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?

I don't remember the food at all. We may not eat much, but I want to see if the place matches my memories. Seriously, I don't think we'll recognize much of Denver (where we lived) or Boulder (where I worked) from 35 years ago.

Yes, I agree with the Old Stone Church in Castle Rock. A very memorable dinner!

I can understand that. I can only imagine how different it'll look after 35 years, my hometown is fairly unrecognizable (up in the foothills) after only about 10 years. Boulder'll be a bit... odd, I'd imagine, with the new mall and the University construction.

But Illegal Pete's is so much better!

Apologies, FriendlySkies, no offense intended. Was thinking about something more centric to the Denver area and less chain-like.

What do you guys think of Rioja in Denver? I think it was a good restaurant for a reasonable price.

Cheers,

I have heard good things from friends that have been there. I have never tried it myself but it is on my list of places to try.

I am a big fan. I have had many very good meals there.

I've heard good things, but I'm intrigued by the 'reasonable price' comment. Looking over their dinner menu, that seems on the way upper end of what I'd ever pay for a meal in Denver. Granted I don't bother with the steakhouses here (Oliver's or Marcyzk's generally have better meat anyways), so maybe that's the difference?

I think it is reasonable price for the same quality meal in say NYC but is definitely more expensive than the average Denver restaurant (but well worth it in my opinion.)

Count me among the fans as well.

Got it, fair enough, I was just thinking relative to Denver itself, but that makes perfect sense.