El Coyotito #3

El Coyotito #3 is a cross-cultural strip-mall collision of American and Mexican tastes melded into one culinary whole. It offers shrimp soup and fish soup and soup with shrimp and octopus, big shrimp in the shell laid over sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, Mexican pastries, tacos made from lips, killer fried pork chops over rice, unbelievable […]

Viva Burrito Company

Viva Burrito Company has zero decor and zero ambiance, but the food coming out of this little red box is fantastic. Not white-tablecloth fantastic: plastic-silverware-and-paper-napkin fantastic, with a serious “Gimme twenty bucks and I’ll show you the real Mexico” vibe. The breakfast burritos are good, the deep-fried tacos and gigantic tortas even better. Best of […]

Les Delices De Paris

Walking into Les Delices de Paris is like walking into another world: one of pure sensation, of cream and sugar, fine flour, yeast and butter and salt. The little pastry shop occupies what could be the most inconvenient location on Leetsdale, but on its best days, this is the best-smelling spot in the entire city […]

The Bagel Store

The Bagel Store sits in a quiet strip mall in the heart of Little Russia. But it’s staffed by young guys who really know their Jewish doughnuts, and if you go early (it closes at 2 p.m. on the dot most days), you can look right through the doors to the huge bakery in the […]

House of Kabob

House of Kabob is a diminutive Persian restaurant located in a South Colorado Boulevard strip mall and surrounded by other Middle Eastern restaurants and markets. For nearly thirty years, House of Kabob has been serving customers marinated fava beans, lamb tongue, gyros and the house-special Lebnee pita bread dip: Lebanese cream yogurt, sprinkled with olive […]

Elvis Cinemas Tiffany Plaza 6

This six-screen discount theater is located in the Tiffany Plaza complex on Hampden Avenue in Denver. It features mostly second-run films and offers concessions, assisted listening devices and wheelchair-accessible seating.

Landmark Chez Artiste

Located in the University Hills Plaza complex in southeast Denver, this three-screen theater specializes in foreign language and independent films. Amenities include concessions, wheelchair-accessible seating, assisted hearing devices and Dolby SR Stereo sound.

Canine Fitness and Fun Center

What sets Canine Fitness and Fun Center apart from other doggy daycare centers is its heated indoor swimming pool. In addition to four indoor and outdoor play areas, the center boasts a 25′ x 13′ x 4′ swimming pool for pooches of all shapes and sizes. Many dogs love the water, and here they can […]

Poppies Restaurant

A red awning over a strip mall space in south Denver marks the entrance to Poppie’s, where those in the know have been heading for classic American favorites and high-quality bar banter since 1985. Step inside and let the staff – many of whom have worked there for years – do what they do best: […]

Pho Fusion

Pho Fusion covers four countries with a thirty-dish menu that includes pho, hot-and-sour and wonton soups, simple shrimp-lettuce-and-noodle spring rolls and deep-fried Vietnamese pork egg rolls. The food is fast, filling and good. Owner Tom Bird is deeply rooted in Denver’s Vietnamese community, and he’s onto something here — maybe the formula for a fast-food […]

Jaya Asian Grill

There’s a lot to love at Jaya Asian Grill. The minute you walk through the door of this spot tucked into a strip mall, you’re greeted by smiles from the friendly staff, curious glances from the regulars and the clatter of a busy kitchen working away in the back. The menu that kitchen is working […]

Blue Moon Asian Grill and Sushi Bar

Blue Moon is rather pretty in a recycled way. The A-frame structure gives the place a pagoda feel that’s ideal for a roster of Asian dishes: Chinese egg rolls, Vietnamese spring rolls and Thai summer rolls, edamame and lo mein, Thai curries, kung pao chicken, lettuce wraps and beef in Sriracha. Everything is made fresh […]

Big Papa’s BBQ

There’s no grizzled old papa at Big Papa’s standing watch over a hickory fire in the parking lot, but rather one giant Southern Pride smoker in the back. This little storefront outfit works fast — and with barbecue, speed is made possible only by the intelligent application of technology and mass-production methods. The ribs, the […]

The Bagel Deli & Restaurant

A certain spiky-haired television personality may have been the one to turn a lot of people on to this strip-mall eatery in southeast Denver when he stopped by in 2011, but now 55 years old, the Bagel Deli was a favorite with fans of Jewish deli fare long before that. One part of the space […]