Parker: Romo tackles biz in supplements

By Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published April 7, 2007 at midnight

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Say what you will about former Broncos bruiser Bill Romanowski's steroid use while he was in the NFL. He did it, he admitted it, he's moved on.

Nowadays, the supplements he swallows are not on the NFL's banned substance list. The former linebacker has gone into the nutritional additive business with Crocs founder George Boedecker. The new company, Nutrition53 (after his old jersey number), makes and distributes Neuro 1, "fuel for thought."

"How this company got started was that I had a lot of concussions in my career," said a hoarse Romanowski on Tuesday, after a series of radio shows and interviews. "I went to doctors that the NFL sent me to, and there was nothing they could do. So, I hired a team of doctors and scientists to create a product to turn my brain back on."

Neuro 1 is a powder that - when mixed with water and taken daily - claims to "sharpen memory and recall, improve sports performance, stay focused and on task longer, support workout stamina and enhance mood and well-being."

Does it work? Heck if I know. There are testimonials from Neuro 1 users on the Web site nutrition53.com saying this stuff works wonders. A one-month tub of the supplement costs $99.97.

"This is for working people who want an edge on the competition," Romanowski said. "You don't need to put on a football helmet and run into people for 16 years to need this."

Meanwhile, Romo, who had a bit part in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, continues to make movies. In the upcoming movie Weiners, he plays a gay cowboy. In Get Smart, a movie he starts shooting next week, he plays an air traffic controller.

Romanowski stayed in the Bay Area after he left the NFL as an Oakland Raider but says his heart is in Colorado. "I really do miss the people in Colorado. Whenever I'm there, I feel like I'm home."

KITCHEN KLATCH: Mel's Bar and Grill, a Cherry Creek fixture for 12 years, hangs up its pots and pans with a "last supper" on April 28.

To celebrate the star chefs who have made their culinary mark on Mel's, a reunion dinner will be held April 24 featuring dishes from Frank Bonanno (Mizuna, Luca D'Italia), Goose Sorensen (Solera), Tyler Wiard and Cory Treadway (Elway's) and Mel's current chef, Chad Clevenger.

Each top toque will prepare a course with wines to match. Cost is $90, including tax and tip, and 25 percent of the proceeds will go to the Doug Fleischman Memorial Scholarship Fund at Johnson & Wales University. Reservations: 303-285-1800.

THE SEEN: Actress/singer Mandy Moore and entourage exiting the old Denver Post building after a radio interview Tuesday.

Olympic silver medalist Shannon Bahrke (U.S. Ski Team freestyle/mogul skier) skiing powder in Vail last weekend. She also was seen dining at Larkspur and at La Botegga.

EAVESDROPPING on a man in Hartford, Conn., talking about a meeting while waiting for a Frontier flight to DIA: "The mind cannot absorb more than the gluteus can withstand."

Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday through Saturday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail parkerp@RockyMountainNews.com.

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