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1525 Champa St. Denver, CO 80202

303-595-3232

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Best Central/South American Restaurant
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Buffet, Eclectic, International, Mexican, Peruvian, Seafood, South American

Hours: Sun 11am-5pm, Mon-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Business Dining

Reservations: Accepted

Description

Peruvian food is some of the strangest, most delicious stuff in the world, a mish-mash of centuries of cultural influences thrown together onto one plate. Spanish conquistadors, Arabs and Moors, explorers bringing spices from India, Italian cartographers, historic Creoles, African slaves and Asian immigrants - they've all added a little to the rich history of Peruvian cookery, and you can taste all of that (or most of it, anyway) at Francesca Ruiz's friendly, unassuming Los Cabos. You can occasionally catch soccer on the three televisions, and the display of native art (don't missed the stuffed llama) might make you feel as though you're imbibing in some sort of museum or cultural center instead of a treasure trove tucked behind an unassuming LoDo storefront.

2010 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

"Puro Peru," promises the website of Los Cabos II, and this downtown restaurant delivers. Peruvian food is some of the strangest, most delicious stuff in the world -- a mishmash of centuries of cultural influences thrown together on one plate. Spanish conquistadors, Arabs and Moors, explorers bringing spices from India, Italian cartographers, historic Creoles, African slaves and Asian immigrants -- they've all added to the rich history of Peruvian cookery. And at Los Cabos, you can... More »
2009 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

Peruvian food is some of the strangest, most delicious stuff in the world: a mishmash of centuries of cultural influences thrown together onto one plate. Spanish conquistadors, Arabs and Moors, explorers bringing spices from India, Italian cartographers, historic Creoles, African slaves and Asian immigrants -- they've all added to the rich history of Peruvian cookery. And at Los Cabos, you can taste all of that (or most of it, anyway) every time you walk through the door. The house does... More »
2008 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

Over the past couple of years, Central and South American food has become a hot style as young chefs looked even farther south of the border for inspiration. But Denver has had its own inspirational Peruvian restaurant for years. Behind an unassuming downtown storefront is Los Cabos II, a combination restaurant/cultural center that's decorated with native art (and a giant stuffed llama) and serves authentic Peruvian peasant food to all comers. These days the crowd is just as likely to... More »
2007 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

Los Cabos II picks up extra points for authenticity. Well, authenticity -- and the giant stuffed llama. When the dining room is quiet, this restaurant can (and does) double as a sort of Peruvian cultural museum -- but it's best during the lunch and dinner rushes, when everyone's ordering and then digging into huge plates of multi-ethnic South American grub. From the simplest dishes of lomo saltado and strange Chinese/Spanish fusions to the seriously Spanish paella specials, mustardy potato... More »
2006 | BEST TASTE OF PERU

The true measure of a good ethnic restaurant is its ability to not only serve something that no non-native in his right mind would dream of eating, but to make that thing so good that it immediately becomes part of the reluctant gastronaut's gustatory lexicon. And Los Cabos does just that with its chupe de camarones, an unquestionably bizarre soup/stew that combines whole, head-on shrimp, all legs and feelers and sweet, delicate meat like baby lobsters, as well as rice, diced potatoes,... More »

Foreign Service

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 29, 2005

Steakhouses, burger joints, places serving safe, recognizably Betty Crocker, ham-and-pineapple-slices American grub close all the time and for all sorts of reasons, so just imagine how tough it must be for a place like Los Cabos II (see review) to... More »
Come to Papas

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 29, 2005

They asked if I spoke Spanish when I first walked into Los Cabos II, the beautiful Peruvian restaurant-slash-social club hidden behind the ugly facade at 15th and Champa streets. And I do, sort of. Mostly kitchen Spanish, which -- if you cut out a... More »
United Nations

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, February 05, 1998

It isn't every day that you find a restaurant billing itself as "a Peruvian seafood and Chinese cuisine salsa and karaoke nightclub." But that's exactly how Francesca Reese describes her latest Los Cabos II, the third in a series of Los Cabos ... More »

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westwordbestof | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

Peruvian food is some of the strangest, most delicious stuff in the world: a mishmash of centuries of cultural influences thrown together onto one plate. Spanish conquistadors, Arabs and Moors, explorers bringing spices from India, Italian cartographers, historic Creoles, African slaves and Asian immigrants � they've all added to the rich history of Peruvian cookery. And at Los Cabos, you can taste all of that (or most of it, anyway) every time you walk through the door. The house does a little of everything, from Spanish paellas and urban/peasant bistec a la pobre to the delicious papas a la huancaina, ceviche and parihuela, a very nearly French bouillabaisse with all kinds of seafood in a smooth, fragrant broth. Added bonus: Los Cabos also has a stuffed llama in the bar, giving it a lock on the award for Best Bar in Denver to Get Thrown Out of for Trying to Ride the Llama.
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tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

| