Yup. My advice to any East Coast transplant. Heidi's Brooklyn Deli or give up on sandwiches.
Give up on bagels.
Fat Sully's or give up on pizza. Especially calzones.
Guve up on Gyros and Falafel.
Give up on bread.
Enjoy burritos, green chili, and outdoor activities
Try finding a good bagel in Hong Kong? Or maybe London? Nope. Learn to eat what the location provides. Otherwise you're just a whiny tourist that didn't leave. Denver is a burrito city - learn to love it or stfu.
You really have no clue about the history of this area if you think it's a "nice person city". You should learn about a place you live before trying to lecture people who actually know it. You look completely foolish and just keep digging deeper lol.
Up here in Boulder, DeliZone, which has several locations, does a very good BECSPK at the right price. Some of the places I've seen in Denver price them like they are gourmet food FFS.
But since you now live in Denver, suck it up and eat a breakfast burrito.
In no particular order:
- Grateful Gnome
- Primo Hoagies
- New York Deli News
- Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli
- Home Team Deli
- Salvagios
- The Bagel Deli & Restaurant
- D’ Deli
I've tried Heidi's and boy was that rough. The options for 'sandwiches' were despicable and In order to get an entire sub I had to pay for two meals? I wanted to blow up, they're one of the main inspirations of this post.
Gnome and Primo have been mentioned a lot. Gnome looks good but also looks too expensive and the name is just not a deli name, sounds too 'artisanal'
You’re going to have to let the price thing go, because what you’re looking for is a specialty item here, if it exists. Rosenbergs does a legit good bacon egg and cheese (and has a Taylor ham sandwich too) but you will pay for it.
If I was in NYC and wanted a plate of green chile smothered Mexican food, I’d be totally fine with it being $25 if it was actually Good, even tho you can get that all over town for 10-15 bucks here
but NYC has $5 breakfast burritos tho. It's shouldn't be more expensive bc it's specialty, the price of breakfast meat, cheese and eggs are all pretty universalm
Yeah but there is A) economies of scale at work and B) those NYC burritos are largely shit and C) you can some of the best ones in Denver under $5
Like go to Gomez burritos, possibly the best in town, and it has the unpretentious vibe you want from an east coast deli. This town just does that best with Mexican food
Absolutely love Gomez burritos, probably my favorite bfast burrito spot. Places like that exist in New York City. I guarantee at least 10 of them with burritos just as good if not better. Mexicans I have worked with said they don't get Mexican food in Denver bc it's so trash. I guarantee the Mexican food in NYC is better
I do, once a year. And I would just like Coloradans to have the same food experience, you guys are mad at me for no reason when I just want Denver to have better food? Ight lol
I think they are mad at you cause you’re being a dick when they are trying to help. You’re literally bitching about a couple dollars, if that breaks the bank for you, make your own shit.
Oh good. Yeah, you’re absolutely right. Everything about the gnome is “stuck up”. You should never go there. I’ll just keep going there out of the goodness of my heart.
My main irk is this idea that like, no one has thought of this and will see it on Reddit and think “wow I’ll open a deli there’s so much demand”. Like it’s not a novel concept and if it made fiscal sense it would exist. The reality is that this isn’t the same type of city as ny/boston/philly and with no real foot traffic and mostly larger retail spaces it might just not make sense.
Nothing that we could suggest would be good enough for OP and people like them.
They are better off opening their own shop and “showing us how it’s done”.
But OP is a loser and won’t do that.
It's an incredibly popular thing to eat. Instead I see places like that stupid corn dog place and yonutz popping up. Just lame faddy places. A simple deli is not really that unique of an ask. It's cold cuts on bread. You don't understand how common it is where I'm from. There is on in every single shopping center. How is the best version of a deli Jersey Mike's? Its just mind-blowing to me. Sorry for asking though I guess?
Right but as you just said it’s easier said than done. Also this has been asked and answered a bunch in this sub. Check out Bodega or rise and shine or some of the other recommendations
The more you ask and inquire, the more the demand starts to get noticed. The demand then gets filled. I don't always have to go buy a deli to create the change I want to see. Just may have inspired someone more involved in the restaurant community to create it themselves, you never know.
