The Top 100 Restaurants Near Santo

Updated June 17, 2026

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  1. Rank 1. Brothers BBQ

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    8500 Peña Blvd, Denver, CO · Denver
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  2. Rank 2. The Bindery

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    8500 Peña Boulevard Concourse A, Gate A26, Denver, CO · Denver
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  3. Rank 3. Santo

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    8500 Peña Blvd, Denver, CO · Denver
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  4. Rank 4. Tacos Tequila Whiskey

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    8500 Peña Blvd, Denver, CO · Denver
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  5. Rank 5. Santiago's

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    18413 Second Creek Plaza Dr, Commerce City, CO · Commerce City
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  6. Rank 6. Santiago's

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    15330 E 120th Ave, Commerce City, CO · Commerce City
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  7. Rank 7. Molino Chido

    Mexican

    Two chefs with Michelin pedigree run this Aurora taqueria where corn is ground fresh daily and the mood stays refreshingly casual despite sophisticated touches like bison tongue and tamarind. Counter seats promise a five-course tasting, but folding chairs and bright lights signal that excellent carnitas tacos and a strong margarita suit just fine.

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    2501 Dallas St, Ste 140, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  8. Rank 8. Alma Fonda Fina

    Mexican

    Chef Johnny Curiel mines his Guadalajara childhood with technical precision, transforming humble ingredients—scallops in tomato butter, sweet potato with salsa matcha—into something both grounded and alive. The menu resists hierarchy; skip dessert and keep ordering, each dish a small argument for restraint's pointlessness.

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    2556 15th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  9. Rank 9. The Wolf's Tailor

    Contemporary

    Chef Taylor Stark builds a multicourse narrative from global influences and local Colorado ingredients, opening with canapés that telegraph his kitchen's resourcefulness and closing with dishes like bison loin glazed in dried shrimp caramel. The beverage program matches the food's ambition—cocktails and wines composed with equal rigor and intelligence.

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    4058 Tejon St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  10. Rank 10. Hop Alley

    Sichuan Chinese

    A sleek dining room channels Denver's Chinatown past while the kitchen reinvents it: gai lan arrives grilled with schmaltz and duck salt, dan dan noodles swim in fiery Sichuan peppercorn broth, shrimp toast gets mustard gastrique and tiger vinaigrass. Bold, playful, contemporary Chinese with cocktails that match its ambition.

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    3500 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  11. Rank 11. Rougarou

    Southern

    Chef JohnDavid Wright channels the South through boiled peanuts and collard greens, then tilts the lens with hot-and-sour catfish and sorghum-glazed pork. His sister and her husband calibrate cocktails with buttermilk and benne seed, making this Five Points spot feel like a family project where tradition meets playful invention.

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    2844 Welton St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  12. Rank 12. Dân Dã

    Vietnamese

    In a narrow room vibrating with order tickets, Dân Dã opens its sprawling menu onto curried beef in clay and salads layered with cuttlefish, jellyfish, and pickled lotus. The bar works tamarind and guava into drinks that meet the kitchen's unapologetic ambition with equal rigor.

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    9945 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  13. Rank 13. Barolo Grill

    Northern Italian

    Barolo Grill anchors Denver fine dining with Northern Italian cooking that balances classical technique—spinach soufflés, handmade pastas—against seasonal invention. The wine program, steeped in Barolo and stewarded by an unusually knowledgeable staff, matches the kitchen's ambition without pretension.

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    3030 E Sixth Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  14. Rank 14. Molotov Kitschen + Cocktails

    Ukrainian Eastern European

    Owner Bo Porytko elevates humble Eastern European staples—beets, buckwheat, radishes—into refined dishes like salt-baked celery root with creamed sorrel and porchetta paprikash with herbed spaetzle. Counter seating at this snug East Colfax room pairs the cooking with horilka cocktails and wines from the Balkans, all of it executed with a confidence that makes the rustic feel luxurious.

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    3333 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  15. Rank 15. 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.

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    1551 S Pearl St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  16. Rank 16. Palace Arms

    Inspired French

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    321 17th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  17. Rank 17. Annette

    Chef Caroline Glover's cooking at this Aurora kitchen trades flash for clarity: roast chicken with bitter greens, steak frites with grilled onion butter, seasonal vegetables treated with the care of main courses. The wine list and cocktails are pitched to match her restraint, making dinner feel like a conversation rather than a performance.

