The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Castlewood Canyon State Park
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Rank 2. Poulette Bakeshop
French Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Carolyn Nugent and Alen Ramos
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Carolyn Nugent and Alen Ramos
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- Westword 2024 · Best Non-Traditional Hamburger · Best of Denver
- 5280 2025 · Top Chinese · Top of the Town
- Eater The Best Chinese Restaurants in Denver
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Rank 4. Hong Kong Station
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 24. Tofu Story
Korean
The dining room at Tofu Story smells of sesame and ferment, a Korean kitchen that makes its own tofu and builds entire stews around its silken texture. Soy-marinated crab and braised monkfish share the menu with rice cakes and short ribs, all meant to be chased with soju or the brewery's own rice lager.
- Westword 2024 · Best Tofu Menu for Non-Vegetarians · Best of Denver
- Westword 2026 · Best Place to Watch Tofu Being Made While Eating Tofu · Best of Denver
- 5280 2025 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Denver
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- Westword 2025 · Best Pastries at a Coffee Shop · Best of Denver
- Westword 2026 · Best Cafe That’s Also a Bakery · Best of Denver
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- 5280 2025 · Top New Restaurant · Top of the Town
- Westword 2025 · Best Happy Hour Bite · Best of Denver
- 5280 2025 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Denver
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- Westword 2025 · Best Custom Cake Shop Serving Hong Kong Eats · Best of Denver
- Westword 2025 · The Top 50 Restaurants in Denver Right Now
- Eater The Best Chinese Restaurants in Denver
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- Westword 2026 · Best Ethiopian · Best of Denver
- Westword 2025 · The Top 50 Restaurants in Denver Right Now
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- Westword 2024 · Best Noodles in a Tea Shop · Best of Denver
- Eater The Best Chinese Restaurants in Denver
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An Armenian kitchen tucked into an Aurora strip mall that opens a door to the Caucasus through khachapuri, khinkali, and jarko—each dish substantial enough to anchor an evening. The eggplant rolls and hand-pulled lagman suggest restraint exists here too, best matched with a Georgian wine that feels less like a pairing than a pilgrimage.
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Rank 49. Golden Falafel Restaurant
Middle Eastern
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- 5280 The 11 Best Breakfast Burritos in Denver and Beyond
- 5280 Torta · The 17 Best Sandwiches in (and Around) Denver
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Rank 57. Kizaki
Japanese
Chef Toshi Kizaki, a Denver sushi pioneer now in his seventies, commands a intimate counter where edomae tradition meets restless innovation. The omakase unfolds through his own hands—marbled tofu, precisely formed nigiri, seared black-throat perch—each course a statement of ingredient and craft refined across four decades.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 60. Fellow Traveler
Cocktail Bar
Fellow Traveler is an Englewood bar where the owner's obsession with unusual spirits—housemade Malört, baijiu, Hungarian digestifs—mirrors the kitchen's commitment to inventive vegan cooking. The drink menu reads like a postcard collection, and the whole place has the air of someone who got bored with the ordinary and decided to build something weirder instead.
- Westword 2023 · Best Vegan Restaurant · Best of Denver
- Westword 2025 · Best You’d-Never-Know-It’s-Vegan Restaurant · Best of Denver
- Westword 2024 · Best Rotating Weekly Margarita · Best of Denver
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Rank 61. Gallo Italian Supper Club and Bakery
Sicilian Italian
A Sicilian family's five-year-old spot in Englewood splits itself between a bakery counter and a sit-down dining room with a full bar, serving savory sausage-and-jalapeño cannoli alongside chicken parm and lasagna while staff ferry trays of cookies and lobster tail pastries to the case. The house-made limoncello comes creamy and smooth in the Sicilian style, a luxurious finish to red-sauce classics that taste like they've been perfected over generations.
- Westword 2024 · Best Savory Cannoli · Best of Denver
- Westword 2025 · Best Sicilian Bakery · Best of Denver
- Westword 2023 · Best Old-School Italian Restaurant · Best of Denver
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- Westword 2026 · Best Hot Pot · Best of Denver
- Westword 2023 · Best Korean Restaurant · Best of Denver
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Rank 68. The Lazy Greyhound
British
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- Westword 2026 · Best New Barbecue Joint · Best of Denver
- Westword 2025 · The Top 50 Restaurants in Denver Right Now
- Westword 2025 · The Fifteen Best New Denver Restaurants
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Melih Cingilli runs this four-table Englewood outpost with the precision of a man who answers to no one but himself, turning out crunchy falafel and tender börek in a dining room stripped to essentials. The iskender—beef and lamb layered with tomato sauce and yogurt over pita—arrives as a kind of edible manifesto: restraint and satisfaction in perfect proportion.
- Westword 2023 · Best Mediterranean Restaurant · Best of Denver
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Denver
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Rank 75. Margot
Contemporary
An eight-seat counter where Chef Justin Fulton stages a seasonal tasting menu that braids local Colorado ingredients with global technique—think caviar-crowned gnocchi alongside dry-aged duck with cherries and truffle. Warm service and a basket of olive oil brioche baked fresh for each guest set the tone for cooking that feels both refined and unpretentious.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Westword 2026 · Best New Tasting Menu Restaurant · Best of Denver
- Westword 2025 · The Top 50 Restaurants in Denver Right Now
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- Westword 2024 · Best Food Truck Lineup at a Bar · Best of Denver
- Westword 2026 · Best Place to Get Trashed · Best of Denver
- Westword 2023 · Best Bar Decor · Best of Denver
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- Westword 2026 · Best Sushi Restaurant · Best of Denver
- 5280 2025 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Denver
- Eater Banana cream pie · Denver’s 20 Most Iconic Dishes
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- Westword 2026 · Best Place to Worship Whiskey · Best of Denver
- 5280 2025 · Top Distillery · Top of the Town
- Westword 2025 · Best New Spirits Tasting Room · Best of Denver
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- Westword 2024 · Best Vintage Beer List · Best of Denver
- 5280 Pork Tenderloin · The 17 Best Sandwiches in (and Around) Denver
- Westword 2025 · The Top 50 Bars in Denver Right Now
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Rank 94. Dough Counter
Sicilian/NY-Style Pizza
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Rank 97. LaTinto Cafe
Colombian Coffee
- Westword 2024 · Best Colombian Coffee Shop · Best of Denver
- Eater The Best Coffee Shops in Denver
- 5280 Denver's 25 Best Coffeeshops
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Rank 99. Right Cream
Dessert
David Right started making small-batch ice cream during the pandemic, and his Instagram-announced flavors—loaded with house-made mix-ins—got so popular he opened a proper shop on South Downing. You pre-order online, grab your pint, and can nurse a draft beer while you're there, making it the rare ice cream spot that doubles as a casual hangout.
- Westword 2023 · Best Ice Cream/Gelato Shop · Best of Denver
- Westword 2025 · Best Savory Food at an Ice Cream Shop · Best of Denver
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