Dinner in Denver
 

If a person could only enjoy one dinner in Denver, where should they go? Something very Denver-ish..that says "Welcome to Denver." All cuisines open, no preference.

Southwestern - Jack N Grill (25th & Federal) - New Mexican Style, fantastic burritos and green chile, surprisingly good burgers.
Steak/Meat - The Fort (Morrison, CO) - Not the best 'steakhouse'. But seems to be a sort of iconic Denver place. Alternately, the Buckhorn Exchange (10th and Osage), where I tend to think the food is a bit better.

I'm not sure what else I can think of that would be a 'Denver' meal, though there are plenty of other fantastic restaurants in the city. Fruition does farm-to-table pretty well, I love Mizuna, Domo does the best Japanese food in town (ignore anyone who thinks Sushi Den is better... sort of kidding :P)...

A few minutes south of Denver, the Old Stone Church Restaurant.

In my top 5 restaurant meals.

Thank you thank you
 

Great! I will check them out! Thanks:)

If you're a burgers and fries type, go for The Cherry Cricket.

http://www.cherrycricket.com/

Casa Bonita!

:D

You joke, but I will have a meal there in 2 weeks. We left Denver 35 years ago and are going back for a week. Casa Bonita is one of the few places I can return to.

If you like a good steak, go the Elways at Cherry Creek. You won't be disappointed. Trust me.

Wait, 'can' or 'have to'? I had to go back a few months ago for a work thing... The food was still pretty inedible, outside of the sopapillas. The odder thing was trying to match my memories from friends' birthday parties (from all of 20 years ago) to what I was seeing as an adult. Funny how few things matched to what I remembered, even though the place seems to have barely changed.

Without a doubt, Table 6!

http://www.table6denver.com/

Also look at Morton's.


Personally, I'd go to Chipotle :cool: Started in Denver ^

Morton's? Are you serious? You can go to Morton's in almost every major city in the U.S. How is that "Denver-ish" as the OP stated?

Yes, I am serious. Even though they are around the country, I don't see any advantage to visiting Elway's. IMO, they are overpriced, and the food quality is bit poor.

I had the opportunity to eat at Table 6 a few weeks ago (it was a friend's birthday and that is where she wanted to go). If you go, have the proscetto (sp?) risotto. It looked awesome and my friend raved. I had the grilled chicken. It was ok but I wished I had ordered the risotto. I did order the tator tot appetizer. It was served with tomato tapanade. Interesting take on tator tots.

I have never tried Morton's though I was under the impression that they were higher priced then Elways. I always equated Mortons to Ruth's Chris since they were both chains. Am I wrong?