Denver Restaurants


From elegant afternoon tea at the historic Brown Palace Hotel to a thick, juicy steak at Gallagher’s Steakhouse, the downtown Denver dining scene caters to a variety of tastes. Couples flock to romantic restaurants in downtown Denver such as La Fondue and the trendy Nine 75 while politicians and business magnates gather at Ellyngton’s and seafood lovers crowd Oceanaire Seafood Room. Popular chain restaurants in downtown Denver such as Maggiano’s Italian restaurant and the Hard Rock Café cater to more budget-conscious diners while local favorites Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Sushi Sasa and Osteria Marco stay busy on all nights of the week. Happy hour in downtown Denver is a big deal and several restaurants, wine bars and martini lounges offer discounted drinks and small plates on their menus.
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Featured Downtown Denver Restaurants

Restaurant Kevin Taylor

Restaurant Kevin Taylor

The Signature Restaurant of Colorado's Nationally Acclaimed Chef

1106 14th St., Denver CO 80202
French, Contemporary American. Perhaps the finest of the chef's Denver restaurants, Restaurant Kevin Taylor offers a level of culinary sophistication beyond that found in his other Denver locations. Taylor's approach with his namesake establishment is elegance, with a menu featuring French, international fusion and an emphasis on presentation. The seven-course menu includes seasonal game such as antelope and bison.

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Prima Ristorante

Prima Ristorante

Hip and Stylish Dining at Hotel Teatro

1106 14th St., Denver CO 80202
Italian. The most recent creation of Denver culinary superstar Kevin Taylor, Prima is a departure from his various American contemporary restaurants around Denver. The menu at Prima features Italian-inspired cuisine including a compliment of house-made pastas and seafood dishes such as the roasted halibut with favas, porcinis, grape tomato and saffron tomato broth.

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Downtown Denver Restaurants

5280 Steakhouse

1480 Arapahoe St., Denver CO 80202
Steakhouse. Formally known as Gallagher's Steak House, this restaurant uses Prime USDA beef, dry aged and cooked over an open mesquite flame. The best seafood, chops, and live Maine lobster round out the menu and an extensive scotch and vodka selection awaits your arrival.
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Afternoon Tea at the Brown Palace

321 17th St., Denver CO 80202
Afternoon Tea. One of several top restaurants located in Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel, Lobby Tea provides the setting for the British traditions of afternoon tea, serving varieties of tea along with pastries, tea sandwiches and a modest selection of ports, sherries and wines.
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Altitude Restaurant

Hyatt Regency Denver, 650 15th St., Denver CO 80202
Contemporary American. Located on the main floor of downtown Denver's Hyatt Regency Hotel, Altitude is as much a popular restaurant for its cuisine as it is for its atmosphere, featuring floor to ceiling windows peering out across the downtown Denver cityscape as well as decor featuring works of local Denver area artists. Altitude offers a daily breakfast buffet, a gourmet lunch menu, and full dinner service featuring contemporary American faire.
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Baur's Ristorante

1512 Curtis St., Denver CO 80202
Mediterranean. Bridging Denver's culinary past and present is the aim of venerable Denver restaurateur Jimmy Lambatos and Baur's Ristorante, located downtown in the historic Baur's Building in the site of the former Baur's Candy Shop and Restaurant just blocks from Denver's theater district and convention center. While the old Baur's was more of a cafe and soda fountain, the new Baur's offers small Mediterranean-inspired plates and a wine bar.
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Ellyngton's at the Brown Palace

321 17th St., Denver CO 80202
Contemporary American. Located in Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel, Ellyngton's is one of several fine-dining options offered within the famous Denver landmark. Referred to as place to see and be seen, Ellyngton's is popular amongst Denver's politicians and captains of business and industry alike for power breakfasts and lunches. The menu features fairly traditional and consistent takes on American favorites.
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Hard Rock Café

500 16th St. Mall, Denver CO 80202
American. The Denver franchise of the popular Hard Rock Café brand is located downtown in the Denver Pavilions walking mall, popular among tourists and locals alike. Expect the standard Hard Rock Café faire: burgers, steaks and barbeque, but the Denver Hard Rock restaurant features some unique memorabilia, including the actual toboggan ridden by the Beatles in the movie "Help!"
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India House

