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Gretchen’s guidebook

Walking/Running areas

Great views of mountains and downtown. A 2.5 path around the lake. Nearby restaurants and breweries.
437 locals recommend
Sloans Lake
437 locals recommend
Great views of mountains and downtown. A 2.5 path around the lake. Nearby restaurants and breweries.
Gravel trails and bridges around a small lake. Park at the library.
16 locals recommend
Belmar Park
801 S Wadsworth Blvd
16 locals recommend
Gravel trails and bridges around a small lake. Park at the library.

Food scene

Great diner -- order the Sun-basted Benedict.
23 locals recommend
Sunrise Sunset
7400 W 38th Ave
23 locals recommend
Great diner -- order the Sun-basted Benedict.
They have bacon flights!
189 locals recommend
Bacon Social House
2434 W 44th Ave
189 locals recommend
They have bacon flights!
Great brunch or burgers. In a great shopping area with movies and bowling. It’s also close to the house.
22 locals recommend
Tstreet
445 South Teller Street
22 locals recommend
Great brunch or burgers. In a great shopping area with movies and bowling. It’s also close to the house.
Great Italian food -- this place has been around a long time. Busy every night of the week but the wait isn't usually too long. On the way to Red Rocks, and would be a good place to stop before a concert.
33 locals recommend
Cafe Jordano
11068 W Jewell Ave
33 locals recommend
Great Italian food -- this place has been around a long time. Busy every night of the week but the wait isn't usually too long. On the way to Red Rocks, and would be a good place to stop before a concert.
The best ice cream around -- and cheap!
11 locals recommend
Magill's World of Ice Cream
8016 W Jewell Ave
11 locals recommend
The best ice cream around -- and cheap!
You will think you stepped back in time to the 80s. Great pizza crust.
10 locals recommend
Frontroom Pizza
13795 W Jewell Ave
10 locals recommend
You will think you stepped back in time to the 80s. Great pizza crust.
Good burgers down on 16th Street.
35 locals recommend
5280 Burger Bar
4301 Main St
35 locals recommend
Good burgers down on 16th Street.
Nicer, but affordable restaurant on 16th Street. I love their Brussel Sprouts!.
Rialto Cafe
934 16th St Mall
Nicer, but affordable restaurant on 16th Street. I love their Brussel Sprouts!.
Unique, HUGE biscuit sandwiches.
415 locals recommend
Denver Biscuit Company
3237 E Colfax Ave
415 locals recommend
Unique, HUGE biscuit sandwiches.
Great burgers, and right across from the Coors plant.
41 locals recommend
Bob's Atomic Burgers
1310 Ford St
41 locals recommend
Great burgers, and right across from the Coors plant.
Santiago's Burritos for sale if you need a quick breakfast. These are a Denver classic!
Sinclair
1015 Sheridan Boulevard
Santiago's Burritos for sale if you need a quick breakfast. These are a Denver classic!
Great gyros
Yianni's Gyros Place
10450 W Colfax Ave
Great gyros
In a cool complex in RiNo
11 locals recommend
Smok Barbecue - RiNo, Denver
3330 Brighton Blvd
11 locals recommend
In a cool complex in RiNo
For a fancy meal :) This place has a great vibe, terrific service and amazing food.
90 locals recommend
Guard and Grace
1801 California St
90 locals recommend
For a fancy meal :) This place has a great vibe, terrific service and amazing food.
Get the White Widow! This place isn't just for stoners.
20 locals recommend
Cheba Hut Toasted Subs
745 Colorado Blvd
20 locals recommend
Get the White Widow! This place isn't just for stoners.
The Turkey Bacon Special is fantastic. There is also a location closer to the house in Lakewood.
STACK Subs Denver (LoDo)
1331 17th Street
The Turkey Bacon Special is fantastic. There is also a location closer to the house in Lakewood.
Very popular brunch spot
862 locals recommend
Snooze, an A.M. Eatery
6315 W 104th Ave
862 locals recommend
Very popular brunch spot
Comfort food. Good brunch.
20 locals recommend
Tupelo Honey
1650 Wewatta St
20 locals recommend
Comfort food. Good brunch.
Drag queen brunch!
32 locals recommend
Hamburger Mary's Denver
1336 E 17th Ave
32 locals recommend
Drag queen brunch!
Everything we have tried is excellent — ham and cheese croissants, cinnamon rolls, and fruit kolaches. And so many more choices.
23 locals recommend
Taste of Denmark
1901 S Kipling St
23 locals recommend
Everything we have tried is excellent — ham and cheese croissants, cinnamon rolls, and fruit kolaches. And so many more choices.
The only Mexican food that we (as former Texans) enjoy here in Colorado. They have a to-die-for chocolate cake that is enough four 4!
46 locals recommend
Hacienda Colorado
10422 Town Center Dr
46 locals recommend
The only Mexican food that we (as former Texans) enjoy here in Colorado. They have a to-die-for chocolate cake that is enough four 4!
I fun girls outing. Enjoy tea, scones, finger sandwiches and petit fours in the beautiful lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel.
6 locals recommend
Afternoon Tea at The Brown Palace
321 17th St
6 locals recommend
I fun girls outing. Enjoy tea, scones, finger sandwiches and petit fours in the beautiful lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel.
Great taqueria
Tacos Y Salsas
1201 S Federal Blvd
Great taqueria

