By Kiley Mitchell
Denver, Colorado, is a unique city with a vast amount of entertainment, culture and recreation for those visiting. While exploring the city you'll find great shopping, exquisite dining and a selection of state parks that offer hiking and biking. Denver has a variety of popular restaurants to choose from during your stay, and you can find top-notch establishments that serve buffalo in the Denver area.
The Buckhorn Exchange
Just five minutes from downtown Denver, The Buckhorn Exchange is a popular spot among residents and visitors of the area. As a steak house, the restaurant serves a wide range of quality and fresh buffalo dishes including a buffalo tenderloin steak and a buffalo prime rib. It also offers elk, Cornish hen, quail, lamb, ribs and salmon to its customers. Dinners include a choice of mashed potatoes, baked beans, baked potatoes, wild rice or Saratoga chips. Soup or salad also comes with dinner. The restaurant has a casual family friendly atmosphere. Most lunches are under $20 per person, and most dinners are under $50.
The Buckhorn Exchange
1000 Osage St.
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 534-9505
Buckhornexchange.com
1515 Restaurant
When dining at the 1515 Restaurant, you'll enjoy American cuisine in an elegant atmosphere. Using organic ingredients from its rooftop greenhouse and fresh local meats, the restaurant serves buffalo dishes and a variety of other favorites. The dinner menu includes a buffalo strip loin that is served with apple and sweet potato gnocchi, artichokes, carrots, slipper lobster and bordelaise sauce. Seared red snapper, risotto and black cod are also popular items on the dinner menu. For lunch, the establishment offers dishes like rock shrimp gnocchi, a Kobe beef burger and an organic chicken burger. Choose from over 400 fine wines to match your entrée while dining at 1515. Most dinners at are under $30 and most lunches are under $20.
1515 Restaurant
1515 Market St.
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 571-0011
1515restaurant.com
Rocky Mountain Diner
For 20 years Denver citizens have been frequenting the Rocky Mountain Diner for its great food and wide selection of bourbon. Designed to resemble a historic diner, the restaurant boasts a laid-back atmosphere with a friendly feel. Buffalo items on the menu include the RMD Buffalo Burger, and the buffalo meatloaf served with mashed potatoes, brown onion gravy and vegetables. Other popular items on the menu include the Campfire Rocky Mountain Rainbow Trout, the crispy fried catfish and the pan fried chicken. The diner also has a full bar with a wide selection of bourbon. Most meals at the establishment are under $20.
Rocky Mountain Diner
800 18th St.
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 293-8383
Rockymountaindiner.com
The Fort
Those visiting The Fort in the southwestern part of Denver will find an award-winning establishment with a wide selection of traditional dishes featuring a modern twist. As one of the most popular buffalo steak restaurants in the country, The Fort serves dishes such as a buffalo tenderloin filet mignon, buffalo New York strip steak, buffalo ribs and prime rib of buffalo. Other dishes include elk chops, sirloin steak, and steak and eggs. Most entrees range between $22 and $52. The Fort is an elegant dining establishment fewer than 20 miles from downtown Denver and takes reservations.
The Fort
19192 Highway 8
Morrison, CO 80465
(303) 697-4771
Thefort.com
About the Author:
Residing in Nashville, Tenn., Kiley Mitchell has been writing topical articles and SEO copy since 2002. He has done work for the Wyndham hotel chains and has written about topics including travel, music, online marketing, business, health and literature. Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University in Bloomington.
