Game meat was a staple in the diet of frontiersmen and pioneers, but today, game meat is making its way onto restaurant menus. Look no further than the Rocky Mountains to find a game meat restaurant. If you are in Colorado and want to try dining on wild game, Denver offers a number of restaurants that feature authentic game meat as well as traditional fare.
This downtown restaurant is called \"Denver's Oldest Restaurant\" and \"Denver's Original Steakhouse.\" With one of the most extensive game menus anywhere, diners can choose from items like buffalo prime rib, elk, salmon, quail, game hen, alligator tail, rattlesnake and buffalo sausage. It is open for lunch Monday through Friday and for dinner every day, however, reservations are recommended.
Buckhorn Exchange Restaurant
1000 Osage Street
Denver, CO 80204
303-534-9505?
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Located in lower downtown Denver and close to the sports venues of Coors Field and the Pepsi Center, The Blake Street Vault can satisfy those wanting game meat with wild boar and buffalo sliders. Or try a wild game platter that contains pheasant, rattlesnake, venison, elk and duck sausages served with sauteed mushrooms and apricot compote. The restaurant is open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner, on Friday only for lunch, and is closed except for special events and private parties on Sunday and Monday.
Blake Street Vault
1526 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-825-9833
Biker Jim's specializes in sausages and bratwursts made from wild game. The owner boasts that the meat for his sausages is locally raised by artisan sausage makers and done so without hormones, antibiotics and nitrates. Elk, reindeer, wild boar and buffalo are just some of the notable wild game menu offerings.
Biker Jim's Dogs
16th Street and Arapahoe on Downtown Denver's 16th Street Mall
Denver, CO
303-550-8231
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