Denver has 4,676 places in this guide, with 3,187 restaurants among them. The listings add 259 quick service spots, 456 cafes and 721 bars. Bars (620), coffee shops and cafes (472) and Mexican (422) make up the three largest categories among the places listed.
Denver posts 64.1 places per ten thousand residents, well above the 41.8 median across all cities.
3,536 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (92), Subway (43), McDonald's (32) and Taco Bell (25).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Denver ranks #51 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in Denver by cuisine
Bars in Denver
- Bar · 554 S Broadway
- Bar · 2202 Kearney St
- Bar · 1803 16th St
- Bar · 2420 17th St #103
- Bar · 8000 E Quincy Ave #1400
- Bar · 1400 Market St
Coffee shops and cafes in Denver
- Cafe · Chain · 2445 E 3rd Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 7304 E 29th Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 4500 W 38th Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 200 Quebec St
- Cafe · Chain · 2750 S Colorado Blvd
- Food and drink · 321 17th St
Mexican in Denver
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 3083 Brighton Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 470 S Federal Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 2125 S Sheridan Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 3643 W Colfax Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · 2060 S University Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 200 Columbine St #110
Pizza in Denver
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 2001 W Alameda Ave
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 6651 Tower Rd Ste 110
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 3535 Quebec St
- Restaurant · Pizza · 32 Broadway
- Restaurant · Pizza · 825 16th St Mall
- Restaurant · Pizza · 3211 N Pecos St
Sandwiches and delis in Denver
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 3100 S Sheridan Blvd Unit 1-A
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 361 E Alameda Ave
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 2080 Lawrence St
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 1147 Broadway
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 8900 Peña Blvd Concourse B Gate 85
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 555 17th St #180
Bakeries and donuts in Denver
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 7300 E 29th Ave Bldg 600
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 1290 S Pearl St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 2007 S Federal Blvd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 1553 Platte St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 1543 Champa St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 4166 Tennyson St
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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.