Readers' Choice
- Readers’ Choice: Best neighborhood shopping district
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- Readers’ Choice: Best concert of the year
- Readers’ Choice: Best local album
- Readers’ Choice: Best local music video
- Readers’ Choice: Best new band
- Readers’ Choice: Best rock club
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- Readers’ Choice: Best jukebox
- Readers’ Choice: Best lesbian bar
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- Readers’ Choice: Best karaoke bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best comedy night
- Readers’ Choice: Best theater season
- Readers’ Choice: Best theater production
- Readers’ Choice: Best movie theater– comfort
- Readers’ Choice: Best movie theater– programming
- Readers’ Choice: Best movie theater– food/drink
- Readers’ Choice: Best film festival
- Readers’ Choice: Best gallery show– group
- Readers’ Choice: Best gallery show– solo
- Readers’ Choice: Best museum exhibit
- Readers’ Choice: Best new public art
- Readers’ Choice: Best Denver arts district
- Readers’ Choice: Best annual festival
- Readers’ Choice: Best new festival
- Readers’ Choice: Best free entertainment
- Readers’ Choice: Best patio for pets
- Readers’ Choice: Best rooftop patio
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant patio
- Readers’ Choice: Best 24/7 restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best late-night happy hour
- Readers’ Choice: Best late-afternoon happy hour
- Readers’ Choice: Best bottomless-mimosa deal
- Readers’ Choice: Best brunch
- Readers’ Choice: Best eggs Benedict
- Readers’ Choice: Best breakfast burrito– handheld
- Readers’ Choice: Best breakfast burrito– smothered
- Readers’ Choice: Best food truck/cart
- Readers’ Choice: Best tacos
- Readers’ Choice: Best tamales
- Readers’ Choice: Best salsa bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best vegetarian green chile
- Readers’ Choice: Best green chile
- Readers’ Choice: Best house margarita
- Readers’ Choice: Best Central/South American restaurant (not Mexican)
- Readers’ Choice: Best German/Eastern European restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best French restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best Chicago-style pizza
- Readers’ Choice: Best New York-style pizza
- Readers’ Choice: Best pizza
- Readers’ Choice: Best Italian restaurant
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- Readers’ Choice: Best Ethiopian restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best Indian restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best Korean restaurant
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- Readers’ Choice: Best dim sum
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- Readers’ Choice: Best raw bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best sushi bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best seafood restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best steakhouse
- Readers’ Choice: Best barbecue restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best local fast-casual restaurant/chain
- Readers’ Choice: Best sandwich shop
- Readers’ Choice: Best fish & chips
- Readers’ Choice: Best fried chicken
- Readers’ Choice: Best mac & cheese
- Readers’ Choice: Best french fries
- Readers’ Choice: Best hot dog
- Readers’ Choice: Best hamburger
- Readers’ Choice: Best veggie burger
- Readers’ Choice: Best gluten-free menu
- Readers’ Choice: Best vegan dish in a non-vegan restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best vegetarian restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best bakery
- Readers’ Choice: Best bread
- Readers’ Choice: Best doughnuts
- Readers’ Choice: Best ice cream/gelato shop
- Readers’ Choice: Best new coffeehouse
- Readers’ Choice: Best Bloody Mary bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant by-the-glass wine list
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant wine list
- Readers’ Choice: Best brewery tap room– ambience
- Readers’ Choice: Best brewery tap room– beer
- Readers’ Choice: Best new brewery tap room
- Readers’ Choice: Best Colorado distillery
- Readers’ Choice: Best wine bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best classic cocktail bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best dive bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best new bar
- Readers’ Choice: Best bartender
- Readers’ Choice: Best chef’s counter
- Readers’ Choice: Best chef
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant at DIA
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Havana Street
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on West 32nd Avenue
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Broadway
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Federal Boulevard
- Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Colfax Avenue
- Readers’ Choice: Best new neighborhood restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best new restaurant neighborhood
- Readers’ Choice: Best new restaurant
- Readers’ Choice: Best TV sportscaster
- Readers’ Choice: Best sports bar for food and drink
- Readers’ Choice: Best sports bar for playing games
- Readers’ Choice: Best sports bar for watching games
- Readers’ Choice: Best mountain-bike trail
- Readers’ Choice: Best bike path in metro Denver
- Readers’ Choice: Best double-diamond run
- Readers’ Choice: Best terrain park
- Readers’ Choice: Best skate park
- Readers’ Choice: Best dog park
- Readers’ Choice: Best mascot
- Readers’ Choice: Best local radio sports show
- Readers’ Choice: Best sports announcer
- Readers’ Choice: Best roller-derby name
- Readers’ Choice: Best coach– college
- Readers’ Choice: Best coach– professional
- Readers’ Choice: Best sports team– college
- Readers’ Choice: Best sports team– professional
- Readers’ Choice: Best Outlaw
- Readers’ Choice: Best Rapid
- Readers’ Choice: Best Mammoth
- Readers’ Choice: Best Av
- Readers’ Choice: Best Nugget
- Readers’ Choice: Best Rockie
- Readers’ Choice: Best Bronco
- Readers’ Choice: Best guess for when Denver will go back to the Super Bowl
- Readers’ Choice: Best thrift store
- Readers’ Choice: Best indoor mall
- Readers’ Choice: Best outdoor mall
- Readers’ Choice: Best store on the 16th Street Mall
- Readers’ Choice: Best store on Colfax
- Readers’ Choice: Best store on Broadway
- Readers’ Choice: Best store at DIA
- Readers’ Choice: Best museum shop
- Readers’ Choice: Best farmers’ market
- Readers’ Choice: Best Sour Diesel strain
- Readers’ Choice: Best vape shop
- Readers’ Choice: Best head shop
- Readers’ Choice: Best name for a marijuana dispensary
- Readers’ Choice: Best name for a tattoo shop
- Readers’ Choice: Best name for a hair salon
- Readers’ Choice: Best hair on a TV personality– male
- Readers’ Choice: Best hair on a TV personality– female
- Readers’ Choice: Best local TV weathercaster
- Readers’ Choice: Best local TV newscast
- Readers’ Choice: Best local TV anchor
- Readers’ Choice: Best local radio talk-show host
- Readers’ Choice: Best podcast

