If you’re getting into the city by train, your first introduction to a Denver breakfast might be Snooze, an A.M Eatery, a local institution with outposts throughout the state, including Union Station. It’s a great first impression for Denver’s breakfast scene, characterized by generous helpings of filling, golden-brown food, from corned beef hash to buttermilk pancakes.
But while we love that space, there are plenty of smaller restaurants putting out a great morning feast. Turns out, in the land of the hearty breakfast, Denver is an excellent place to wake up hungry. Eschewing the popular brunch spreads, here are the places to satisfy those morning cravings every day of the week.
Breakfast Queen
Presiding over the land of the hearty breakfast is Breakfast Queen, serving plates of food that just seem to hug you. Opened in its current iteration in 2005, Breakfast Queen is the kind of place where everybody seems to know each other, and maybe you too can be a regular.
Once seated, the diner is a great place to try green chili, which smothers many of the dishes offered. On the classic breakfast side, a full menu of omelets, skillets, Benedicts, and pancakes means there’s something filling for everyone. 3460 S. Broadway, Englewood, thebreakfastqueen.com
Fox and the Hen
While many restaurants serve green chili, few can say that theirs beat Bobby Flay, which is precisely what Fox and the Hen chef and co-founder Carrie Baird’s pork green chili huevos rancheros (dubbed Beat Bobby Flav-os) did in the spring of 2019…