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    2501 Dallas St, Unit 108, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  18. Rank 18. Lucina Eatery & Bar

    Pan-Latin

    Erasmo Casiano and Diego Coconati turned their cooking-school partnership into this vibrant Latin spot named for Casiano's mother, where the menu roams from Mexico to Miami by way of Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela. Mofongo and mussels with chorizo anchor the repertoire, while weekend paella rotates through the kitchen's moods.

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    2245 Kearney St, Unit 101, Denver, CO · Denver
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  19. Rank 19. Alteño

    Jalisco Mexican

    Chef Johnny Curiel channels his Jalisco roots through bold seafood and regional Mexican cooking, anchored by standout dishes like kanpachi tostada and braised lamb shank. The moody dining room honors traditional flavors while respecting ingredient quality with unsentimental rigor.

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    249 Clayton St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  20. Rank 20. Mama Jo's Biscuits & BBQ

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    3525 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  21. Rank 21. Yuan Wonton

    Chinese

    Chef-owner Penelope Wong runs this Park Hill lunch spot with infectious energy, moving between wonton stations and a rotating menu that pivots on her Chinese and Thai instincts. The twice-fried pork with caramelized pineapple and crispy garlic noodles arrive as proof that constraint—limited hours, small space—breeds invention.

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    2878 Fairfax St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  22. Rank 22. Mizuna

    French/American

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    225 E Seventh Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  23. Rank 23. Luchador Tacos & More

    Mexican

    Chef Zuri Resendiz's moody Whittier taquería reaches beyond carne asada with roasted rabbit barbacoa in mole and 24-hour beef cheeks in pasilla negro adobo. The tacos—octopus al pastor, ribeye with grilled cactus—anchor a menu of impressive technical depth.

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    2030 E 28th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  24. Rank 24. EDGE

    Colorado

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    1111 14th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  25. Rank 25. Rioja

    Mediterranean

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    1431 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  26. Rank 26. sắp sửa

    Non-Traditional Vietnamese

    The Nguyens' white dining room on East Colfax channels Vietnamese brightness through unexpected ingredients—veal sweetbreads with salsa verde, egg yolk swimming in brown butter and fish sauce—that feel both playful and assured. Cheeky cocktails like the Tiger's Milk, a gin drink perfumed with orange and dill, match the kitchen's refusal to stay still.

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    2550 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  27. Rank 27. 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.

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    2060 S Havana St, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  28. Rank 28. Mango House

    A refugee community center in Aurora hosts six rotating food stalls whose menus shift unpredictably, requiring the visitor's patience and rewarding it with ful mudammas, weh da nah curry, doro wot, and momo that speak plainly to their origins. The fluorescent anonymity of the space dissolves the moment a dish arrives.

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    10180 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  29. Rank 29. The Peach Crease Club

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    4180 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  30. Rank 30. BearLeek

    The neon-lit basement dining room signals chefs Harrison Porter and Rema Maaliki's refusal of restraint: their menu pivots seasonally through global territory, pairing fried sweetbreads with blue cheese one moment, red snapper crudo the next. Cocktails built around dates and balsamic vinegar match this restless spirit, anchored by genuine warmth and a rotating showcase of local talent.

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    2611 Walnut St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  31. Rank 31. Restaurant Olivia

    Italian

    At Restaurant Olivia, house-made pasta is the vehicle for assertive flavor combinations that swing from traditional Italian to inventively cross-cultural—bronze-die gemelli with Umbrian sausage, ricotta gnocchi with coconut lobster bisque and black garlic. The room hums with a kind of easy confidence, matched by cocktails designed to provoke rather than merely please.

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    290 S Downing St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  32. Rank 32. Pig And Tiger

    Darren Chang and Travis Masar channel Taiwanese cooking through a lens of textural audacity and playful restraint, where fermented garlic and jellyfish sit beside dishes of disarming ease. A fried chicken thigh glistens with schmaltz rice and hot honey; a cocktail arrives spiked with rose jam and black tea—each telling the same story of serious ambition wrapped in approachable warmth.

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    2200 California St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  33. Rank 33. Ma's Kitchen Dim Sum

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    1514 York St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  34. Rank 34. Temaki Den

    Sushi

    Temaki Den rolls handmade sushi cones one at a time in a darkened stall within The Source Market Hall, where moody lighting and open sightlines match the precision of its work. Scottish salmon belly with yuzu kosho and crispy shallots, or miso-caramelized eggplant nigiri, arrive warm and intentional—the kind of small, focused menu that rewards repeat visits.