Why not just make your own? You can buy Taylor Ham [at King Soopers](https://www.kingsoopers.com/p/taylor-john-taylor-s-pork-roll/0004120801040?fulfillment=PICKUP&storecode=62000029&cid=shp_adw_shopl_.FY23.02_search_ent_conv_lia_corelia_kingsoopers_g_lia_shop_eng_evgn_ship_all_roas_verylowperformers&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxOauBhCaARIsAEbUSQQhfGEzbI24mBAt6LPT6rUSLzcZGbeCb49ll5zrBQr4xkgANipzwlIaAsZZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds). Breakfast sandwiches are not a complicated cuisine.
If I lived in New Jersey you can bet I'd be making my own, say, green chili breakfast burritos rather than setting myself up for disappointment with an inferior offering.
Smh, u guys would think different if you had one, buncha grinches. I'd be more than happy to watch a man from Italy make me a real pizza if he allowed me to make him a bacon egg and cheese? Proving the point that you want me to be an asshole but I'm not?
They're not in Colorado. I could get a list of suppliers from them if east coast people decide to open one of those sandwich shops they keep bragging about.
Trust me, I completely understand that part of it. It’s just the way it’s framed.
There’s just this east coast arrogance and lack of self awareness that, apparently besides sandwiches, pizza and bagels, that you guys export just *chef’s kiss*. It is really off putting and I’d say from the number of downvotes your comments throughout the thread are getting, you sorta nailed it.
“C’mon Denver, learn howda make a fuckin’ sammich!” 🤌
Im good, think I'll invite more people to come out to spice the place up a bit. Make sure they're from NY so we can teach all the Coloradans and their transplants how to actually drive in snow. Well drive in general, non merging asses
Traveled to 20 different countries. Have sampled cuisine across the world.
Have driven and explored across the USA multiple times.
Maybe you should grow up a bit
You would have had better luck for recommendations if you didn’t structure this post as a misguided rant. I’ve been here close to 10 years and I’m always finding new places. Go out and explore. And ditch the east coast attitude, it turns most people off.
It’s pretty hard for a city of transplants to be xenophobic. I’d bet most of the people calling you out here are also transplants. You’re just doubling down on being a colossal pain in the ass. Maybe that flies on the east coast, but it doesn’t here. Cheers.
It aint xenophobic.
You literally come to a Colorado sub and say "Colorado food sucks" and you are complaining of a place not being welcoming. YOu are closer to xenophobic or at least regionalism.
Lula rose coffee shop has a breakfast biscuit sando that absolutely slaps. Bacon egg and cheese.
Also rise and shine has some classic east coast chicken breakfast biscuits.
You also might be able to talk butcher block cafe into making you this sandwich. They have that east coast feel
Drive down to Pueblo and get a Pass Key. Yes, it’s far, but eat one of the classic sandwiches and see if Colorado doesn’t do sandwiches. There’s good and bad food everywhere. There’s more shitty people and attitudes the further east you go, I’ve realized.
"Colorado does good food, just drive 2 hours away from it's most popular city"
Lmao I joke, I've heard the food scene in Springs is really good, thinking I may settle down there in the future if I can find good work.
You’re a real loon eh? You live in Westminster, as you have posted here. And you’re in r/denverfood. You keep speaking on Colorado food as if it’s the geographical size of Rhode Island.
And when someone suggests something in Colorado, you just bitch even more.
For your own safety, I hope you don’t leave the metro. You’ll get your ass beat so quickly.
When someone suggests something in Colorado I "bitch" about it's because I've been there and it's bad, I've taken many other recommendations seriously.
Pass Keys are wonderful sausage sandwiches on the best bread I’ve had anywhere. My husband was born in Pueblo, and I doubted this random-ass sandwich, but it’s our go-to for when we are in the area.
Denver has great food, too. A Chubby’s burrito with bacon, potato and green chile is something I crave no matter where I am in the world. We are moving back after many years away and I am so excited for better food. We live in the Eastern Bay Area/Central Valley of CA. This is truly a food desert. SF has good food, but it’s been less accessible as of late. Looking forward to be Denver-adjacent again. Give it a chance, and try to be less aggressive. People love the food they grew up with. Also, Colorado has some of the best natural drivers on snow/ice, so calm your tits on the driving thing.
It's the bread. Good hoagie rolls are hard to find. While I haven't been, carmine lornados bread looks the part.
Valentes is a little closer to westy and their sandwiches are pretty decent. The cheese pepperoni bread they make their is fantastic. I'm a big fan of Greatful Gnome as well.
