The 1UP Arcade Bar – Greenwood Village

Opened in March 2011, the 1UP Arcade Bar is an arcade, bar and restaurant with locations in Lodo and on Colfax Avenue. Vintage arcade games, Skee-Ball, pinball machines and cutting-edge multi-player video games are the main draw. The Greenwood Village outpost of 1UP opened in December 2018.

Carrera’s Tacos

Originally from California, brothers Joshua and Ryan Carrera launched a catering company-turned-food truck in 2019 with the goal of bringing the type of Mexican food they’d grown up eating to the Mile High – and their business was a hit. In 2022, it moved into a permanent home, making the Denver Tech Center an unlikely […]

Comedy Works South

After running the Comedy Works downtown — which some consider one of the finest comedy clubs in the nation — for nearly two decades, Wende Curtis opened the Landmark location in October 2008. While the downtown club brings in the younger, hipper and edgier comics, Comedy Works South generally brings in the slightly cleaner, nationally […]

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse

Del Frisco’s exists for one reason and one reason only: to bring huge whacks of 100 percent American corn-fed beef to diners with big appetites and bigger wallets. A swank joint tinged with candlelight and cigar smoke (amid an air of DTC deal-making), Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse is thick with fat-cat atmosphere. Abundant dark […]

Fractured Prune Doughnuts

The doughnut shop out of Maryland with the memorable – some would say cringe-worthy – name reappeared in Greenwood Village in early 2018 after a ten-month absence from the Centennial State, returning fried-to-order breakfast cakes to their rightful place. Not that there aren’t other options: The newly pared-down menu includes fifteen creations, and customers can […]

Il Fornaio

Founded in Milan, Italy, in 1972 as a baking school, Il Fornaio is a national chain offering upscale Italian cuisine and an extensive dessert menu. The Colorado location, in the Denver Tech Center, has a roster that features wood-fired pizzas, fresh pastas made in-house daily, rotisserie meats and, of course, plenty of baked treats. Il […]

Illegal Pete’s

Colorado is known for its homegrown big-burrito chains. Illegal Pete’s isn’t the largest, but it’s big on flavor, with a wide-ranging menu that includes everything from standard chicken- and carnitas-based burritos to versions with fish or potatoes as the main event. The ingredients are all carefully balanced before the burrito is wrapped, ensuring that you […]

Jabo’s Bar-Be-Q

When Jabo Lawson found a permanent address for his once-mobile barbecue operation, he did a quick makeover, cramming overstuffed booths into the former home of a Heavenly Hams. Now blessed with an actual kitchen, he traded in his little outdoor barbecue pit — the same type that masters in southern Texas and Louisiana use — […]

JD’S Bait Shop Sports Grill

If you prefer to enjoy your game-time beers surrounded by aquariums and high-definition televisions, or if you’re looking for a spot to enjoy pre-concert drinks before heading to Fiddler’s Green, JD’s Bait Shop has got you covered. As the name suggests, it’s not exactly a high-brow place: The atmosphere is semi-divey, the menu features mostly […]

Las Brisas Restaurant

When Las Brisas opened back in 1987, it was the first of the white-tablecloth Mexican restaurants, complete with giant swordfish on the walls, high-backed white-wicker chairs and food that’s a combination of Mexican standards glamorized by fancy sauces and coastal resort food and kept down to earth by a little abuelita-style Tex-Mex. Las Brisas also […]

Las Saltenas

You may not even know that Denver has a Bolivian restaurant, much less what kind of food you’ll find at Las Salte