1514 Blake St., Denver CO 80202
Indian. This high-end Indian restaurant offers Northern Indian takes on fresh local ingredients, such as tandoori preparations of lamb, quail, duck and venison. India House is popular for its daily lunch buffet which is extremely reasonably priced. Denver restaurant goers give almost exclusively rave reviews on India House, noting the classy atmosphere (see: real bone china plates) and especially the cuisine.
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Kevin Taylor's at the Opera

14th and Curtis St., Denver CO 80202
Contemporary American. Colorado restaurant dynamo and chef extraordinaire Kevin Taylor has opened one of his top flight Denver restaurants at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. While Taylor is known for his contemporary American cuisine, the menu at the Opera House offers a range of fusion dishes that drift into the contemporary, such as a Seared "Rare" Hawaiian Ahi with a seaweed salad, braised beluga lentils, and a coconut curry sauce.
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La Fondue

1040 15th St., Denver CO 80202
Fondue. La Fondue of Denver is a fairly traditional take on the fondue restaurant experience, offering multiple courses including the fondue staple of chocolate-dipped desserts. La Fondue's menu does however put an emphasis on healthy fondue, using low cholesterol oils and locally grown organic ingredients. La Fondue is popular among Denver restaurant goers for both romantic nights out and for special events and large parties.
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Maggiano's

500 16th St., 16th St. Mall, Denver CO 80202
Italian. The Denver location of the Maggiano's brand national Italian chain of restaurants is located in the Denver Pavilions, a sprawling mall in the heart of Denver with close proximity to downtown hotels, the convention center, the Denver Performing Arts Complex and numerous other Denver attractions. As such Maggiano's Little Italy is a popular restaurant with visitors and locals alike, particularly in large groups accommodated by Maggiano's substantial dining space.
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Marni's Steak & Seafood

925 Lincoln St., Denver CO 80203
Steak, Seafood. Marni's Steak and Seafood offers an elegant contemporary downtown Denver setting to enjoy contemporary American cuisine featuring aged steaks, fresh seafood and local chops. Marni's also features a full-service bar popular with the happy hour crowd for its extensive list of designer martinis.
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Oceanaire Seafood Room

1400 Arapahoe St., Denver CO 80202
Seafood, Steakhouse. This 8500-square-foot restaurant is the latest location of the national Oceanaire brand of high-end seafood restaurants, opening in Denver in July of 2007. The concept behind the Oceanaire Seafood Room restaurant brand brings the aesthetic elegance of a 1930's ocean liner to Denver, along with over 25 species of fresh seafood flown in daily based solely on market availability. The Denver location of the Oceanaire Seafood Room also features a popular raw bar featuring oysters from both the east and west coasts.
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Osteria Marco

1453 Larimer, Denver CO 80202
Italian. Another creation of Denver Italian restaurant magnate Frank Bonanno, Osteria Marco is a more laid-back take on the Italian dining experience, offering all the amenities and quality of a fine dining establishment with a more playful menu and casual prices. The meats and cheeses for the pizzas and paninis are prepared in house, and the wine list features a staunch 200 plus vintages to choose from, all priced under $50 a bottle.
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Palace Arms at the Brown Palace

321 17th St., Denver CO 80202
Contemporary American, Steak. At times referred to as the "Grande Dame" of fine dining restaurants in Denver, Palace Arms is the flagship restaurant of Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel, featuring old-world elegance and new-world contemporary American cuisine. The menu is a gourmet's delight, featuring seafood, foie gras and a range of local meat and game, including bison and elk based on seasonal availability. Wine Spectator Magazine recently awarded the Palace Arms with yet another "Award of Excellence."
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Pallates at the Art Museum

100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver CO 80204
Contemporary American. This creation of Denver restaurateur extraordinaire Kevin Taylor is located within the Denver Art Museum, and museum goers frequent Pallates at the Art Museum for the broad selection of small plates and entrees alike. Taylor's signature American contemporary dishes with emphases on Asian and Latin fusion flavors, are served in this instance on palettes of fine China in yet another stylish Kevin Taylor Denver restaurant.
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Panzano

909 17th St., Denver CO 80202
Italian. Featuring northern Italian cuisine, Panzano is an open, vaulted-ceilinged restaurant with an exhibition kitchen to enhance the Denver restaurant goers experience of home-style Italian cooking. Executive chef Elise Wiggins brings her extensive travels and experience to Panzano, and under her tenure the restaurant has earned an impressive list of accolades including "top five restaurants in Denver" from the Rocky Mountain News.
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Red Square Euro Bistro

