J Fargo's Grill and Bar

I guess my dad and  I must have hit a lucky night according to these reviews...  Service was prompt and friendly.  Food came timely.  We thought the meal was the best dinner we'd had on our roadtrip, 8 days in.  

Beer:  Dad wasn't particularly fond of the IPA, but says it wasn't bad.  I had a sip and it tasted like regular IPA to me.  He had the brown nut something or other next and describes it as "mild, tasty, but not very effervescent."  I had a sip and it was unique - I couldn't say if it was good unique or bad unique.  I ordered the Hef and enjoyed both glasses. :)

Food: Onion Petals = YUM!  Salads = You know, salads. Fresh salads.  Dad had the steak with seasonal veggies and baked potato.  He now says "it was thin, but nicely cooked."   During dinner though he was nodding and "mmm"ing and saying it was the best meal he'd had so far.  I had the pasta primavera.  Some people might argue there was an overabundance of veggies, but for me tonight, it was perfect.  I tend to find anything with alfredo to be too rich and repetitive in taste to really enjoy the full meal.  The abundance of veggies kept the flavor varied and enjoyable for me.  I had the half size, which for a smaller appetite was the perfect size.

This place sucks.   I was driving through on a long road trip and looking forward to a good meal but oh boy, did we run out of luck.  I ordered spaghetti and meat balls.  First, the sauce tasted like it was straight out of a tomato sauce can without any prep.  The meatballs, frozen inside.  Really, if you can't get a simple dish like spaghetti and meat balls right, you don't deserve to be in business.  There was absolutely no concern for the food and it showed.  If you don't care about food, you should not be in the restaurant biz.  But I guess in Cortez CO, you can get away with it.  Dont' go here unless you are starving and nothing else is open.

July 2012:
We were travelling and got take-out because it was too hot to leave our pup in the car.
When we got back to the motel, we found that our salads were only half-prepared!

We ordered a taco salad, and the Asian Chicken Salad.

The Asian salad was nothing but lettuce, some odd chunks of pre-cooked chicken, and a little packet of dressing.   No noodles, no slivered almods, no green onions or celery.  
The taco salad didn't even come with salsa!   Really?   A dry salad with no salsa to spice it up?

The place is poorly designed, so that the workers in one half can't see the rest of the place - and you can sit forever in the foyer.

We will not be back, but I doubt this place will be open next time we're in Cortez.
It was that bad.