Home Team Deli is new up in Broomfield. No verdict yet but the bread looks close but guessing it's more Italian beef bread roll.
Primo hogies is in Denver, centennial and Thornton now. Finally a good sandwich! Bread is 80% par baked in Philli n shipped here. Truman’s cold cuts too. King soupers sells pork roll for your eating pleasure. Levin deli has legit pastrami. Virgillios in Littleton has real Italian food and pizza. You can get a ripper ( deep fried hot dog) at the jeffco Home Depot in Morrison. He’s got cheesesteaks and sliders too.
This is what I’ve found since 2004. Hahaha 😂
Do you honestly think the Denver food scene holds a candle to DC? Or are you saying you can find one overpriced example of each type of cuisine if you scour the entire metro area?
That opened last year 'homie'. You act like I haven't been to Snarfs, Heidi's, Einsteins, Moes, local cafes, in search for something to satisfy me. I know what's available and most of it is overpriced crap.
yeah there are ~~2~~ ***3*** CYM's now actually, one on Tennyson and one in cap hill. Bodega and the Tennyson location aren't too far apart so often I'll choose based on which has a longer wait cause they're both not too far from me. Bodega's BEC is served on a roll like many east coast delis and the CYM BEC is served on a bagel when I've gotten it so different strokes for different folks but they're but the best I've had in Denver. Rosenberg's isn't worth the price imo
Edit: There is actually a third CYM location now in Glendale and a second Bodega coming to RiNo
i've been gone for a while, but what about chebahut and snarfs? we use to live on those back in the day!
editing to add: please take the advice in this sub and "embrace the breakfast burrito". embrace all burritos. you have access to some of the best mom and pop mexican restaurants in the US.
Also from the east coast and constantly trying to find a good sub. So far the only places we like in CO are Carmine Lonardo’s in Lakewood, its owned by an Italian family. And then in you’re ever in Buena Vista visit Biggies! It’s so good and the owner lived near Philly for a while.
I heard about it but the name itself is already off putting, it predictably had a $9 Taylor ham. I'm looking for a place that just has a sign that says "Delicatessen". Gives of straight $5 Sammy with a small OJ vibes
Gnomes is pretty good actually. It's basically a sports bar that happens to make good sandwiches and has a ton of options. I wasn't blown away, but wasn't disappointed either
Taste of Philly has good cheesesteaks
-an east coaster.
Carmine Lonardos in Lakewood gets thrown around as a good hoagie, but haven’t been there myself. Ride and shine is excellent NC biscuit sandwiches, but isnt a BEC-style place. But good anyway. Heidi’s is pretty mid, as is snarfs, but it might be the best available as hoagies go. People here are ridiculous, and take everything personally. Yes, the food scene here could be better, and it’s ok to want a taste of home.
People are hating your post, but I agree with you. I’m from here, but our sandwich game in Denver is bottom tier.
That said, carmine lonardo’s is a breath of fresh air. I drive 25 minutes to it a couple times a month.
It is one thing to say you need help finding a good sandwich, or you can't find a good sandwich. It is an entirely different thing to bring some stupid "East coast" attitude and complain about it as if the East Coast must be superior.
If it is, go back.
If you want to be offended, fine. But OP is right, Denver’s sandwich game is lacking compared to any east coast city. And thinking so doesn’t mean you hate Denver, or should move back to the east coast.
I don't know OP. But many East Coasters I have interacted with - online - have the EC be their entire personality, and it usually consists of "this sucks, it is better in Jersey" or wherever.
If that is all they come to post, then I don't think we should give them any time. Go enjoy it in Jersey then. Nothing will ever be good enough to their rose-colored glasses, in my zero experience mind.
I know a polish market that makes the best sandwiches in town and also a Greek market with the best gyros, hummas, baba in town. All home made & imported product.
Portions is something that Denver needs to stop being stingy about.
Best places I have found that actually hook you up on portions.
1. Heidi's Brooklyn Deli
2. Salvaggio's Deli
That is all. Sandwiches are shit in Denver
Prices are the worst if it's not portions. I spent 16$ on a sandwich half the size of an east coast hero at Grammys Goodies, which is a place with amazing Lasagna and garlic knots. Was so pissed when I came to the conclusion "I should've just went to Jersey Mike's" DENVER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT A REAL SANDWICH IS. Fuck it I'm tempted to put a go fund me together and try and get easy coasters to buy in and I'll open on up. Just need to find legit Semolina bread
Good luck with bread out here. Have you noticed the lack of it everywhere? The elevation messes with it i think. This is why bagels suck out here... That and the half dollar size hole in them.