Sightseeing

Restaurants and shops inside. One of my favorite places.
56 locals recommend
Union Station
56 locals recommend
Restaurants and shops inside. One of my favorite places.
Denver classic.
153 locals recommend
Tattered Cover Book Store - Colfax Avenue
2526 East Colfax Avenue
153 locals recommend
Denver classic.
Beautiful old hotel
70 locals recommend
Brown Palace Hotel
321 17th St
70 locals recommend
Beautiful old hotel
227 locals recommend
Colorado State Capitol
200 E Colfax Ave
227 locals recommend
Baseball
955 locals recommend
Coors Field
2001 Blake St
955 locals recommend
Baseball
Shopping, dining in a cute pedestrian area in Boulder.
591 locals recommend
Pearl Street Mall
1303 Pearl Street
591 locals recommend
Shopping, dining in a cute pedestrian area in Boulder.
884 locals recommend
Denver Zoo
2300 Steele St
884 locals recommend
496 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
1485 Delgany St
496 locals recommend

Neighborhoods

Walk up and down the pedestrian area on Pearl Street -- shops and restaurants. Cute town.
414 locals recommend
Boulder
414 locals recommend
Walk up and down the pedestrian area on Pearl Street -- shops and restaurants. Cute town.
Cute downtown with shops and restaurants.
384 locals recommend
Golden
384 locals recommend
Cute downtown with shops and restaurants.
129 locals recommend
Capitol Hill
129 locals recommend
31 locals recommend
Larimer Square Historic District
31 locals recommend
189 locals recommend
Olde Town Arvada
5575 Vance St
189 locals recommend

Hiking

The Windy Saddle Gap Trail has great views.
245 locals recommend
Lookout Mountain
245 locals recommend
The Windy Saddle Gap Trail has great views.
84 locals recommend
Flatirons
84 locals recommend
18 locals recommend
Red Rocks Trail
Red Rocks Trail
18 locals recommend

Relax and Pamper

Beautiful old house. Wonderful facials.
13 locals recommend
The Woodhouse Day Spa
941 E 17th Ave
13 locals recommend
Beautiful old house. Wonderful facials.
Massage Envy Spa LODO
5465 West 20th Avenue
Massage Envy - Lakewood
7033 W Alaska Dr
Pink & White Nails
2701 W 32nd Ave
Lisa is terrific!
Sparrow Stylin' Salon
403 16th St Mall
Lisa is terrific!