airport and get the "Best and Biggest Pancakes in town"!  The Main Terminal at the airport has a great little diner called the Barnstormer Restaurant.  

Signage on 8th Street as well as on the airport grounds make the Barnstormer easy to find.

 Inside you will find the walls covered with vintage photographs of pilots and their aircrafts, planes of all types in flight, aircraft carriers, submarines and more.  Hanging from the ceiling are many different model airplanes.  On a Saturday morning the place is packed with pilots who flew in for breakfast, or local folks who came for the pancakes and to watch the planes come and go.  

"Best and Biggest pancakes in town!"

As you can see above, the pancakes are as big as a plate and nearly an inch thick!  They also have french toast, bacon, eggs, sausage, hash browns, breakfast sandwiches, omelets...well, something for everyone, and we haven't even tried their lunch menu!

Wide variety of aircraft visible from the restaurant.

 As you enjoy your delicious hot breakfast you can watch the planes landing, taxiing and taking off right outside the window. 

My little astronaut and his sister.

After breakfast head up to the observation deck and see up close the 1940s vintage plane hanging in the terminal and watch the planes some more, from a better vantage point.  There is a beautiful view of the mountains as well!

Just another hidden treasure out in east Greeley that I wanted to share.  For something family friendly and affordable, go get ya some pancakes and enjoy the wonders of aviation!

No wind, clear day.  A great day for flying, as my dad would say!

Hot Day, Cool Treat

It was 80 degrees out on Saturday and we wanted something delicious and refreshing to cool us off.  We were planning on trying a new yogurt place, Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt.  They were having a grand opening special and there were a couple hundred people in line.  We couldn't wait in line that long, but we will try it soon.  In the mean time I checked out their website.  Aspen Leaf is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, based on the western slopes of Colorado.  We are so excited to have another new restaurant in the University area - it is on 8th Avenue and 17th Street.  So, we still needed a treat so we headed a few blocks over to Tropical Snow.

 

Tropical Snow has been family owned and operated for over 20 years.  It is an eclectic mix of 50s diner and  ice cream parlor with a little authentic Mexican food thrown in!  If you have never had their signature shaved ice, it is like no other shaved ice you have ever had.  They do not skimp on the syrup and the ice is so delicately shaved that every single bite is soaked in one of their 100+ flavors.  It is an inexpensive, delicious treat!

But, don't just try it on a hot day.  Breakfast would be a great time to stop by for a burrito.  Lunch choices are vast, from hand patted, never frozen burgers, to corn dogs, to nachos, taquitos, and the list goes on. There is something for everyone.

Little E enjoyed some chocolate "hard" ice cream; they also have soft serve.  D and our daughter C had the shaved ice in blue raspberry and black cherry.  Tropical Snow is located at 923 8th Avenue next to Margie's Java Joint.  They are open year round.  If you haven't been in, check it out.  If you have, it's time for a visit!