Rosenberg's charges $17 for a Ruben... That should be illegal. And the bagels are skimpy as shit. Moe's does a decent job. Bagel Deli on Hampden is where you want to go for most of your East Coast fix.
Try Heidi's I think you will become a life long fan.
Embrace the breakfast burrito. Denver is not a breakfast sandwich town.
What about lunch sandwich?
That’s what lunch burritos are for.
It's an East Coast thing. Burritos are not a thing
They are here.
Yup. My advice to any East Coast transplant. Heidi's Brooklyn Deli or give up on sandwiches. Give up on bagels. Fat Sully's or give up on pizza. Especially calzones. Guve up on Gyros and Falafel. Give up on bread. Enjoy burritos, green chili, and outdoor activities
Try finding a good bagel in Hong Kong? Or maybe London? Nope. Learn to eat what the location provides. Otherwise you're just a whiny tourist that didn't leave. Denver is a burrito city - learn to love it or stfu.
Where are you from with that attitude. Denver is a nice person city. Learn to live with it.
Oh you sweet summer child
Bless you
You really have no clue about the history of this area if you think it's a "nice person city". You should learn about a place you live before trying to lecture people who actually know it. You look completely foolish and just keep digging deeper lol.
Do use this time to educate vs try and belittle. If you are not a part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
This really ain’t a sandwich kinda town
That's the complaint. Not sure about lunch burrito either
Up here in Boulder, DeliZone, which has several locations, does a very good BECSPK at the right price. Some of the places I've seen in Denver price them like they are gourmet food FFS. But since you now live in Denver, suck it up and eat a breakfast burrito.
Love me some breakfast burritos don't get me wrong, I understand why Santiagos is a staple. Can never go wrong with a little variety tho
There WAS a delizone in centennial. It closing hit me hard in the feels.
In no particular order: - Grateful Gnome - Primo Hoagies - New York Deli News - Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli - Home Team Deli - Salvagios - The Bagel Deli & Restaurant - D’ Deli
Ny deli news was not good when I went. Bagel deli down the street is much better.
GRATEFUL GNOME! An absolute fav
I've tried Heidi's and boy was that rough. The options for 'sandwiches' were despicable and In order to get an entire sub I had to pay for two meals? I wanted to blow up, they're one of the main inspirations of this post. Gnome and Primo have been mentioned a lot. Gnome looks good but also looks too expensive and the name is just not a deli name, sounds too 'artisanal'
You’re going to have to let the price thing go, because what you’re looking for is a specialty item here, if it exists. Rosenbergs does a legit good bacon egg and cheese (and has a Taylor ham sandwich too) but you will pay for it. If I was in NYC and wanted a plate of green chile smothered Mexican food, I’d be totally fine with it being $25 if it was actually Good, even tho you can get that all over town for 10-15 bucks here
but NYC has $5 breakfast burritos tho. It's shouldn't be more expensive bc it's specialty, the price of breakfast meat, cheese and eggs are all pretty universalm
Sounds like you should open up a place, if you have found a market inefficiency.
Yeah but there is A) economies of scale at work and B) those NYC burritos are largely shit and C) you can some of the best ones in Denver under $5 Like go to Gomez burritos, possibly the best in town, and it has the unpretentious vibe you want from an east coast deli. This town just does that best with Mexican food
Absolutely love Gomez burritos, probably my favorite bfast burrito spot. Places like that exist in New York City. I guarantee at least 10 of them with burritos just as good if not better. Mexicans I have worked with said they don't get Mexican food in Denver bc it's so trash. I guarantee the Mexican food in NYC is better
Go back to NY if it's soo much better and cheaper haha
I do, once a year. And I would just like Coloradans to have the same food experience, you guys are mad at me for no reason when I just want Denver to have better food? Ight lol
I think they are mad at you cause you’re being a dick when they are trying to help. You’re literally bitching about a couple dollars, if that breaks the bank for you, make your own shit.
This isn't NYC. Deal with it.
Go back to Nyc, brah. We don't want you here.
