Here There and Everywhere

Montrose, Colorado and Starvin’ Arvins

One of the best parts of this trip were the people we met. We heard so many great stories, and we listened! Mother’s Day in Montrose, we ended up at Ted Laurence’s Steakhouse where I had a beautifully grilled salmon and my husband had soup and a big salad.

It was a good meal, but the best part was our waitress, Maria. We talked with Maria and discovered we had both lived in Monterey, CA. They had left a year ago; California was just too expensive, and rents, like everywhere, just kept going up. She and her husband are hard workers and took a chance that Montrose might give them an opportunity to save, buy their own house and maybe even start their own restaurant. She mentioned a restaurant where she meets up with friends once a week, Starvin’ Arvins. After looking at the planned route for the next day, we decided to give Starvin’ Arvins a try for breakfast the next day. 

Back at our large, beautiful, and very empty B&B, we slept fitfully and were happy to pack up and leave the next morning. We never saw or had any contact with management other than the message giving us our entry codes.

We headed back into Montrose for breakfast and gas. Starvin’ Arvins was definitely the place to be.

  They had a menu that was a hungry man’s dream, with all the usual suspects, but we went with Cat’s Head biscuits, a huge cinnamon roll, and the oatmeal came with a huge bowl of blueberries.

We were lucky to get there when we did; the place filled up quickly.

Service was fast and friendly; once again we had a wonderful waitress who took really good care of us and carefully boxed one of the gigantic cinnamon rolls to take with us – it will last for several days, and will be happily dunked in my coffee if it gets a little stale.

(We were never able to finish the cinnamon roll, it was so huge.)

As we are leaving, here is our view to the South.

August 20, 2023 Posted by intlxpatr | Character, Community, Cultural, Customer Service, Eating Out, Living Conditions, Photos, Restaurant, Road Trips, Travel | Colorado, Four Corners Hiking and Petroglyphs, Montrose, Starvin' Arvins | Leave a comment