El Toro

No bull here, just cheap drinks, great food and friendly regulars who appreciate the Garcia family, which also founded the beloved Mexico City Lounge and is now on a third generation at El Toro. The decor boasts velvet paintings, paneling and an enormous TV in the corner; the menu is slightly less elaborate, featuring basics […]

El Trompito Taqueria

If you’re craving authentic Mexican street food, you can’t go wrong with El Trompito Taqueria, a wonderland of Mexican street favorites. Step inside, and you’ll hear the thud of cleavers in the open kitchen, where workers assemble tacos, huaraches, alambres, skyscraping tortas and aguas frescas made with fresh fruit. Photographs on the menu posted on […]

El Zarape

The boxy, dimly lit dining room of El Zarape features distinctly coastal decor, despite exterior signs advertising specialties typical of Chihuahua, including Juarez-style burritos, tacos de barbacoa, and a general inclination toward flour tortillas and various preparations of beef. You’ll do best to stick with items from the handwritten signs offering tortas de pierna (pork […]

Elevated Rooftop Bar

The rooftop extension of the pan-Asian eatery Departure on the ground floor of the Halcyon hotel is where you’ll want to be when the weather heats up. The reason? There’s a swimming pool that, while intended only for hotel guests, is a great accompaniment to tropical drinks, dim sum and general lethargy. Hang out high […]

Elitch Gardens

Located in the heart of Denver and celebrating 125 years of fun, Elitch Gardens is America’s only downtown theme and water park. The park is open May 2 through November 1, 2015, with 53 rides and attractions, live entertainment, thrilling roller coasters and an entire water park.

Ellie Caulkins Opera House

Putting the Ellie Caulkins Opera House inside the historic Quigg Newton Auditorium was like building a ship inside a bottle. The auditorium — a 1908 buff-colored brick building designed in a neoclassical style by Robert O. Willison — had become run down over the years and had long since lost its historic interior. And that […]

Ellyngton’s at the Brown Palace

When you’re in the mood to dine with distinction, there’s no better place than Ellyngton’s. Tucked into a corner of the Brown Palace, this restaurant is all old-world swank and old-school class – a bastion of the sort of jacket-and-tie dining that’s becoming rare in this fast-casual world. Prices are expensive, but the experience is […]

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.

Elway’s DIA

Cutting it close is the way to go when traveling by air; time wasted while wedged into an uncomfortable airport chair is time you’ll never get back – unless you choose to while away your extra travel time at Elway’s. If it’s your first day on vacation, you won’t mind splurging on steak and eggs, […]

Elway’s Downtown

Although the second Elway’s lacks the fun factor of the original in Cherry Creek, it’s still a good bet for a business dinner — especially if your group is large enough to fill the League of Evil-like private seating area. And despite its hoity-toity location (it’s in the Ritz-Carlton), this Elway’s also works for a […]

Emerald Eye

It could be easy to miss this subterranean cocktail lounge when visiting busy Larimer Square; its door decal gives away no secrets, but the words “cocktail lounge” can be seen in the transom window above, along with a neon sign shaped like a Monstera leaf. Upon entering, guests descend a stairwell decorated with globe pendant […]