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    3350 Brighton Blvd, Unit 110, Denver, CO · Denver
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  35. Rank 35. Chopstix Fusion

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    2020 S Parker Rd, Unit I, Denver, CO · Denver
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  36. Rank 36. Cimera

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    3330 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO · Denver
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  37. Rank 37. Guard and Grace

    Steakhouse

    An oak fire blazes in the open kitchen of this downtown steakhouse, where floor-to-ceiling wine towers and polished modernism frame the serious business of beef. The filet arrives with lime smashed potatoes and chili butter—a dish that justifies the setting's architectural ambition.

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    1801 California St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  38. Rank 38. Welton Street Cafe

    Southern

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    2883 Welton St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  39. Rank 39. MAKfam

    American Chinese

    The narrow room hums with the casual precision of a kitchen staffed by people who grew up around stoves, serving fried wontons stuffed with crab and cheese alongside hand-shaped potstickers that taste like someone's memory made edible. Málà chicken wings and corned beef fried rice arrive with the confidence of dishes that have been thought through, not merely assembled.

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    39 W First Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  40. Rank 40. The Blazing Chicken Shack II

    Southern

    The fortress-like exterior on a side street near MLK Boulevard gives way to genuine warmth and a kitchen that knows its business with fried chicken, gumbo, and collard greens shot through with ham hock and cabbage. This is a no-frills neighborhood spot where the soul food is built on real technique and care, not nostalgia.

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    5560 E 33rd Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  41. Rank 41. Carne

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    2601 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  42. Rank 42. Xiquita

    Mexican

    Erasmo Casiano's Uptown restaurant layers Mexican sophistication with deliberate opacity—the untranslated menu becomes an invitation to explore, aided by staff who decipher dishes like dry-aged hamachi crudo with salsa negra and duck carnita tacos with equal fluency. Cocktails built from prickly pear and jicama match the kitchen's refusal to simplify.

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    500 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  43. Rank 43. Safta

    Israeli Mediterranean

    Chef Alon Shaya's first restaurant outside Louisiana channels Israeli cooking with unusual clarity—hummus arrives with chanterelle mushrooms and chermoula butter. The airy dining room, annexed to a coffee counter, pairs playful salatim and harissa chicken with genuine originality rather than nostalgia.

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    3330 Brighton Blvd, Unit 201, Denver, CO · Denver
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  44. Rank 44. 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.

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    1551 S Pearl St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  45. Rank 45. Little Arthur's

    Pizza

    AJ Shreffler runs this spare beer bar on Seventh Avenue with the precision of a fine-dining kitchen, sourcing each ingredient for his cheesesteaks and Sicilian pies as though they were destined for a tasting menu. The sandwiches cost twenty dollars, the pizzas thirty and up, and every loaded fry and brownie arrives as evidence that ambition has no dress code.

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    205 E Seventh Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  46. Rank 46. Spice Room

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    3100 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  47. Rank 47. DGO Mexican Grill

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    6101 E 64th Ave, Commerce City, CO · Commerce City
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  48. Rank 48. Sushi By Scratch Restaurants

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    1441 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  49. Rank 49. Tavernetta

    Italian

    Tavernetta commands Union Station's grand arrival hall with the ease of a place that knows its worth. Cacio e pepe and lamb ragù rigatoni arrive with the kind of careful execution that justifies the Frasca Hospitality Group's reputation, while the wine list rewards curiosity. An affogato with honey gelato closes the evening in a room that feels both spacious and intimate.

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    1889 Sixteenth St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  50. Rank 50. A5 Steakhouse

    Modern Steakhouse

    A5's corner room glows with retro warmth, its bar a natural gathering spot while Chef Max MacKissock tends to steakhouse classics with small, deliberate flourishes. The Denver steak from Blackhawk Farms arrives flawlessly executed, reason enough to book a table back.

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    1600 15th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  51. Rank 51. Nile Ethiopian Restaurant

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    1951 S Havana St, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  52. Rank 52. Kawa Ni

    Japanese

    A former firehouse turned izakaya where Chef Bill Taibe's Connecticut-inflected Japanese cooking trades convention for curiosity: scallop crudo brightened with grapefruit and dill, kung pao chicken karaage, kimchi udon dressed like carbonara. The bar welcomes walk-ins into a relaxed, convivial room built for drinking sake and nibbling across the menu's freewheeling range.

