Maria Empanada ★ 4.5
Maria Empanada in Denver is the South Broadway Argentine empanada counter since 2013, with $4 hand-folded beef, chicken and vegetable empanadas.
Try: Argentine empanadas
Denver Biscuit Company in Denver is the East Colfax Southern-biscuit counter since 2010, with the $11 Franklin biscuit sandwich and cinnamon-roll biscuit.
Address: 3237 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206
Maria Empanada in Denver is the South Broadway Argentine empanada counter since 2013, with $4 hand-folded beef, chicken and vegetable empanadas.
Try: Argentine empanadas
Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs in Denver is the Ballpark district hot-dog counter on Larimer, with elk, rattlesnake and reindeer sausage dogs under $14.
Try: Wild-game sausage on a bun
Santiago's in Denver is the Colorado-chain green chile breakfast burrito counter, the cheapest smothered burrito on Front Range menus with 30 metro locations.
Try: Green chile breakfast burrito
El Taco de Mexico in Denver is the Santa Fe Drive counter, a James Beard America's Classics-winning shop with $3 tacos and a $9 chile relleno plate.
Try: Lengua, tripa, cabeza tacos
Pete's Kitchen in Denver is the East Colfax 24-hour Greek-American diner since 1942, with green chile burritos, gyros and breakfast plates under $14.
Try: 24-hour Greek-American diner plates
Sam's No. 3 in Denver is the 1927 Greek-American diner downtown, with Denver omelets, smothered burritos, slopper burgers and a multi-page diner menu.
Try: Smothered Denver omelet