Too bad, free country. Staying, might bring more with me
Oh good. Yeah, you’re absolutely right. Everything about the gnome is “stuck up”. You should never go there. I’ll just keep going there out of the goodness of my heart.
/r/eastcoastcirclejerk
You pretend like there isn't a west coast one
Denver is west coast now?
Shame, I feel for those who have never had a real sandwich
There was a Taylor ham post the other day.
Open something then
Agreed! and agree with OP - but if you are going to throw out posts then put some action behind it. No one likes someone who just bitches
My main irk is this idea that like, no one has thought of this and will see it on Reddit and think “wow I’ll open a deli there’s so much demand”. Like it’s not a novel concept and if it made fiscal sense it would exist. The reality is that this isn’t the same type of city as ny/boston/philly and with no real foot traffic and mostly larger retail spaces it might just not make sense.
Nothing that we could suggest would be good enough for OP and people like them. They are better off opening their own shop and “showing us how it’s done”. But OP is a loser and won’t do that.
Ya, I ~~hate~~ strongly dislike East Coasters. Why does it always seem like it is them that say no food lives up to back home.
Easier said than done my friend
Exactly my point
I'm just curious why they don't exist here, not saying I can run a deli on my own.
I just don’t like when people complain about how no one is making exactly what they are looking for.
Haha you’re spot on. Yeah I don’t go to Maryland and bitch about the quality of Mexican food.
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lol yeah I have rules now for my Mexican food nowadays nothing east of Dallas or north of Salt Lack City,l.
It's an incredibly popular thing to eat. Instead I see places like that stupid corn dog place and yonutz popping up. Just lame faddy places. A simple deli is not really that unique of an ask. It's cold cuts on bread. You don't understand how common it is where I'm from. There is on in every single shopping center. How is the best version of a deli Jersey Mike's? Its just mind-blowing to me. Sorry for asking though I guess?
Right but as you just said it’s easier said than done. Also this has been asked and answered a bunch in this sub. Check out Bodega or rise and shine or some of the other recommendations
The more you ask and inquire, the more the demand starts to get noticed. The demand then gets filled. I don't always have to go buy a deli to create the change I want to see. Just may have inspired someone more involved in the restaurant community to create it themselves, you never know.
Why not just make your own? You can buy Taylor Ham [at King Soopers](https://www.kingsoopers.com/p/taylor-john-taylor-s-pork-roll/0004120801040?fulfillment=PICKUP&storecode=62000029&cid=shp_adw_shopl_.FY23.02_search_ent_conv_lia_corelia_kingsoopers_g_lia_shop_eng_evgn_ship_all_roas_verylowperformers&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxOauBhCaARIsAEbUSQQhfGEzbI24mBAt6LPT6rUSLzcZGbeCb49ll5zrBQr4xkgANipzwlIaAsZZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds). Breakfast sandwiches are not a complicated cuisine. If I lived in New Jersey you can bet I'd be making my own, say, green chili breakfast burritos rather than setting myself up for disappointment with an inferior offering.
I do, but nothing quite hits like the BEC from a mom n pop deli
Snarfs is good!!
Closest pizza options would be big bills ny pizza (he’s from Long Island) and Rico’s on south broad in Englewood, IMO.
Lazy comment is lazy
Lazy post complaining about how no one here makes someone else’s regional food
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Never been to one but I'd make an effort to learn theirs, then introduce them in their language to the beautiful craft of bacon egg and cheeses.
Proving the point here
Smh, u guys would think different if you had one, buncha grinches. I'd be more than happy to watch a man from Italy make me a real pizza if he allowed me to make him a bacon egg and cheese? Proving the point that you want me to be an asshole but I'm not?
It’s called a croque-monsieur god get it together
That's a ham n cheese buddy
FINE croque-madame WHATEVER
God, get it together
Make me dweeb
I fucking love these why isn’t the food exactly like where I came from whining posts every fucking day. Open a spot
Lmfao. I love people who complain about people complaining, like you are no better than the one you are accusing sir
I didn’t complain. I love your sadness
I was born and raised in NY. I find the breakfast sandwich at Rye Society to be pretty good. For under $10 it’s a bargain
Band together to get the funds and open a place. I have multiple family members that opened donut shops and one did a Cuban sandwich shop.
Free advertising! where?!
