Durango Restaurants

Durango restaurants offer a diverse selection of culinary delights. Enjoy fine dining, hearty steakhouses, fresh sushi, traditional southwest fare and much more. Indulge in one of historic Downtown Durango, Colorado’s award-winning restaurants on Main Avenue. Wet your whistle with a locally brewed Durango beer from one of the four local Durango, Colorado breweries
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Stunning scenery and fresh local ingredients combine to make Durango, Colorado one of the top culinary hotspots in the United States. You can almost smell the coffee and bread.

 

 

 

 

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Located inside Nature’s Oasis... Durango’s Great Natural Market. Serving a wide variety of healthy and natural soups, salads, sandwiches, and desserts. Coffee, Juice, and Smoothy Bar. Grab and go or sit and relax. Fresh breakfast burritos served daily. Custom catering available. Located at 300 S. Camino del Rio, Durango, Colorado.

Nature's Oasis Market
(970) 247-1988


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Adrenaline junkies have to eat. Here's the perfect itinerary for tapping into your adrenaline reserves...and eating really well. Read about all the great ways to get a winter thrill in Durango. Plus, take note of all the great restaurant suggestions. Durango is a treat for foodies with restaurants to please everyone.

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American
8th Ave. Tavern
Balcony Bar & Grill
Brickhouse Café
Carver Brewing Company
Christina's Bar & Grill
College Café
Cosmopolitan
Cuckoo's Chicken House & Waterin' Hole
Diamond Belle Saloon
Digs Market Café
Durango Bagel
Edgewater Grill
Iron Horse Pizza
Ken & Sue's 
Kennebec Café
Lady Falconburgh's Barley Exchange
Mahogany Grille
Max's Big Burgers
Olde Tymers Cafe
Ore House
Oscar's Café  Palace Restaurant
Raiders Ridge Café
Red Snapper
Season's Rotisserie & Grill
Serious Texas Barbeque
Sow's Ear
Steamworks Brewing Co.
Sweeney's Fine Dining
SWING Dalton Ranch Golf Course
T’s Smokehouse and Grill
The Glacier Club at Tamarron
The Hamilton Chop House
The Lost Dog Bar & Lounge
The Palace Restaurant

Asian
Asian Pacific Grill
China Café
East by Southwest
Himalayan Kitchen
May Palace 
Mongolian Grill
Shanghai Pearl
Sizzling Siam
Sushitarian
Great Wall

Bars/Saloons
8th Ave. Tavern
Babo’s Bar and Grill
Balcony Bar & Grill
Christina’s Bar and Grills
Colorado Pongas
Cuckoo’s
Dante’s Backside
Derailed Saloon
Diamond Belle Saloon
El Patio
El Rancho Tavern
Joel’s
Lady Falconburgh’s
Legends Lounge and Grill


 

Mill Street Brew
Moe’s Starlight Lounge
Office Spiritorium
Orio’s Roadhouse
Purple Haze Bar & Grill
SKA Brewing Company
Steamworks Brewing Company
The Lost Dog Bar and Grill
The Summit
Wild Horse Saloon

Coffee Shops and Bakeries
Brickhouse Cafe
Durango Coffee Company
Durango Joe's - Town Plaza
Durango Joe's Coffee House
Magpie's Newsstand Café
Steaming Bean Coffee Co.
Jean-Pierre Bakery & Tea Room
Jitter's Java

Deli
C.J.’s Diner
Durango Doughworks
Nature's Oasis
Poppy's
RGP'S Flame Grilled Wraps
Upper East Side Deli

Italian & Pizza
Diorio's South Pizza
Guido's Favorite Foods
Homeslice Pizza
Iron Horse Pizza
J. Bo Pizza & Rib Company
Mama's Boy
Mutu's Italian Kitchen
Olde Schoolhouse Café

Mexican
Cocina Linda
El Rancho Tavern
Fiesta Mexicana
Francisco's Restaurante Y Cantina
Gazpacho
Griego's Mexican Food
Kachina Kitchen
Nini's Taqueria
Tequila's
Zia Taqueria

Other
Cairo Café – Egyptian
Chez Grand-Mere – French
Cyprus Café – Mediterranean
Zuberfizz Soda Shop

Catering
Durangourmet
The Yellow Carrot Catering

 

 






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A stroll down Durango’s Main Avenue is a sensory treat: the Colorado air is crisp and subtly scented by restaurant and café delicacies; on most days the sun streams through the streets, intensifying the colorful store-front awnings and highlighting the neighboring mountain ridge. Each storefront throughout Downtown Durango is a feast for the eyes. Plate lunch diners and chic bakeries offer a relaxing break for avid shoppers. Don’t forget the cozy coffee shops and great food and entertainment when looking for a shopping break.

Cultural festivals of all sorts abound, including the bluegrass Durango Meltdown festival, the Cowboy Gathering, the Summer Jazz festival, the beer and music extravaganza Oktoberfest, the holiday Holidazzle celebration, the Durango Arts Festival, and many more!

 


 

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August 23rd is the last day to audition.

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