Guidebook for Aurora/Denver

Tira & Sam
Tira & Sam
Guidebook for Aurora/Denver

Food Scene

They have a large menu with salads, burgers, steaks, pasta, pizza, beer, yummy cocktails, and desserts.
26 locals recommend
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
14442 E Cedar Ave
26 locals recommend
They have a large menu with salads, burgers, steaks, pasta, pizza, beer, yummy cocktails, and desserts.
We've gone to this locally owned restaurant for breakfast several times. Great food and service.
15 locals recommend
Dozens Restaurant
2180 S Havana St
15 locals recommend
We've gone to this locally owned restaurant for breakfast several times. Great food and service.
Always a good burrito!
159 locals recommend
Chipotle Mexican Grill
1644 E Evans Ave
159 locals recommend
Always a good burrito!
Really good breakfast
6 locals recommend
Le Peep
1875 York St
6 locals recommend
Really good breakfast
Great beers
42 locals recommend
Dry Dock Brewing Co - South Dock
15120 E Hampden Ave
42 locals recommend
Great beers
More great beer.
8 locals recommend
Launch Pad Brewery
884 S Buckley Rd
8 locals recommend
More great beer.
Amazing array of donuts! Cash only.
255 locals recommend
Voodoo Doughnut - Colfax
1520 E Colfax Ave
255 locals recommend
Amazing array of donuts! Cash only.
Amazing ice cream!
141 locals recommend
Sweet Action Ice Cream
52 Broadway
141 locals recommend
Amazing ice cream!
They made their own brick oven. Great service, yummy pizza with fresh ingredients.
72 locals recommend
Pizzeria Locale
550 Broadway Blvd
72 locals recommend
They made their own brick oven. Great service, yummy pizza with fresh ingredients.
$10, get a coffee, mingle with some kitties!
20 locals recommend
Denver Cat Company
3929 Tennyson St
20 locals recommend
$10, get a coffee, mingle with some kitties!
Family style Italian food. Everything was good!
53 locals recommend
Carmine's on Penn
92 S Pennsylvania St
53 locals recommend
Family style Italian food. Everything was good!
Tasty mexican food!
21 locals recommend
Las Margs Tavern
1521 N Marion St
21 locals recommend
Tasty mexican food!
BEST breakfast/brunch! Always busy, but worth the wait!
7 locals recommend
The Original Pancake House - DTC
8000 E Belleview Ave
7 locals recommend
BEST breakfast/brunch! Always busy, but worth the wait!
Closest location.
30 locals recommend
Starbucks
14261 E Cedar Ave
30 locals recommend
Closest location.
Closest Caribou!
6 locals recommend
Caribou Coffee
13700 E Colfax Ave
6 locals recommend
Closest Caribou!
The Caramel Chiller is to die for- so good!
11 locals recommend
Dazbog Coffee
1200 Clayton St
11 locals recommend
The Caramel Chiller is to die for- so good!
8 locals recommend
Ruby Tuesday
6751 Tower Rd
8 locals recommend
Great breakfast, cozy space.
81 locals recommend
Syrup City Park
1875 York St
81 locals recommend
Great breakfast, cozy space.
Burgers and fries to die for! Close to Union Station, bars, 16th St Mall.
18 locals recommend
Hopdoddy Burger Bar
1747 Wynkoop St
18 locals recommend
Burgers and fries to die for! Close to Union Station, bars, 16th St Mall.
Tasty sandwiches!
Atlanta Bread
14262 E Cedar Ave
Tasty sandwiches!
Laid back, good beers, great and reasonably priced food!
21 locals recommend
Piper Inn
2251 S Parker Rd
21 locals recommend
Laid back, good beers, great and reasonably priced food!
Go before 6pm Mon-Thurs and get a steak with 2 sides for $9.99!
35 locals recommend
Texas Roadhouse
14200 E Iliff Ave
35 locals recommend
Go before 6pm Mon-Thurs and get a steak with 2 sides for $9.99!
Super tasty ice cream- family owned.
34 locals recommend
Nuggs Ice Cream
5135 E Colfax Ave
34 locals recommend
Super tasty ice cream- family owned.

Essentials

It's close!
8 locals recommend
Target
14200 E Ellsworth Ave
8 locals recommend
It's close!
Closest grocery store.
King Soopers Pharmacy
1155 S Havana St
Closest grocery store.
10 locals recommend
Walmart Supercenter
14000 E Exposition Ave
10 locals recommend

Entertainment & Activities

Great prices $5 matinee and $7.50 all other times, new theater with heated reclining seats.
17 locals recommend
Century Aurora and XD
14300 E Alameda Ave
17 locals recommend
Great prices $5 matinee and $7.50 all other times, new theater with heated reclining seats.
If you like to gamble, Black Hawk is the place. Multiple casinos and buffets.
211 locals recommend
Black Hawk
211 locals recommend
If you like to gamble, Black Hawk is the place. Multiple casinos and buffets.
We went here with my sister and her husband and there was another couple. We did the Casino Heist- it was difficult and we got about 85% of it solved. We'd do it again.
8 locals recommend
EscapeWorks Denver
1529 Champa St
8 locals recommend
We went here with my sister and her husband and there was another couple. We did the Casino Heist- it was difficult and we got about 85% of it solved. We'd do it again.
Never been to this place, but it's supposed to be good.
8 locals recommend
Denver Escape Room
11674 Huron St
8 locals recommend
Never been to this place, but it's supposed to be good.
You can see awesome concerts or movies here. Also, they have yoga and other activities here. Beautiful area.
1973 locals recommend
Red Rocks amphitheater
18300 West Alameda Parkway
1973 locals recommend
You can see awesome concerts or movies here. Also, they have yoga and other activities here. Beautiful area.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great beers and they have a food truck with awesome Philly Cheese steaks!
8 locals recommend
Peak To Peak Brewery
16701 E Iliff Ave
8 locals recommend
Great beers and they have a food truck with awesome Philly Cheese steaks!
More awesome beer.
15 locals recommend
Copper Kettle Brewing Company
1338 S Valentia St
15 locals recommend
More awesome beer.
Friendly lesbian owned neighborhood bar. They have coffee, chai, and liquor concoctions as well as cider and beers.
17 locals recommend
Blush & Blu ​
1526 E Colfax Ave
17 locals recommend
Friendly lesbian owned neighborhood bar. They have coffee, chai, and liquor concoctions as well as cider and beers.
Bowling, food, drinks!
298 locals recommend
Punch Bowl Social Denver
65 Broadway
298 locals recommend
Bowling, food, drinks!
Great food and fun tiki drinks!
66 locals recommend
Adrift
218 S Broadway
66 locals recommend
Great food and fun tiki drinks!
Pretty good sushi and they have stand up comedy.
77 locals recommend
Sushi Hai
3600 W 32nd Ave
77 locals recommend
Pretty good sushi and they have stand up comedy.