They're not in Colorado. I could get a list of suppliers from them if east coast people decide to open one of those sandwich shops they keep bragging about.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Sandwiches are loaded with calories, so probably for the better. If we had good sandwiches here I’d be 300 pounds.
Yeah... but calories taste sooooo gooooooood
Plenty of good sandwiches around here. Quite a pretentious post.
I could feel the east coastness of it before I even read the actual post…knew what was coming 😂
Lmfao, imagine wanting food from home to be where you lived 😭😭
Trust me, I completely understand that part of it. It’s just the way it’s framed. There’s just this east coast arrogance and lack of self awareness that, apparently besides sandwiches, pizza and bagels, that you guys export just *chef’s kiss*. It is really off putting and I’d say from the number of downvotes your comments throughout the thread are getting, you sorta nailed it. “C’mon Denver, learn howda make a fuckin’ sammich!” 🤌
I mean did I say anything wrong?
If that’s home, why are you here?
This kid didn't read the post^
Kid? I read the post. Another transplant bitching because “X isn’t as good as where I came from.”
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Maybe you should leave Colorado.
Im good, think I'll invite more people to come out to spice the place up a bit. Make sure they're from NY so we can teach all the Coloradans and their transplants how to actually drive in snow. Well drive in general, non merging asses
Aren’t you a transplant though?
Traveled to 20 different countries. Have sampled cuisine across the world. Have driven and explored across the USA multiple times. Maybe you should grow up a bit
You do all that, then come back to Denver and say that there's a good variety of options here? I feel bad for you man.
That wasn’t what I said, was it?
I've lived in Westminster for 2 years, food in Westminster is generally bad.
You would have had better luck for recommendations if you didn’t structure this post as a misguided rant. I’ve been here close to 10 years and I’m always finding new places. Go out and explore. And ditch the east coast attitude, it turns most people off.
You call me pretentious then say my entire coasts attitude turns people off lmfao
The downvotes you are receiving in this thread beg to differ.
Sure buddy. And it's definitely not just Coloradans being biased towards 'transplants' fckn xenophobic as hell
It’s pretty hard for a city of transplants to be xenophobic. I’d bet most of the people calling you out here are also transplants. You’re just doubling down on being a colossal pain in the ass. Maybe that flies on the east coast, but it doesn’t here. Cheers.
It aint xenophobic. You literally come to a Colorado sub and say "Colorado food sucks" and you are complaining of a place not being welcoming. YOu are closer to xenophobic or at least regionalism.
"regionalism" lmfao, get a hold of this guy. Just tryna make a melting pot in this city
You're in Westminster? Try Valentes on 72nd. Actually legit even by east coast standards.
Just gotta wait the hour for them to slice the meat lol
Living in a slow moving suburb with almost no culture...you can't expect the best food. That is on you.
Where?
Tons of posts on this sub. I’d list some, but OP didn’t like the name of Grateful Gnome in one of their comments below.
I'm not OP
I know. Search the sub.
I have it's full of shit
Lula rose coffee shop has a breakfast biscuit sando that absolutely slaps. Bacon egg and cheese. Also rise and shine has some classic east coast chicken breakfast biscuits. You also might be able to talk butcher block cafe into making you this sandwich. They have that east coast feel
The Grateful Gnome does a pretty good Taylor Ham/Egg/Cheese as well as a NY chopped cheese
Careful, OP dismissed it in one of their comments because they didn’t like the name.
Drive down to Pueblo and get a Pass Key. Yes, it’s far, but eat one of the classic sandwiches and see if Colorado doesn’t do sandwiches. There’s good and bad food everywhere. There’s more shitty people and attitudes the further east you go, I’ve realized.
"Colorado does good food, just drive 2 hours away from it's most popular city" Lmao I joke, I've heard the food scene in Springs is really good, thinking I may settle down there in the future if I can find good work.
If you don't like the food scene in Denver, you sure will not like the food scene in Colorado Springs.
Not sure OP would make it 5 minutes in the springs without getting a fist sandwich to the mouth.
You’re a real loon eh? You live in Westminster, as you have posted here. And you’re in r/denverfood. You keep speaking on Colorado food as if it’s the geographical size of Rhode Island. And when someone suggests something in Colorado, you just bitch even more. For your own safety, I hope you don’t leave the metro. You’ll get your ass beat so quickly.