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    1900 W 32nd Ave Denver, CO · Denver
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  53. Rank 53. Marigold

    European

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    2721 Welton St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  54. Rank 54. Boombots Pasta Shop

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    2647 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  55. Rank 55. Stellar Jay

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    240 14th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  56. Rank 56. Brasserie Brixton

    Rustic French

    A North Denver bistro channeling Montreal's unpretentious wine bars, where steak frites and chicken fricassee share a small menu with more playful turns—blood sausage wontons, a remarkable burger. Rustic room, well-made cocktails, natural wines that taste like thought.

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    3701 N Williams St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  57. Rank 57. EDGE Restaurant & Bar

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    1111 14th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  58. Rank 58. The Bindery

    Italian/Israeli/Mexican

    The Bindery opens before dawn and stays restless until late, a LoHi bakery-cafe where the owner's decades abroad surface in posole verde at breakfast and branzino at dinner. What emerges across the day is less a menu than evidence of an appetite that refuses to settle—smoked rabbit with cheddar and mustard gelato proof that eclecticism, here, is not decoration but conviction.

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    1817 Central St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  59. Rank 59. La Diabla Pozole Y Mezcal

    Mexican

    Larimer Street's La Diabla trades polish for color and conviction, with dark wood floors beneath vibrant walls where chef Jose Avila's five-variation pozole—from smoky black to mushroom-forward white—arrives in bowls built for customization and comfort. A mezcal selection deepens the spell.

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    2233 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  60. Rank 60. Dear Emilia

    A spare, elegant room in RiNo devoted entirely to the cooking of Emilia-Romagna—where bison mortadella meets tigelle and Lambrusco flows easy. The whey-braised pork shoulder with polenta arrives as a kind of argument for why this corner of Italy has always known what it's doing.

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    3615 Delgany St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  61. Rank 61. Chivis Tacos

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    2101 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  62. Rank 62. Bull & Bush Brewery

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    4700 E Cherry Creek South Dr, Glendale, CO · Denver
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  63. Rank 63. Smōk

    Barbecue

    Counter service at the Source Hotel where an Austin-trained pitmaster builds brisket and jalapeño sausage with restraint and smoke that suggests rather than shouts. The sides fade beside the meat, though a Nashville hot chicken sandwich and sweet potato tots tempt those still hungry.

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    3330 Brighton Blvd, Unit 202, Denver, CO · Denver
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  64. Rank 64. Onefold

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    1420 E 18th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  65. Rank 65. Sushi Den

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    1487 S Pearl St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  66. Rank 66. Som Dee Thai Kitchen & Bar

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    1598 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  67. Rank 67. Osteria Alberico

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    3455 S University Blvd, Englewood, CO · Englewood
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  68. Rank 68. El Taco De Mexico

    Mexican

    Since 1985, this stripped-down Santa Fe Drive taqueria has drawn steady crowds for its straightforward tacos and everything drowned in a bright, tingling green chile that defines the place. No frills, minimal service, maximum devotion—the James Beard Foundation named it an American Classic in 2020, and you'll understand why the first time you taste the salsa.

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    714 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, CO · Denver
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  69. Rank 69. Odie B's

    A coffee counter that morphs into a sandwich shop then a day bar, Odie B's assembles breakfasts like the Boujee with herbed feta and za'atar on focaccia, then keeps a patio full of regulars nursing green chile bloody marys into afternoon. The spirit is Sunnyside neighborhood life itself—boisterous, casual, unapologetically plural in what it wants to be.

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    2651 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  70. Rank 70. Woody's Wings N Things

    Thai

    A Westminster corner spot draws crowds for its vast Southeast Asian menu—lemongrass wings are the calling card, but the real pilgrimage is for lesser-known Lao and Cambodian dishes that sprawl across pages of organized excess. Order with a group and taste duck larb and beef loc lac alongside seafood preparations most Denver diners have never encountered.

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    6817 Lowell Blvd, Westminster, CO · Westminster
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  71. Rank 71. Spuntino

    Indian-influenced Italian

    Chef Cindhura Reddy's modern Italian cooking folds Indian spices into elk tartare and lamb dishes with the ease of someone working from deep conviction rather than novelty. Her husband Elliot Strathmann's beverage program—sourcing obscure Italian producers, fermenting house amari—matches that soulfulness across a dining room animated by genuine warmth.