Readers’ Choice: Best concert of the year
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Readers’ Choice: Best local album
Nathaniel Rateliff- "Falling Faster Than You Can Run"
Readers’ Choice: Best local music video
The Dendrites- "Sizzle Grizzle"
Readers’ Choice: Best new band
Ark Life

Readers’ Choice: Best dance club
Beauty Bar
Readers’ Choice: Best jazz club
dazzledenver.com
1080 14th St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best blues club
El Chapultepec
Readers’ Choice: Best new club
milehighspiritsllc.com
2201 Lawrence St., CO, 80205


Readers’ Choice: Best jukebox
Sancho's Broken Arrow


Readers’ Choice: Best karaoke bar
Armida's


Readers’ Choice: Best theater production
"The Book of Mormon"
Readers’ Choice: Best movie theater– comfort
drafthouse.com
7301 S. Santa Fe Dr., CO, 80120

Readers’ Choice: Best movie theater– programming
drafthouse.com
7301 S. Santa Fe Dr., CO, 80120

Readers’ Choice: Best movie theater– food/drink
drafthouse.com
7301 S. Santa Fe Dr., CO, 80120

Readers’ Choice: Best film festival
Starz Denver Film Festival
Readers’ Choice: Best gallery show– group
spacegallery.org
400 Santa Fe Dr., CO, 80204

Readers’ Choice: Best gallery show– solo
Lauri Lynnxe Murphy
Readers’ Choice: Best museum exhibit
dmns.org
2001 Colorado Blvd., CO, 80205

Readers’ Choice: Best new public art
Readers' Choice: (tie) "Connected," in 40 West Arts District, "Hear the Train A Humming," by Bobby MaGee Lopez
Readers’ Choice: Best Denver arts district
denversartdistrict.org
500-1200 blocks of Santa Fe Dr., CO, 80204

Readers’ Choice: Best annual festival
Great American Beer Festival
Readers’ Choice: Best new festival
Top Taco Denver
Readers’ Choice: Best free entertainment
People watching