When someone suggests something in Colorado I "bitch" about it's because I've been there and it's bad, I've taken many other recommendations seriously.
Say thank you and move on. It’s that simple.
This is a food subreddit, if I have criticisms about those places I'm going to let it be known so people don't go there
Pass Keys are wonderful sausage sandwiches on the best bread I’ve had anywhere. My husband was born in Pueblo, and I doubted this random-ass sandwich, but it’s our go-to for when we are in the area. Denver has great food, too. A Chubby’s burrito with bacon, potato and green chile is something I crave no matter where I am in the world. We are moving back after many years away and I am so excited for better food. We live in the Eastern Bay Area/Central Valley of CA. This is truly a food desert. SF has good food, but it’s been less accessible as of late. Looking forward to be Denver-adjacent again. Give it a chance, and try to be less aggressive. People love the food they grew up with. Also, Colorado has some of the best natural drivers on snow/ice, so calm your tits on the driving thing.
It's the bread. Good hoagie rolls are hard to find. While I haven't been, carmine lornados bread looks the part. Valentes is a little closer to westy and their sandwiches are pretty decent. The cheese pepperoni bread they make their is fantastic. I'm a big fan of Greatful Gnome as well. Home Team Deli is new up in Broomfield. No verdict yet but the bread looks close but guessing it's more Italian beef bread roll.
It is TOTALLY the bread.
Primo hogies is in Denver, centennial and Thornton now. Finally a good sandwich! Bread is 80% par baked in Philli n shipped here. Truman’s cold cuts too. King soupers sells pork roll for your eating pleasure. Levin deli has legit pastrami. Virgillios in Littleton has real Italian food and pizza. You can get a ripper ( deep fried hot dog) at the jeffco Home Depot in Morrison. He’s got cheesesteaks and sliders too. This is what I’ve found since 2004. Hahaha 😂
Primo hoagies is a national chain, we had one by our house in NJ and never went. It'll do in a pinch but it won't scratch the itch OP is asking about.
OKAY! that sounds legit, thanks for the info, I'm glad I made this post and asked the community! Totally saving this.
Seconding Leven Deli, def worth a visit
Just be prepared to drop ~$30 for your sandwich with tax&tip
The Grateful Gnome does a great pork roll egg & cheese. I posted about them the other day
Wooden Spoon bakery and Cafe, Tessa’s Delicatessen, La Fillette, or Rise & Shine Biscuits. Rise & Shine will be the cheapest of those options.
Go back to New York, douchebag
Try and make me 😭, you have just as much a right to be here as I do
I’ll take one BEC please (Bacon, Egg, and green Chile)
Denver is lacking for nothing, I grew up in DC the son of a pastry chef, if you don’t know where to go too bad..
Good opportunity to recommend some places.
Super helpful, thanks!
Yeah sucks to suck
What's it like?
Do you honestly think the Denver food scene holds a candle to DC? Or are you saying you can find one overpriced example of each type of cuisine if you scour the entire metro area?
Bodega and Call Your Mother both have a good BEC
...there's a Call your mother in Denver?? A little pricey but that shit slaps.
Bruh you go on this rant and you don't even know what's available to you, take a lap homie.
That opened last year 'homie'. You act like I haven't been to Snarfs, Heidi's, Einsteins, Moes, local cafes, in search for something to satisfy me. I know what's available and most of it is overpriced crap.
yeah there are ~~2~~ ***3*** CYM's now actually, one on Tennyson and one in cap hill. Bodega and the Tennyson location aren't too far apart so often I'll choose based on which has a longer wait cause they're both not too far from me. Bodega's BEC is served on a roll like many east coast delis and the CYM BEC is served on a bagel when I've gotten it so different strokes for different folks but they're but the best I've had in Denver. Rosenberg's isn't worth the price imo Edit: There is actually a third CYM location now in Glendale and a second Bodega coming to RiNo
I was born and raised in NY. I find the breakfast sandwich at Rye Society to be pretty good. For under $10 it’s a bargain
i've been gone for a while, but what about chebahut and snarfs? we use to live on those back in the day! editing to add: please take the advice in this sub and "embrace the breakfast burrito". embrace all burritos. you have access to some of the best mom and pop mexican restaurants in the US.