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    2639 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  72. Rank 72. Pho Peoria

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    1695 Peoria St, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  73. Rank 73. Uncle

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    95 S Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  74. Rank 74. Uncle

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    2215 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  75. Rank 75. Hey Kiddo

    Contemporary

    High above Tennyson Street, Chef Kelly Whitaker's playful third-floor restaurant stages broadly Asian-inflected shareable plates—Korean fried chicken with an improbable crunch, pork ribs with salted plum sauce—alongside compelling sides like crispy potato pavé topped with trout roe gravy. Red miso ice cream arrives customizable, a fitting closer to food that treats joy as a fundamental ingredient.

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    4337 Tennyson St, Unit 300, Denver, CO · Denver
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  76. Rank 76. Panzano

    Italian

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    909 17th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  77. Rank 77. Tocabe

    Indigenous

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    3536 W 44th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  78. Rank 78. Somebody People

    Vegetarian

    Somebody People's bright dining room—turquoise, pink, lemon yellow—hosts seasonal vegan cooking of deceptive simplicity: panzanella with pickled plum vinegar, gigante beans in seaweed broth, baklava with date syrup. The wine list favors biodynamic producers, the cocktails are sharp and affordable, and the Tuesday-Saturday tasting menu costs fifty-two dollars.

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    1165 S Broadway, Ste 104, Denver, CO · Denver
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  79. Rank 79. Onefold

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    1919 19th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  80. Rank 80. Broadway 10

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    2345 E Third Ave, Ste 100, Denver, CO · Denver
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  81. Rank 81. Sam's No. 3

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    1500 Curtis St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  82. Rank 82. Society 303

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    9600 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  83. Rank 83. Johnny Bechamel's

    In a Wash Park dining room lit by a vintage Pizza Hut lamp, chefs Figura and White play with Italian tradition—squid ink fettuccine with rock shrimp, pizzas topped with sunflower seed pesto—while anchoring every meal with a hoagie salad and Nutella icebox cake. Their sly approach to craft suggests they're having more fun than the tongue-in-cheek name lets on.

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    81 S Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  84. Rank 84. Pupusas La Salvadoreña

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    304 Havana St, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  85. Rank 85. Riot BBQ

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    2180 S Delaware St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  86. Rank 86. Spice Room Neighborhood Indian Bistro

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    3157 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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  87. Rank 87. Ohana Island Kitchen

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    2563 15th St, Unit 105, Denver, CO · Denver
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  88. Rank 88. HashTAG

    Awards
    Address
    10155 E 29th Dr, Unit 120, Denver, CO · Denver
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    On the Way What's Around

  89. Rank 89. Mr. Kim Korean BBQ Restaurant

    Awards
    Address
    12201 E Mississippi Ave Ste113, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  90. Rank 90. Mian Fresh Noodle Bar

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    Address
    7350 E Hampden Ave, Ste B2, Denver, CO · Denver
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  91. Rank 91. Major Tom

    New American

    Chef Duncan Holmes's cosmic-themed restaurant next to his Michelin-starred tasting menu concept offers a looser, more playful take on the same kitchen's ambitions. The concise à la carte menu—savory babka, hanger steak, overnight cabbage with red miso—reads like proof that serious cooking doesn't need to take itself seriously.

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    2845 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  92. Rank 92. Orejano Restaurant

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    Address
    800 S Havana St, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  93. Rank 93. Le French

    French

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    Address
    846 Albion St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  94. Rank 94. Denver Biscuit Co.

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    Address
    2501 Dallas St, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  95. Rank 95. Noonan's Sports Bar & Grill

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    Address
    13521 E Iliff Ave, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  96. Rank 96. Berliner Haus

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    Address
    3200 Pecos St, Denver, CO · Denver
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  97. Rank 97. Urban Burma

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    Address
    10180 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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  98. Rank 98. Cuba Bakery & Cafe

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    Address
    15028 E Mississippi Ave, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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    On the Way What's Around

  99. Rank 99. BaekGa

    Korean

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    Address
    200 N Quebec St Bldg 600, Unit 115 Denver, CO · Denver
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  100. Rank 100. Masha and the Bear Russian cafe

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    Address
    12101 E Iliff Ave, Aurora, CO · Aurora
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