Readers’ Choice: Best 24/7 restaurant
petesrestaurants.com/petes-kitchen
1962 E. Colfax Ave., CO, 80206

Readers’ Choice: Best late-night happy hour
tapandburger.com
2219 W. 32nd Ave., CO, 80211

Readers’ Choice: Best late-afternoon happy hour
tapandburger.com
2219 W. 32nd Ave., CO, 80211

Readers’ Choice: Best bottomless-mimosa deal
ediblebeats.com/root-down
1600 W. 33rd Ave., CO, 80211



Readers’ Choice: Best breakfast burrito– handheld
eatatsantiagos.com
2505 Federal Blvd., CO, 80211

Readers’ Choice: Best breakfast burrito– smothered
eatatsantiagos.com
2505 Federal Blvd., CO, 80211





Readers’ Choice: Best vegetarian green chile
illegalpetes.com
270 S. Broadway, CO, 80203


Readers’ Choice: Best house margarita
riograndemexican.com
1745 Wazee St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best Central/South American restaurant (not Mexican)
cubacubacafe.com
1173 Delaware St., CO, 80204

Readers’ Choice: Best German/Eastern European restaurant
Cafe Prague

Readers’ Choice: Best Chicago-style pizza
Patxi's Pizza
Readers’ Choice: Best New York-style pizza
Fat Sully's New York Pizza

Readers’ Choice: Best Italian restaurant
bonannoconcepts.com/restaurant/osteria-marco
1453 Larimer St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best Middle Eastern restaurant
jerusalemrestaurant.com
1890 E. Evans Ave., CO, 80210

Readers’ Choice: Best Ethiopian restaurant
queenofshebadenver.cafecityguide.website
7225 E. Colfax Ave., CO, 80220

Readers’ Choice: Best Indian restaurant
littleindiaofdenver.com
330 E. 6th Ave., CO, 80203
littleindiadowntowndenver.com
1533 Champa St., CO, 80202


Readers’ Choice: Best Thai restaurant
Thai Basil

Readers’ Choice: Best Vietnamese restaurant
New Saigon Restaurant

Readers’ Choice: Best Chinese restaurant
starkitchenco.com
2917 W. Mississippi Ave., CO, 80219


Readers’ Choice: Best raw bar
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar

Readers’ Choice: Best seafood restaurant
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
Readers’ Choice: Best barbecue restaurant
Moe's Original Bar-B-Que
Readers’ Choice: Best local fast-casual restaurant/chain
illegalpetes.com
270 S. Broadway, CO, 80203


Readers’ Choice: Best fish & chips
GB Fish & Chips
Readers’ Choice: Best fried chicken
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toms-Home-Cookin/190025544342434?sk=timeline
800 E. 26th Ave., CO, 80205

Readers’ Choice: Best french fries
Park Burger
Readers’ Choice: Best hot dog
Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs

Readers’ Choice: Best veggie burger
Park Burger
Readers’ Choice: Best gluten-free menu
watercoursefoods.com
837 E. 17th Ave., CO, 80218

Readers’ Choice: Best vegan dish in a non-vegan restaurant
mountainsunpub.com
1700 Vine St., CO, 80206

Readers’ Choice: Best vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian restaurant
riojadenver.com
1431 Larimer St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best vegetarian restaurant
cityocitydenver.com
206 E. 13th Ave., CO, 80203




Readers’ Choice: Best ice cream/gelato shop
littlemanicecream.com
2620 16th St., CO, 80211

Readers’ Choice: Best new coffeehouse
portsidedenver.com
2500 Larimer St., CO, 80205


Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant by-the-glass wine list
Lala's Wine Bar + Pizzeria
Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant wine list
frascafoodandwine.com
1738 Pearl St., CO, 80302

Readers’ Choice: Best brewery tap room– ambience
denverbeerco.com
1695 Platte St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best brewery tap room– beer
greatdivide.com
2201 Arapahoe St., CO, 80205

Readers’ Choice: Best new brewery tap room
joyridebrewing.com
2501 Sheridan Blvd., CO, 80214
Readers’ Choice: Best Colorado distillery
stranahans.com
208 S. Kalamath St., CO, 80223

