Food and Drink

Snooze Eatery

If you’re visiting Denver, this is the one iconic gourmet diner you just have to experience!  Though it’s now a national chain, this boutique eatery was born in Colorado and has 3 convenient locations in Denver.   Snooze boasts fresh twists on American favorites for breakfast and lunch classics and creative morning cocktails. The menu changes seasonally and chefs use the freshest ingredients to prepare every dish from scratch.  Menu includes several types of Eggs Benedict, gourmet pancake options and cage free eggs! Open 7 days a week. Expect a wait…it’s that good!!! Union Station location has outdoor patio and corn hole while you wait.

Sam’s No. 3

With 3 locations in Denver, boozy milk-shakes, and spiked coffee drinks on the menu it’s no wonder they’re voted the Most Iconic Diner in Colorado. Their signature Kickin’ Green Pork Chili is served on everything from fries to burgers, and of course the smothered breakfast burrito. The menu here is massive! Featured on Food Network by host Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives!

Ophelia’s Electric Soap Box

If you are looking for a different dining experience than you have ever had before, Ophelia’s will not disappoint! A former brothel turned into a unique live music performing venue. With a theatre style seating arrangement and adult friendly décor you can brunch on gourmet food made with local Colorado ingredients and bottomless mimosas while watching a top notch band or movie! It’s an experience not to miss! Reservations suggested. Live music nearly every day!

Butcher’s Bistro

Butcher’s Bistro offers a heavily meat based menu, at times incorporating multiple meat sources or preparations on a single plate at one time. These are “The Meat Guys” of Denver, and even have ventured into constructing meat based desserts! Almost everything they serve here is made in-house, from pickles and kraut, to aioli, mustards, sauces, and charcuterie…it’s all handmade!

Citizen Rail

Inside the Kimpton Hotel Born chef Christian Graves heads up a modernized steakhouse with aged beef right on display. Happy hour from 2:30 to 6 p.m., try the wood-grilled oysters or charcuterie board with truffled chicken-liver mousse, Fra’Mani salami, aged ham, house pickles, mustard and bread. Drink specials include $7 pairings like glass of rosé with a shot of mezcal or a stout with a side of bourbon! Dinner is just as heavenly and I like sitting at the chef’s table/bar where you can watch all of the action as your meal is cooked over an open fire grill.

Work & Class

If there is one hip hangout in Denver it is Work & Class’s HAPPIEST HOUR from 4-5 PM, Tuesday-Friday, which include killer house made green chile cheese fries and a blow your mind chile relleno…you just have to try it! Drinks include mix and match your own liquor choice and house made mixer, my favorite is the Spicy Basil Sour with Tequilla, and barrel aged cocktails like the old fashioned and extra Long Island. There is a cool indoor/outdoor patio space so you can watch everything going on in RINO no matter what the weather. The regular menu is heavy on sharable smoked & barbequed meat portions including lamb and goat, but the pork is really delicious and served with homemade tortillas. Service is friendly and attentive with good suggestions. Expect a wait, but it’s so worth it!

Stoic & Genuine

This seafood restaurant offers amazing top notch oysters at $2 from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday through Friday. They serve all kinds of amazing exotic flavored Granita cocktails, which is a slush-type drink, semi-frozen kind of like Italian ice with booze! The patio overlooks an active summertime fountain that is a delight to take in as you sip and dine! Try the burger at lunch!

Machete

Happy Hour 3-6pm select $6 Margaritas…the Spicy Rico is my favorite even if it is not $6…it comes in a tall glass with a jalapeno and a tasty chili rim. All of the tacos great…you can’t go wrong! The salsa and chips are 4 very different salsas, all four very spicy, all four very tasty.

Milk Market

The newest Food Hall concept on the Denver scene is Milk Market, a 16-venue mix of take-away and dine-in restaurants and bars in the historic Dairy Block of the Ballpark Neighborhood. Shop, drink, eat and celebrate in the very heart of Downtown Denver. Offerings include 3 bars, coffee, sandwiches, poke bowls, crepes, pasta, ramen, pizza, hot chicken, and gelato are a few of the highlights being offered along with libations of your choice. The concept is designed and executed by Frank Bonanno , culinary mind behind ten of Denver’s finest dining and drinking establishments and host of PBS’s Chef Driven.

Terminal Bar

In the midst of Union Station, the Terminal Bar is a beer popular after work hang-out for meeting up with friends consisting of long communal beer hall tables as well as a classic bar area. You can even venture out into the terminal and sit on couches and stuffed chairs or play a game of table top shuffle board while sipping your favorite local Colorado beer! The outdoor patio is great for people watching and has live music on most Friday nights as well as open events around holidays. Snacky type items are available, but not to worry you are only steps away from many great food options right inside Union Station!