Guidebook for Denver

Mike
Guidebook for Denver

Food Scene

Great country-style Japanese, you'd be hard pressed to find a Japanese restaurant as unique. Beautiful Patio with a traditional Japanese garden.
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Domo Japanese Country Food Restaurant
1365 Osage St
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Great country-style Japanese, you'd be hard pressed to find a Japanese restaurant as unique. Beautiful Patio with a traditional Japanese garden.
Best walking distance coffee option. Herkimer coffee and espresso, and a nice staff.
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Metropolis Coffee
1 S Broadway
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Best walking distance coffee option. Herkimer coffee and espresso, and a nice staff.
Great sandwiches, salads, smoothies, & juices. Fresh and simple. Chai tea in a smoothie is unexpectedly perfect.
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Parsley {Denver, CO}
303 W 11th Ave
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Great sandwiches, salads, smoothies, & juices. Fresh and simple. Chai tea in a smoothie is unexpectedly perfect.
One of the best green chilis in Denver (hotly debated subject) for flavor and heat. Breakfast burritos are a guilty pleasure and only $2.
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Santiago's Mexican Restaurant
2505 Federal Boulevard
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One of the best green chilis in Denver (hotly debated subject) for flavor and heat. Breakfast burritos are a guilty pleasure and only $2.
Great patio during the summer months, food is straight ahead saucy, sloppy Mexican.
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El Noa Noa Mexican Restaurant
722 Santa Fe Dr
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Great patio during the summer months, food is straight ahead saucy, sloppy Mexican.
Great vegetarian / vegan eats, coffee and a full bar.
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City O' City
206 E 13th Ave
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Great vegetarian / vegan eats, coffee and a full bar.
Greasy spoon Denver staple. Breakfast and diner food offered quick and easy 24 hours a day - slower around 2-3 am. :)
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Denver Diner
740 W Colfax Ave
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Greasy spoon Denver staple. Breakfast and diner food offered quick and easy 24 hours a day - slower around 2-3 am. :)
Coolest looking coffee shop in Denver for sure AND great coffee/espresso, great simple food items - brûléed grapefruit, quiche, and bahn mi - art and design everywhere for the eyeballs.
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Crema Coffee House
2862 Larimer St
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Coolest looking coffee shop in Denver for sure AND great coffee/espresso, great simple food items - brûléed grapefruit, quiche, and bahn mi - art and design everywhere for the eyeballs.
Best sushi in the downtown area, and in a great little neighborhood. Fresh fish, creative options, and sake galore!
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Sushi Sasa
2401 15th St
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Best sushi in the downtown area, and in a great little neighborhood. Fresh fish, creative options, and sake galore!
Not as close to the home base, but if you want fish hand-picked from the Tokyo fish markets and shipped in fresh - with a boggling group of people to stare at while eating - Sushi Den can't be beat.
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Sushi Den
1487 S Pearl St
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Not as close to the home base, but if you want fish hand-picked from the Tokyo fish markets and shipped in fresh - with a boggling group of people to stare at while eating - Sushi Den can't be beat.
Z Cuisine for super good French fare, A Côté for a creative cocktail. I'm a fan of a cocktail and warm salad, french onion soup, or croque madame.
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Z Cuisine & A Côté
2239 West 30th Avenue
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Z Cuisine for super good French fare, A Côté for a creative cocktail. I'm a fan of a cocktail and warm salad, french onion soup, or croque madame.
A Denver staple, set for a Wes Anderson movie waiting to happen, and home base for the best straight up Italian dishes. Home made noodles, wine carafes, & a few Necco on the way out the door. Perfect!
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Patsy's Inn Italian Restaurant
3651 Navajo Street
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A Denver staple, set for a Wes Anderson movie waiting to happen, and home base for the best straight up Italian dishes. Home made noodles, wine carafes, & a few Necco on the way out the door. Perfect!
Meat lovers paradise, but the salads are always my favorite part. Seasonal dishes, in-house charcuterie, and a great list of liquors/cocktails. Always creative and a warm environment, too.
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Old Major
3316 Tejon St
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Meat lovers paradise, but the salads are always my favorite part. Seasonal dishes, in-house charcuterie, and a great list of liquors/cocktails. Always creative and a warm environment, too.
Chilled tofu. Everything else is so good, but don't skip on the chilled tofu. Really. Ramen with broths for miles. Hite beer is fun, the label looks better suited as a laundry detergent.
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Uncle
2215 W 32nd Ave
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Chilled tofu. Everything else is so good, but don't skip on the chilled tofu. Really. Ramen with broths for miles. Hite beer is fun, the label looks better suited as a laundry detergent.
You simply will never have better huevos rancheros - everyone else is messing it up severely. That's all I know about the place, I never get anything else. They're like $4-5 early morning weekdays.
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La Mexicana Taqueria at Highlands
2538 W 32nd Ave
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You simply will never have better huevos rancheros - everyone else is messing it up severely. That's all I know about the place, I never get anything else. They're like $4-5 early morning weekdays.
Seems like this place is world famous in the vegetarian community. Recently went vegan and it seems more affordable, too. Great food, all day long.
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Watercourse Foods
837 East 17th Avenue
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Seems like this place is world famous in the vegetarian community. Recently went vegan and it seems more affordable, too. Great food, all day long.
Great food, great brunch, bottomless mimosas - sometimes entitled snobby crowd pushing for seating. They also have a DIA location if you have time to waste on the way out.
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Root Down
1600 W 33rd Ave
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Great food, great brunch, bottomless mimosas - sometimes entitled snobby crowd pushing for seating. They also have a DIA location if you have time to waste on the way out.
Just so good. House made cured meats, cheeses, and fresh ingredients make for great pizzas, panini, and salads. Good Larimer Street stop.
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Osteria Marco
1453 Larimer St
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Just so good. House made cured meats, cheeses, and fresh ingredients make for great pizzas, panini, and salads. Good Larimer Street stop.
Two pre/early-1900's houses combined into a comfy little place to enjoy great cuban fare. Cocktails on the patio in the summer.
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Cuba Cuba cafe & bar, DENVER
1173 Delaware St
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Two pre/early-1900's houses combined into a comfy little place to enjoy great cuban fare. Cocktails on the patio in the summer.
Same as LoDo location. Huge patio. Rippin burritos and tacos. Queso dip!
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Illegal Pete's South Broadway
270 S Broadway
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Same as LoDo location. Huge patio. Rippin burritos and tacos. Queso dip!
I hear good things!
ACME Delicatessen
1701 Wynkoop St
I hear good things!
Always great food and cocktails
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The Populist
3163 Larimer St
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Always great food and cocktails
Highly recommended restaurant and inside a cool building to check out Denver craftiness.
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Acorn
3350 Brighton Blvd
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Highly recommended restaurant and inside a cool building to check out Denver craftiness.
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Rebel Restaurant
3763 Wynkoop St
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Featured in Food Network shows.
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Mercantile Dining and Provision
1701 Wynkoop St
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Featured in Food Network shows.
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Ophelia's Electric Soapbox
1215 20th St
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Hop Alley
3500 Larimer St
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Beast + Bottle
719 E 17th Ave
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Creole cafe with an amazing brunch
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Lucile's Creole Cafe
275 S Logan St
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Creole cafe with an amazing brunch
Best "classy" breakfast burrito in town - $5 from 7am to 9am. Great menu all around, nice little eatery.
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Onefold
1420 E 18th Ave
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Best "classy" breakfast burrito in town - $5 from 7am to 9am. Great menu all around, nice little eatery.
House-made pastrami, mustard, and pickles. Walkable and a great stop between museums around the corner.
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Leven Deli Co.
123 W 12th Ave
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House-made pastrami, mustard, and pickles. Walkable and a great stop between museums around the corner.
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Mercantile Dining and Provision
1701 Wynkoop St
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Lou's Italian Specialties
3357 N Downing St
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Hop Alley
3500 Larimer St
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The Plimoth
2335 E 28th Ave
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Drinks & Nightlife

