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- Wildsam Wildsam: The 50 Most Essential Bars in America
- Eater Eater: The Best Bars in Denver
- Westword Westword: The Top 50 Bars in Denver Right Now
- Wildsam The 50 Most Essential Bars in America
- Eater The Best Bars in Denver
- Westword The Top 50 Bars in Denver Right Now
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- Westword 2026 · Best Pickle Pizza · Best of Denver
- Westword 2024 · Best Pizza on Wheels · 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 299. TOKIO
Japanese Noodle Shop
The broths here spend serious time extracting collagen and fat from pork and chicken, and you can taste the commitment. Tokio is a ramen shop that also does sushi and small plates, but the noodle bowls are the main event. The chef trained in Japan specifically for this, and the menu runs from traditional to a cream-and-cheese Cremoso Diablo that sounds dubious until it doesn't. Westword has named it Denver's top ramen two years running.
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- Westword 2026 · Best Ramen · Best of Denver
- Westword 2023 · Best Japanese Restaurant · Best of Denver
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Rank 341. Burrito Express
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Rank 341. Fortune Nong Jia Le
Shanghainese
The full bar sets Fortune Nong Jia Le apart from its Wash Park sibling, though the kitchen stays on the same page: dumplings, Shanghainese noodles, and fried rice alongside heartier plates like crispy half duck in soy reduction and pork belly with potatoes. It's a casual Chinese restaurant that trends slightly more polished than most in its orbit, the kind of place where the menu reads like someone's grandmother is actually cooking.
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Little India is a casual Indian restaurant on East 6th Avenue that has fed Denver since before anyone worried about Y2K, and it now stays open around the clock for anyone with a lamb vindaloo emergency at four in the morning. Lunch is when the buffet runs, which means saag, dal makhani, korma, and tandoori chicken sit a few steps away and nobody has to choose between the butter chicken and the biryani. The Infatuation listed it among Denver's lunch spots.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Lunch Spots In Denver
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- Eater The Best Bars in Denver
- Westword The Top 50 Bars in Denver Right Now
- Eater Johnny burger · Denver’s 20 Most Iconic Dishes
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Rank 341. Park Burger
Burger Joint
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Lunch Spots In Denver
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A portrait of an imperial bulldog greets you at the door, which is a fair warning. Pony Up is a cocktail bar in LoDo that earns its personality through drinks like a tequila-shochu-sherry situation spiked with Korean chili paste, and shots of George Dickel chased with roast-beef jus. That jus comes from the kitchen, which runs French dips as its signature, an odd pairing that somehow makes complete sense by the second round.
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- Thrillist Thrillist: The Best Bars in Denver
- Eater Eater: The Best Bars in Denver
- Westword Westword: The Top 50 Bars in Denver Right Now
- Thrillist The Best Bars in Denver
- Eater The Best Bars in Denver
- Westword The Top 50 Bars in Denver Right Now
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Rank 341. Reunion Bread Co
Portuguese Bakery
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- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Ismael de Sousa
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Rank 341. Shanghai Kitchen
Shanghainese
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Rank 341. Sunflower Asian Cafe
Shanghainese
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Rank 341. Uncle Henry
Hong Kong-style Cantonese Barbecue
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Rank 341. Vinh Xuong Bakery
Vietnamese Bakery
This is a family-run Vietnamese bakery and sandwich counter where the baguettes come out of the oven that same morning and end up wrapped around pâté, pickled vegetables, and lemongrass chicken. The Alameda cafe is the sunnier, tidier sibling to the original, with a few tables and a full coffee bar. It's cheap, quick, and perfect for lunch, assuming you can stop yourself from lecturing a stranger about bread.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Lunch Spots In Denver
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- 5280 Top New Restaurant · Top of the Town
- 5280 The 25 Best Restaurants in Denver
- Westword 2025 · Best Happy Hour Bite · Best of Denver
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In RiNo
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Rank 392. Maci Cafe
Italian Café
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Rank 392. Osaka Ramen
Ramen Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In RiNo
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Rank 392. Señor Bear
Latin American
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- Westword 2025 · Best Brewery to Bike To · Best of Denver
- Westword 2023 · Best Brewery por (y para) la Raza · Best of Denver
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