Stanley Marketplace
Explore 20-plus food spots at the booming Stanley Marketplace in Aurora and you’ll learn why it was voted best food hall in the Denver-metro area by readers of the Colorado Sun news outlet. You’ll find delicious offerings like fresh bagel breakfast sandwiches and matzo-ball soup under the same roof as hand-folded chicken-chimichurri empanadas. Annette is a must-try; Chef Caroline Glover, winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef, uses farm-to-table ingredients to craft locally sourced meals like pork tenderloin and chicken liver pâté with candied cherries.
Mango House
Mango House — a food court, grocery market and health-service center all in one — was established by immigrants and refugees to rejoice in the flavors of Asian, African and Middle Eastern cuisine. With plates such as fermented tea leaf salad and nan gyi dok (noodles swimming in a savory chicken-curry sauce, topped with crispy onion strings, a hard-boiled egg and cilantro), Urban Burma delivers big on Burmese and Asian-fusion delights.
Centennial
CoArk Collective Food Hall
Just south of Denver, Centennial’s CoArk Collective Food Hall is home to 10 eateries specializing in Korean street food. Notable mentions from Seoul Food’s menu include kimchi-dumpling ramen; Poke Island combines tender tuna with edamame, cucumber and seaweed sprinkles; and Bibim House creates bulgogi and glazed SPAM bibimap, chicken katsu and kimchi udon among other exquisite choices. Other offerings include tender, marinated beef-bulgogi sandwiches and Oreo-dusted cookie croffles (a heavenly mix of a croissant and a waffle).
Colorado Springs
Ivywild School
Colorado Springs’ Ivywild School, once an elementary school in the 1910s, is a testament to exemplary dining in unexpected places. Choose from five restaurants and four mixology masters, including a pub, barrel room and whiskey house. Principal’s Office — a bar whose name nods to the hall’s scholastic past — pours up refreshing drinks like the Extra Credit, a mix of tequila, South American rum and tart blood-orange juice. You can also savor house-smoked brisket from Bristol’s Spark Beer+BBQ, a crispy Detroit-style pizza at Decent Pizza Co. or hoagie sandwiches topped with melted provolone at Salad or Bust.
CO.A.T.I.
CO.A.T.I. flaunts sensational cuisine from around the country. Ephemera, owned by Executive Chef Ian Dedrickson (formerly sous chef of famed Four by Brother Luck, a James Beard Foundation Best Chef winner), provides a seven-course feast from a seasonal menu, along with sommelier-curated wine-pairing suggestions. Past dishes have included creamy corn bisque and Japanese green tea-rubbed pork ribs. Other options at CO.A.T.I. include Spam musubi (the immaculate combo of rice, Spam and crunchy seaweed) from Haole Hawaiian Grindz, fried catfish from Luchals and house-curated drinks from Rival Bar.
Pueblo
Fuel & Iron Food Hall
An homage to Pueblo’s rich steel-industry history, Fuel & Iron Food Hall serves up delectables from six restaurants. The Hungry Buffalo packs a southern-Colorado punch with bison burgers, cheesesteak, pastrami on rye, French dip and more. In the mood for something else? Pick up plant-based stews, tacos and sandwiches and satisfy your sweet tooth with giant brioche donuts.
Durango
11th Street Station
An outdoor congregation of restaurants and food trucks concocting herb-flecked french fries, grapefruit or ginger-infused cocktails, hot coffee and freshly squeezed juices awaits you at 11th Street Station in Durango. Chefs use the best of seasonal and local ingredients for meals like hearty pizza (check out The Box’s Mesa Verde pie, topped with green chili, sausage and fontina cheese) and plates packed with lamb and pork meatballs, wild rice, arugula and chickpeas at Avalanche Bowl Company.
Silverthorne
Bluebird Market Hall
The Bluebird Market Hall in Silverthorne — located near top ski destinations like Breckenridge and Copper Mountain — has all you need to round out a day in the mountains. At this prize-winning food hall, you can listen to live music while browsing for fruit-filled pastries at Colorado Marketplace & Bakery. The smell of steamy, savory pockets of goodness and chimichurri sauce will beckon your nostrils to Lazo Empanadas, and elk, bison and salmon burgers from Chef Daddy will fuel you up for adventure.
Craig
Warehouse Food Hall
This tiny-but-mighty Craig food hall provides small-town comfort through their cafeteria, full bar and coffeehouse. Cozy up under Warehouse’s bistro lights as you sample fried cheese curds from Warehouse Grill, brisket flatbread from Super Slice or caprese pesto from Pasta Delight. Indoor lawn games, a thriving events calendar and live music from local artists supply heaps of fun with these mouthwatering bites.
Fort Collins
The Exchange
The Exchange, known for its eccentric shipping-container design, offers more than just food in a quaint downtown Fort Collins square. Sip on a few of Blanchard Family Wines’ Colorado reds, whites or rosés at their tasting room before checking out The Exchange’s food. From Vatos Tacos + Tequila’s coconut-fried shrimp tacos topped with mango salsa to vegan salted-Oreo scoops and other rotating flavors at Old Town Churn Ice Cream, 18 eateries prepare tantalizing lunch, dinner, dessert and drink choices. Challenge friends to a game of cornhole or relax on the grass to soak in the laid-back atmosphere of this college town.
Boulder
Avanti Food & Beverage
At Avanti Food & Beverage in Boulder, you’ll find everything from fresh falafel at Boychik to eggplant Parmesan sandwiches with polenta fries from Mangia Panino. Acclaimed Chef Nicholas Kayser brings his culinary expertise from Hong Kong, New York City and Las Vegas to Colorado, creating wagyu-beef burgers adorned with caramelized onions and goat cheese at Rooted Craft Kitchen, a restaurant supporting local Boulder farms. Avanti also has another location in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood.
Rosetta Hall
International cuisine thrives at Rosetta Hall, an energetic space presenting live tunes, nine food outlets and two bars. While menus change regularly to highlight the best local ingredients available, Rosetta chefs tirelessly whip up Indian, Latin American, Chinese, European, American, Thai and Middle Eastern fare all in one welcoming place. Try Chiang Mai’s pad thai garnished with chili and crunchy daikon radish, indulge in beet labneh and all the shwarmas from Amira and revel in French crullers — delicate, twisted doughnuts glazed in vanilla-bean icing — from Petite Fleur.
Golden
Golden Mill
At the award-winning Golden Mill, you can dig into a quesadilla packed with birria beef from Tacos al Chile or snag a New Zealand-style ice cream (a divine blend of sweet cream and real fruit) from Happy Cones Co. Have a seat at the outdoor patio, complete with the up-close foothill views quintessential of Golden, as you enjoy your meal. Golden Mill also has a serve-yourself beer wall to keep your thirst quenched and your spirits high.
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