Readers’ Choice: Best wine bar
theinfinitemonkeytheorem.com
3200 Larimer St., CO, 80205

Readers’ Choice: Best classic cocktail bar
williamsandgraham.com
3160 Tejon St., CO, 80211


Readers’ Choice: Best new bar
Asbury Provisions
Readers’ Choice: Best bartender
Kari Cummings
Readers’ Choice: Best chef’s counter
mercantiledenver.com
1701 Wynkoop St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best chef
bistrovendome.com
2267 Kearney St., CO, 80207
riojadenver.com
1431 Larimer St., CO, 80202


Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Havana Street
Sam's No. 3
Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on West 32nd Avenue
tapandburger.com
2219 W. 32nd Ave., CO, 80211

Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Broadway
Beatrice & Woodsley
Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Federal Boulevard
New Saigon Restaurant
Readers’ Choice: Best restaurant on Colfax Avenue
Prohibition
Readers’ Choice: Best new neighborhood restaurant
Chop Shop Casual Urban Eatery
Readers’ Choice: Best new restaurant neighborhood
rivernorthart.com
2700 Block of Larimer St., CO, 80205

Readers’ Choice: Best new restaurant
workandclassdenver.com
2500 Larimer St., CO, 80205

Readers’ Choice: Best TV sportscaster
Vic Lombardi
Readers’ Choice: Best sports bar for food and drink
tapandburger.com
2219 W. 32nd Ave., CO, 80211

Readers’ Choice: Best sports bar for playing games
the1uparcadebar.com
1925 Blake St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best sports bar for watching games
Blake Street Tavern
Readers’ Choice: Best mountain-bike trail
jeffco.us/1254/Lair-o-the-Bear-Park
22550 State Highway 74, CO, 80453
Readers’ Choice: Best bike path in metro Denver
Cherry Creek Trail
Readers’ Choice: Best double-diamond run
arapahoebasin.com
28194 US Highway 6, CO, 80435
Readers’ Choice: Best terrain park
keystoneresort.com
Highway 6 from I-70, exit 205 to Silverthorne/Dillon, CO, 80435

Readers’ Choice: Best dog park
parks.state.co.us/parks/chatfield/Pages/ChatfieldHome.aspx
11500 N. Roxborough Park Rd., CO, 80125

Readers’ Choice: Best mascot
Rocky
Readers’ Choice: Best local radio sports show
The Drive with Big Al and D-Mac
Readers’ Choice: Best sports announcer
Dave Logan
Readers’ Choice: Best roller-derby name
Daisy Dukes-Up
Readers’ Choice: Best coach– college
Jim McElwain
Readers’ Choice: Best coach– professional
Patrick Roy
Readers’ Choice: Best sports team– college
DU Men's Hockey
Readers’ Choice: Best sports team– professional
Denver Broncos
Readers’ Choice: Best Outlaw
Eric Law
Readers’ Choice: Best Rapid
Dillon Serna
Readers’ Choice: Best Mammoth
John Gallant
Readers’ Choice: Best Av
Matt Duchene
Readers’ Choice: Best Nugget
Readers' Choice: (tie) Kenneth Faried, Ty Lawson
Readers’ Choice: Best Rockie
Troy Tulowitzki
Readers’ Choice: Best Bronco
Peyton Manning
Readers’ Choice: Best guess for when Denver will go back to the Super Bowl
2016
Readers’ Choice: Best thrift store
Buffalo Exchange

Readers’ Choice: Best outdoor mall
belmarcolorado.com
Wadsworth Blvd. and Alameda Ave., CO, 80226
Readers’ Choice: Best store on the 16th Street Mall
tatteredcover.com
1628 16th St., CO, 80202

Readers’ Choice: Best store on Colfax
tatteredcover.com
2526 E. Colfax Ave., CO, 80206



Readers’ Choice: Best museum shop
denverartmuseum.org
100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, CO, 80204


Readers’ Choice: Best Sour Diesel strain
Sweet Leaf
Readers’ Choice: Best name for a marijuana dispensary
goodchem.org
330 E. Colfax Ave., CO, 80203

Readers’ Choice: Best name for a tattoo shop
thinktanktattoo.com
172 S. Broadway, CO, 80209