Offbeat location with some solid craft beers and an unpretentious crowd of people. Food trucks park outside most nights.
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Strange Craft Beer Company
1330 Zuni St
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Offbeat location with some solid craft beers and an unpretentious crowd of people. Food trucks park outside most nights.
Short walk away, good selection with a variety of seasonal / one-off batch beers. Food trucks outside most nights.
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Renegade Brewing Company
925 W 9th Ave
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Short walk away, good selection with a variety of seasonal / one-off batch beers. Food trucks outside most nights.
Metal inspired beer and music selections. Pizza, salads, and subs. Nice side patio. Their Petal to the Metal beer is great with light flavor of rose and hibiscus infused.
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Black Sky Brewery
490 Santa Fe Dr
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Metal inspired beer and music selections. Pizza, salads, and subs. Nice side patio. Their Petal to the Metal beer is great with light flavor of rose and hibiscus infused.
The weirdest / best bar in Denver. Every time I go something new is there to delight my eyeballs. Good food, cocktails, patio, and people.
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Forest Room 5
2532 15th St
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The weirdest / best bar in Denver. Every time I go something new is there to delight my eyeballs. Good food, cocktails, patio, and people.
Best beer in Denver/Colorado. Tight little tasting room, food trucks and medium-sized patio outside. Love the stouts, but watch out sea level folks, they'll hit you hard.
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Great Divide Brewery
2201 Arapahoe St
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Best beer in Denver/Colorado. Tight little tasting room, food trucks and medium-sized patio outside. Love the stouts, but watch out sea level folks, they'll hit you hard.
There's a Chipotle half a block away. If you find yourself in LoDo during the lunch hour one will be busy the other not. Illegal Pete's is better. Chicken pesto burrito, Big Potato burrito, queso dip.
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Illegal Pete's LoDo
1610 16th St Mall
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There's a Chipotle half a block away. If you find yourself in LoDo during the lunch hour one will be busy the other not. Illegal Pete's is better. Chicken pesto burrito, Big Potato burrito, queso dip.
The first bar to open after Prohibition. Martini's and ambiance galore.
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The Oxford Hotel
1600 17th St
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The first bar to open after Prohibition. Martini's and ambiance galore.
Weird little spot with great homey decor and good music. Not recommended for the high-horse Yelp soapboxers...
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Pon Pon
2528 Walnut St
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Weird little spot with great homey decor and good music. Not recommended for the high-horse Yelp soapboxers...
Great distillery
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Laws Whiskey House
1420 S Acoma St
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Great distillery