Shopping

They have loads of yarn and fabric. They offer classes in the back room or you can buy a felting kit and make a critter.
20 locals recommend
Fancy Tiger Crafts
3421 Broadway
20 locals recommend
They have loads of yarn and fabric. They offer classes in the back room or you can buy a felting kit and make a critter.
http://www.talulahonline.com/ This is an awesome store that you could spend some time in. Gifts, household items, clothes, costumes and toys for kids.
25 locals recommend
Talulah Jones
1122 E 17th Ave
25 locals recommend
http://www.talulahonline.com/ This is an awesome store that you could spend some time in. Gifts, household items, clothes, costumes and toys for kids.
They have lots of outlet stores here and you can find some good deals! Eddie Bauer, Vans, Ann Taylor, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Carters, Famous Footwear, Nike, Coach, etc.
83 locals recommend
Colorado Mills Mall
14500 West Colfax Avenue
83 locals recommend
They have lots of outlet stores here and you can find some good deals! Eddie Bauer, Vans, Ann Taylor, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Carters, Famous Footwear, Nike, Coach, etc.
Very large mall with great stores and restaurants.
154 locals recommend
Park Meadows Mall station
154 locals recommend
Very large mall with great stores and restaurants.
Upscale shopping mall. Neiman Marcus, Tiffany, Gucci, Restoration Hardware, Anthropologie, Brooks Brothers, MAC, Steve Madden and more. Casual and fine dining.
822 locals recommend
Cherry Creek Shopping Center
3000 E 1st Ave
822 locals recommend
Upscale shopping mall. Neiman Marcus, Tiffany, Gucci, Restoration Hardware, Anthropologie, Brooks Brothers, MAC, Steve Madden and more. Casual and fine dining.
Locally owned shops, restaurants, bars located inside an old industrial building.
171 locals recommend
Stanley Marketplace
2501 Dallas St
171 locals recommend
Locally owned shops, restaurants, bars located inside an old industrial building.

Parks & Nature

Amazing wild animal sanctuary! They've rescued animals from zoos, circuses and other horrible places. They provide vet care, safe open spaces, and lots of love! Tigers, wolves, lions, leopards, bears, fox, and other critters. They have the stories of all of their rescues on their web site.
98 locals recommend
The Wild Animal Sanctuary
2999 Co Rd 53
98 locals recommend
Amazing wild animal sanctuary! They've rescued animals from zoos, circuses and other horrible places. They provide vet care, safe open spaces, and lots of love! Tigers, wolves, lions, leopards, bears, fox, and other critters. They have the stories of all of their rescues on their web site.
Trails, camping, swimming.
162 locals recommend
Cherry Creek State Park
4201 S Parker Rd
162 locals recommend
Trails, camping, swimming.
If you love being outside and smelling the flowers, this is your place.
1100 locals recommend
Denver Botanic Gardens
1007 York St
1100 locals recommend
If you love being outside and smelling the flowers, this is your place.
884 locals recommend
Denver Zoo
2300 Steele St
884 locals recommend
Awesome place to explore in your car or on foot. Make sure you have sunscreen and lots of water! Totally free!
1169 locals recommend
Garden of the Gods Club and Resort
3320 Mesa Rd
1169 locals recommend
Awesome place to explore in your car or on foot. Make sure you have sunscreen and lots of water! Totally free!
Amazing animal sanctuary that has rescued animals (lions, tigers, wolves, bears, foxes, other animals) from horrible conditions in zoos/circus/private owners from around the world. They educate visitors, give animals world class health care and great, open living spaces. It's $30/person and it's an awesome place to see animals in a natural and humane habitat.
98 locals recommend
The Wild Animal Sanctuary
2999 Co Rd 53
98 locals recommend
Amazing animal sanctuary that has rescued animals (lions, tigers, wolves, bears, foxes, other animals) from horrible conditions in zoos/circus/private owners from around the world. They educate visitors, give animals world class health care and great, open living spaces. It's $30/person and it's an awesome place to see animals in a natural and humane habitat.

Arts & Culture

240 locals recommend
Molly Brown House Museum
1340 Pennsylvania St
240 locals recommend
Great place to see a concert!
83 locals recommend
Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd
83 locals recommend
Great place to see a concert!
Denver Mint admission is free.
115 locals recommend
Denver Mint
115 locals recommend
Denver Mint admission is free.
There are a ton of art gallery's to check out. The first Friday of every month is free.
54 locals recommend
8z Real Estate Denver Art District
2809 Santa Fe Dr
54 locals recommend
There are a ton of art gallery's to check out. The first Friday of every month is free.
1094 locals recommend
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd
1094 locals recommend