1512 Larimer St., Denver CO 80202
Contemporary European. Red Square Euro Bistro is located in the heart of downtown Denver and features a unique and comprehensive vodka bar, featuring such innovative infusions as black pepper, garlic and fig. In addition to the unique flavored vodkas Red Square Euro Bistro's vodka menu boasts of over 100 vodkas from across the globe. At this popular Denver restaurant, you'll find critically acclaimed contemporary American faire with a hint of eastern European influence, including a N.Y. strip "stroganoff."
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Rialto Café

934 16th St., Denver CO 80202
American. Modestly priced and conveniently located on the 16th St. Mall in downtown Denver, the Rialto Café offers chef Tim Opiel's takes on contemporary American classics such as pork chops, burgers and fresh seafood. In walking distance from just about every Denver attraction from professional baseball to professional ballet, the Rialto Cafe is a staple gathering restaurant for locals and visitors to Denver alike.
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Rodizio Grill, The Brazilian Steakhouse

1801 Wynkoop, Denver CO 80202
Brazilian Steakhouse. Concept dining with a Brazilian flair is alive and well in Denver at Rodizio Grill. This unique restaurant features an enourmous menu of appetizers—a particularly good thing when appetizers are all-you-can eat—and an array of Brazilian waiters armed with skewers of fresh meats and seafood at the ready. Denver restaurant goers have figured it out and are flocking to Rodizio Grill for the party-like atmosphere and innovative dining experience.
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Ship Tavern at the Brown Palace

321 17th St., Denver CO 80202
Steak, Seafood. With big-screen TV’s and weekly live music, Ship Tavern is the more laid-back pub-style restaurant of the Brown Palace Hotel's fleet of Denver restaurants. Aside from its popularity as a gathering place to watch sporting events or hear some tunes, Ship Tavern at the Brown Palace is also home to the region’s best prime rib, Rocky Mountain trout, prime steaks, fresh seafood & the best lobster salad sandwich in town.
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Sushi Sasa

2401 15th St. Suite 80, Denver CO 80202
Japanese, Sushi. Sushi Sasa offers a unique take on traditional sushi, upholding Japanese traditions yet inviting a wide range of global flavors into the mix. Highly critically acclaimed, this innovative Denver sushi restaurant led by chef Wayne Conwell has been named the "best sushi restaurant" in Denver by numerous local publications.
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The Corner Office Restaurant and Martini Bar

1401 Curtis St., Denver CO 80202
Global, International. Situated in a prime location for the after-work, traveling-business and downtown-theatre-going crowd, The Corner Office serves up global comfort food and a predictably rowdy bar scene. One reviewer speaks very highly of the unique bathrooms at the Corner Office, where the commodes feature pens and post-it notes for all manner of mischief. The Corner Office also makes a mean martini, and Denver restaurant reviewers aren't shy about it.
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The Palm

1672 Lawrence St., Denver CO 80202
Steakhouse, Seafood, Italian. The Palm Steakhouse brand has been around for more than 80 years, giving it the edge of experience in the crowded game of national premium steakhouse chains. The Palm of Denver is located downtown in the Westin Tabor Center Hotel, and boasts of spectacular views of the Rocky Mountains. The Palm of Denver features the standard faire of USDA prime aged beef, chops and seafood, but also offers Denver restaurant goers some traditional Italian menu items. The Palm has consistently been considered one of the top power business lunch spots in all of Denver.
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Trinity Grille

1801 Broadway, Denver CO 80211
American. Trinity Grille is a long-time staple on the downtown Denver restaurant scene, especially popular with the business crowd—due in part to its location across the street from the famed Brown Palace Hotel. Trinity Grille serves classic Americana to business travelers and Denver locals alike with some standout menu items including their popular Chesapeake Crab Cakes and the mysterious "French fried lobster."
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Venice Ristorante & Wine Bar

1700 Wynkoop St., Denver CO 80202
Italian. Venice Ristorante & Wine Bar has a reputation among Denver restaurant-goers for its happy hour tasting menu, which features small plates of its traditional Italian cuisine all served at rock bottom prices along side highly affordable imported Italian wines by the glass. But staying for dinner won't break the bank either at Venice Ristorante & Wine Bar in Denver.
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