The 16th Street Mall in Downtown Denver is a prime location for shopping, dining and entertainment. The 16-block street is within walking distance to many of the Denver attractions, including Union Station, Coors Field, the Denver Performing Arts Complex and the Denver Pavilion. While you are enjoying the sights and sounds of the pedestrian mall, be sure to stop in at one of the many restaurants to fill up and enjoy time with friends or family.
A quintessential cafe, this 16th Street Mall restaurant serves American food in a casual setting. A winner of the Diner's Choice from OpenTable.com, Rialto Cafe also has patio dining, making it an ideal choice to enjoy a meal in the warmer months. Rialto Cafe serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as a happy hour.
Stop in for lunch and enjoy such menu items as a Colorado bison burger, chicken pot pie or Cuban pork sandwich. The dinner menu includes petit filet mignon, bacon-wrapped shrimp or Kobe beef burgers.
For those who love Cajun and Creole food, Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe is an ideal spot to stop for lunch or dinner before heading to a baseball game or the theater. Located in a historic building on the pedestrian mall, Gumbo's is decked out in paintings of jazz musicians and exposed brick walls for a contemporary, yet Southern vibe.
For lunch, the menu offers dishes such as chicken and sausage gumbo, blackened catfish salad or shrimp and crawfish pasta. For those who don't want seafood, there is blackened beef tenderloin, grilled pork chops and blackened chicken. The dinner menu offers selections like seafood jambalaya, crab meat gumbo, shrimp Creole, chicken Dixie or pistachio crusted mahi. Finish off dinner with South Louisiana bread pudding or New Orleans custard.
When your in Downtown Denver, one place to visit is Dixons Downtown Grill, which serves American food. The restaurant is located in a historic building, complete with mission art and crafts style architecture. Dixon's serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, making it an ideal choice to visit any time of the day.
For breakfast, try menu items like the green chili or Denver omelet. For lunch and dinner, the menu offers Aztec chicken off of the Southwestern menu selection, sage chicken breast, center cut rib eye or pan-seared salmon.