Arts & Culture

Great collections and traveling exhibitions
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Denverin taidemuseo
100 W 14th Ave Pkwy
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Great collections and traveling exhibitions
Little-known pioneer Abstract Expressionist donates entire body of work to the city that will build a museum to showcase it. You'll have a hard time seeing something like this anywhere else.
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Clyfford Still Museum
1250 Bannock St
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Little-known pioneer Abstract Expressionist donates entire body of work to the city that will build a museum to showcase it. You'll have a hard time seeing something like this anywhere else.
Home of the Broncos - 15 minute walk (not a pretty one, though) or you can walk to the 10th & Osage light rail and catch a train to the Mile High stop.
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Mile High Stadium
1701 Bryant St
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Home of the Broncos - 15 minute walk (not a pretty one, though) or you can walk to the 10th & Osage light rail and catch a train to the Mile High stop.
15 minute walk through the quiet Auraria Campus - Denver Nuggets, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Mammoth
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Ball Arena
1000 Chopper Cir
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15 minute walk through the quiet Auraria Campus - Denver Nuggets, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Mammoth
Great Performing Arts center
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The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
1101 13th St
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Great Performing Arts center
Just around the corner on Santa Fe headed south of my place is the Santa Fe Arts District. First Friday wildness or just cruise the area for good art and maybe a coffee or food stop. First Fridays get pretty crazy!
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Art District on Santa Fe
858 Santa Fe Dr
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Just around the corner on Santa Fe headed south of my place is the Santa Fe Arts District. First Friday wildness or just cruise the area for good art and maybe a coffee or food stop. First Fridays get pretty crazy!

Nearby Light Rail Stops

5-10 minute walk from the house. Catch a train to southern stops, to Mile High stadium, or into LoDo Denver.
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10th & Osage Station
975 Osage St
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5-10 minute walk from the house. Catch a train to southern stops, to Mile High stadium, or into LoDo Denver.
Two blocks north of the house, catch trains into downtown or to south Denver locations.
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Colfax at Auraria Station
West Colfax Avenue
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Two blocks north of the house, catch trains into downtown or to south Denver locations.

Cool Neighborhoods

Great rough-around-the-edges neighborhood with shops, art, music, food, and drinks galore.
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River North Art District
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Great rough-around-the-edges neighborhood with shops, art, music, food, and drinks galore.
Pick up a great cut of house-prepared meat to take home or get a great sandwich to go. A grip of good market items as well.
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Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe
3326 Tejon St
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Pick up a great cut of house-prepared meat to take home or get a great sandwich to go. A grip of good market items as well.
Just amazing! So well done. Great food and drinks.
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LoDo
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Just amazing! So well done. Great food and drinks.
Denver's hub of hip boutique stores, a host of restaurants and bars, classic art house movie theatre; see a great band and eat a tasty meal at Hi-Dive / Sputnik.
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Baker
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Denver's hub of hip boutique stores, a host of restaurants and bars, classic art house movie theatre; see a great band and eat a tasty meal at Hi-Dive / Sputnik.

Entertainment & Activities

Many events throughout the year. GABF and ComicCon are standouts...
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Coloradon konferenssikeskus
700 14th St
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Many events throughout the year. GABF and ComicCon are standouts...