BY MIGUEL OTÁROLA, @MOTAROLA_EATS

To paraphrase a satirical publication, it's decorative gourd season, everyone, and that means cool temperatures, soups and comfort food. Some of our stories this week also focused on restaurants that specialize in comfort and respite. Whether it's The Fort up by Red Rocks, the Brown Palace downtown or the Bull & Bush Brewery along the banks of Cherry Creek, Colorado excels at a particular kind of "weathering out the storm" eatery that is endearingly old school.

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Bull & Bush Brewery

How much ink has been spilt about Dean and Dale Peterson and their iconic Cherry Creek tavern? Plenty throughout its nearly 55-year history, and most recently after the death of Dean earlier this year. (His identical twin, Dale, died in 2009.) But this restaurant, run and owned by Dale's sons, David and Erik, was still new to me. And I picked the perfect day to visit, when the temperatures dipped and a misty rain drizzled into the night. Bangers and mash is (obviously) the ultimate comfort meal for me in these situations. Two things make the Bull & Bush's dish stand out from that of other pubs: the fine-ground texture of the sweet sausage links and the green chile gravy over the mash. You'll want to order an extra cup of that green chile and keep pouring it on the plate.