12 editor picks in Denver.
Street food in Denver gathers around market stalls, hot-dog carts, and taqueria counters. Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs on Larimer Street built a name on its gourmet sausages, La Diabla Pozole y Mezcal works the same RiNo strip, and Linger in Highland plates a globe-spanning menu in a former mortuary.
12 street food places in Denver we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Denver · Street Food across every city.
Order The bison meatballs and the banh mi sliders; the room's name is a play on the Olinger neon sign upstairs.
Linger in Denver is Justin Cucci's rooftop global street food room in the old Olinger Mortuary in Highland, with a 360-degree city view and a small-plates.
Try Pozole rojo, verde and tacos al pastor
La Diabla Pozole y Mezcal in Denver is chef Jose Avila's Five Points pozoleria, a Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen with rojo, verde and black pozoles and tacos.
Try Lengua tacos and chile rellenos
El Taco de Mexico in Denver is the Santa Fe Drive Mexican counter since 1986, a James Beard America's Classics winner with cabeza, lengua and tripa tacos.
Try Smothered green chile burrito
Chubby's in Denver is the West Highland Mexican counter on 38th Avenue, a 1971 family-owned shop open until 3 am for the smothered burrito night-shift trade.
Try Green chile breakfast burrito
Santiago's in Denver is the Colorado chain Mexican counter, a Front Range green-chile fixture since 1991 with 30 Front Range locations and a smothered.
Try Wild-game sausages
Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs in Denver is the Ballpark district hot-dog counter on Larimer, with elk, rattlesnake, reindeer and other wild-game sausages.
Try Carne adovada burrito
Las Delicias in Denver is the Uptown Mexican counter and family room since 1974, with carne adovada burritos, chile rellenos and a Westword Best of nod.
Try Argentine empanadas
Maria Empanada in Denver is Lorena Cantarovici's South Broadway empanada counter since 2013, an Argentine bakery-cafe with hand-folded beef.
Try Food truck rally (varies)
Civic Center EATS in Denver is the Tuesday and Thursday food-truck rally on the Civic Center Park lawn, running May through October with 30 trucks rotating.
Try Vegan Chinese-American food truck
Wong Way Veg in Denver is Holly Wong's vegan Chinese-American food truck, a RiNo and Curtis Park rotating operation with vegan crab rangoon and General.
Try Breakfast burritos and street tacos
Taqueria La Familia in Denver is the Highland 32nd Avenue Mexican counter, a family-run taqueria with smothered breakfast burritos, asada and al pastor tacos.
Try Wild-game sausage on a bun
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.
