| Restaurant | Cuisine | Price | Best of the Menu | Other Notes |
| * Café 13 | Coffee, Breakfast & Lunch | $ | We Found Nemo | great local coffees and baked goods vary daily |
| Corner Bakery Café | Breakfast, Lunch & Breads | $ | Commuter Croissant / Oatmeal | great for breakfast on a ski day |
| * Udi's Bakery & Café | Breakfast, Lunch & Breads | $-$$ | bread | |
| Cuba Cuba | Caribbean | $-$$ | Mariquitas Cubana | awesome rum selection |
| Heaven Dragon | Chinese | $-$$ | we think they use MSG, but we haven't verified that | |
| * Red Coral | Chinese | $-$$ | Eggrolls / Szechuan Chicken | |
| * Café Berlin | German | $$ | Jägerschnitzel / Rouladen | authentic German cuisine & beers |
| * Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs | Hot Dogs | $ | Reindeer / Louisiana Red Hots / Jalapeno Elk | keep an eye out for Weird Wednesdays |
| Bombay Clay Oven | Indian | $-$$ | ||
| India House | Indian | $$-$$$ | Vegetable Pakora | we used to eat here all the time, but there are better places that are less expensive |
| * Little India | Indian | $-$$ | Saag Paneer / Naan / Tandoori Chicken | great lunch buffet, expensive for dinner |
| Taj Masala | Indian | $$ | not bad for west Denver, but there are better Indian food places in town | |
| The Cherry Tomato | Italian | $-$$ | Lasagna | |
| El Tapatio | Mexican | $-$$ | chips & salsa (extra salsa) | |
| * Hacienda Colorado | Mexican | $-$$ | Chile Relleno | very close to Tex Mex and great Tequila selection |
| Anthony's Pizza & Pasta | Pizza | $-$$ | Neapolitan with Pepperoni | NY style pizza |
| Colore | Pizza & Italian | $-$$ | Pizza Milano | |
| Old Chicago | Pizza | $-$$ | Double Deckeroni | huge beer selection |
| Breckenridge Brewery | Pub | $-$$ | Avalanche Ale | |
| Lodo's | Pub | $-$$ | Colorado Bulldog | where we meet for Aggie football games |
| * Pints Pub | Pub | $$ | Spitfire Wings | the largest selection of Scotch outside Britain (and darn good ales) |
| Downtown Aquarium | Seafood | $$-$$$ | Macadamia Crusted Trout | it's a Landry's restaurant, but the view is great |
| Wahoo's Fish Tacos | Seafood | $-$$ | Mr. Lee's Chili Sauce | this is the next best thing to Jaw's or Rubio's |
| Denver Chophouse | Steakhouse | $$$-$$$$ | ||
| * Elway's | Steakhouse | $$$-$$$$ | Rhode Island Style Calamari / Quarterback Red | the Cherry Creek location is better, reservations preferred |
| The Fort | Steakhouse | $$$-$$$$ | specializes in game meats | |
| Swing Thai | Thai | $-$$ | Pad Thai with shrimp | |
| * Wild Ginger | Thai | $-$$ | Pad Thai | I haven't deviated from the menu much because the pad thai is THAT good |
| An's Lemongrass Grille | Vietnamese | $-$$ | Shrimp Spring Rolls | |
| * Woody's Wood Fired Pizza | Pizza | $-$$ | California Dream | best deal is to go in for the pizza buffet |
| $ - less than $10 | $$ - between $10-$20 | $$$ - between $20-$30 | $$$$ - over $30 | ||||