Denver Restaurants and Dining

(Denver, Colorado - CO, USA)

Thanks to its large immigrant population, Denver is home to a wide array of restaurants, dining options and eateries, serving up a huge range of international cuisine. The city of Denver has also slowly developed its own unique cuisine, often dubbed 'Rocky Mountain Cuisine', which focuses on game meat not normally used elsewhere. Such dishes add to the culinary adventure in Denver restaurants, although some are not for the faint hearted; for example, 'Rocky Mountain Oysters' are in actual fact buffalo testicles!

LoDo and Larimer Square are popular dining areas housed in restored 19th century buildings, while Denver's Central Business District (CBD) boasts more upmarket restaurants. The Far East Center is home to inexpensive Asian restaurants, especially Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, while La Alma Lincoln Park / Auraria is the place to head for excellent Mexican food. Denver also boasts its fair share of convenient chain restaurants, steakhouses and pizza joints.

Opening Hours

Many eateries and hotel restaurants in Denver open for breakfast from 06:00 onwards, while most restaurants are only open for lunch and dinner. Some cafés and eateries are open 24 hours on weekends, catering for the clubbing and party crowd. Most restaurants in Denver tend to open later on Friday and Saturday nights.

Wine and Beer

Colorado is the second-largest beer producer in the US with 80 different beers brewed in Denver alone. Just out of town is the Coors Brewing Company, the world's largest single-site brewing facility and the beer tasting events held here have become Denver traditions. Pubs and microbreweries are concentrated in the downtown and LoDo areas, the center of Denver's nightlife.

Breakfast

Downtown Denver is home to numerous places for breakfast, with some places open 24 hours. Both the business and party crowds congregate for breakfast here, where Denver's favorite early morning eateries and breakfast bars are located. The food is varied and reflects all sorts of tastes, from traditional American favorites to Mexican breakfast burritos, while the Far East Center is home to great bakeries.

Lunch

The Central Business District (CBD) contains many traditional restaurants and diners catering for the business crowd, as well as some more upscale dining venues. Most of the city's restaurants open their doors for lunch when a whole range of Denver's cuisine is on offer, including Asian, Caribbean, Mexican and soul food.

Dinner

The newly renovated LoDo area is the latest place to be seen dining in Denver with a range of trendy restaurants on offer. Dining here is also convenient if you are thinking of continuing on afterwards, with numerous entertainment venues, pubs and nightclubs located in the area. The Central Business District (CBD) and Washington Park offer plenty of upmarket restaurants and dining options, with Denver's different cultural precincts providing an authentic range of dishes from many different parts of the world.