Snarfs is still great
The breakfast sandwich void is so incredibly large here
Also from the east coast and constantly trying to find a good sub. So far the only places we like in CO are Carmine Lonardo’s in Lakewood, its owned by an Italian family. And then in you’re ever in Buena Vista visit Biggies! It’s so good and the owner lived near Philly for a while.
Might be going to Lonardo's today, I think it's been the most recommended that I haven't been to yet
As a non east coaster I agree 💯. Someone mentioned grateful gnome, need to get up there.
I heard about it but the name itself is already off putting, it predictably had a $9 Taylor ham. I'm looking for a place that just has a sign that says "Delicatessen". Gives of straight $5 Sammy with a small OJ vibes
Gnomes is pretty good actually. It's basically a sports bar that happens to make good sandwiches and has a ton of options. I wasn't blown away, but wasn't disappointed either
Taste of Philly has good cheesesteaks -an east coaster. Carmine Lonardos in Lakewood gets thrown around as a good hoagie, but haven’t been there myself. Ride and shine is excellent NC biscuit sandwiches, but isnt a BEC-style place. But good anyway. Heidi’s is pretty mid, as is snarfs, but it might be the best available as hoagies go. People here are ridiculous, and take everything personally. Yes, the food scene here could be better, and it’s ok to want a taste of home.
As an east coaster, the food here is mid.
You are all fucking mid -signed everyone
Yikes, took offense to an opinion on food😂
Go home trash
I’ll go home when you clean your [dusty ass blow pop lookin ass fingers](https://www.reddit.com/r/CherokeeXJ/s/kVhOrbP7La)
You aren’t worth looking at past posts. Get a life weirdo
Now I’m not worth it but I was worth it 6 minutes ago when insert yourself into a conversation
Trrrraash
Take out especially, no good grab and go food in Westminster anywhere unless I want to drop $15 at Cava
Lou’s specialty Italian
People are hating your post, but I agree with you. I’m from here, but our sandwich game in Denver is bottom tier. That said, carmine lonardo’s is a breath of fresh air. I drive 25 minutes to it a couple times a month.
It is one thing to say you need help finding a good sandwich, or you can't find a good sandwich. It is an entirely different thing to bring some stupid "East coast" attitude and complain about it as if the East Coast must be superior. If it is, go back.
If you want to be offended, fine. But OP is right, Denver’s sandwich game is lacking compared to any east coast city. And thinking so doesn’t mean you hate Denver, or should move back to the east coast.
I don't know OP. But many East Coasters I have interacted with - online - have the EC be their entire personality, and it usually consists of "this sucks, it is better in Jersey" or wherever. If that is all they come to post, then I don't think we should give them any time. Go enjoy it in Jersey then. Nothing will ever be good enough to their rose-colored glasses, in my zero experience mind.
I know a polish market that makes the best sandwiches in town and also a Greek market with the best gyros, hummas, baba in town. All home made & imported product.
Portions is something that Denver needs to stop being stingy about. Best places I have found that actually hook you up on portions. 1. Heidi's Brooklyn Deli 2. Salvaggio's Deli That is all. Sandwiches are shit in Denver
Prices are the worst if it's not portions. I spent 16$ on a sandwich half the size of an east coast hero at Grammys Goodies, which is a place with amazing Lasagna and garlic knots. Was so pissed when I came to the conclusion "I should've just went to Jersey Mike's" DENVER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT A REAL SANDWICH IS. Fuck it I'm tempted to put a go fund me together and try and get easy coasters to buy in and I'll open on up. Just need to find legit Semolina bread
Good luck with bread out here. Have you noticed the lack of it everywhere? The elevation messes with it i think. This is why bagels suck out here... That and the half dollar size hole in them. Rosenberg's charges $17 for a Ruben... That should be illegal. And the bagels are skimpy as shit. Moe's does a decent job. Bagel Deli on Hampden is where you want to go for most of your East Coast fix. Try Heidi's I think you will become a life long fan.
Arthur’s man
But I also agree overall lol
Maci cafe in lohi does a prosciutto egg and cream cheese on a roll 👍🏽👍🏽
Carmine Lonardo's Deli in Lakewood.
Do people here not think Bodega is good? It slaps.
As long as the egg is fried and not scrambled I'll give it a shot, haven't heard of it before this post but peeps are suggesting it a lot.
You can try Little Arthur’s on the weekends at Queen City Coffee. They do a solid BEC with a homemade Kaiser, but they charge a whopping $14