Gala Gardens

• Cuisine(s): American, Mexican, Seafood, Steakhouse
  Hours: Breakfast 6-10 a.m. Monday-Friday; 7-10 a.m. Saturday Brunch 9 a.m.-2.p.m. Sunday Lunch 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday Dinner 4-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday
  Price: $, $$, $$$
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
  Features: ATM, Banquet Facilities, Kid Friendly, Private Party, Smoking, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
  Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: Full bar
  Reservations: Not Accepted
  Parking: Lot Available

Description

Commerce City is hardly a restaurant utopia, and Gala Gardens isn't exactly the first joint that floats into your head when you're lusting after a brick of beef. But it should be, because the steaks -- of which there are several, including a hefty 25-ounce porterhouse, a 22-ounce T-bone, a couple of New York strips and a club steak -- are juicy, full of flavor and dirt cheap. Especially since they're served with a throwback relish tray, a cup of scratchmade soup, salad, and either rice pilaf, potatoes -- mashed, baked or fried -- or steamed vegetables. The porterhouse is the most expensive steak on the board, ringing in at just under $24, but the hospitality, which is ample, is free. And the beers -- you don't drink wine at a place like this -- are practically free.