Santiago's ★ 4.2
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 breakfast burrito on every menu.
Try: Green chile breakfast 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.
Address: 1231 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO 80211
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 breakfast burrito on every menu.
Try: Green chile breakfast burrito
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 topped with kraut or chile.
Try: Wild-game sausages
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: Carne adovada burrito
Maria Empanada in Denver is Lorena Cantarovici's South Broadway empanada counter since 2013, an Argentine bakery-cafe with hand-folded beef, chicken and vegetable empanadas.
Try: Argentine empanadas
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 each week.
Try: Food truck rally (varies)
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 Tso's plates.
Try: Vegan Chinese-American food truck