While the menu doesn't stick with home-cooking favorites like pot roast and fried chicken all the time, they put a homestyle spin on more unusual entrees like seared ahi, seafood scampi, and Thai beef noodles.

The staff is friendly and attentive. The bar menu is extensive and has a nice selection of wine. And the food is good.

Try the Chinese Tootsie Rolls - shrimp, cream cheese, and chives twisted into an egg roll skin for $7.95. Or their famous meatloaf, served with mashed potatoes, onion gravy, and vegetable for $15.25. They serve breakfast, as well. Try the Pork Green Chile Fries before you head off to the slopes - homefries smothered in their award-winning pork green chili, baked with cheddar and jack cheeses, and topped with two eggs, any style, for $7.95.

Blu's can also be romantic on those cold Vail nights with your honey. Ask for a seat by the window. It affords a nice view of the crisp, snowy night.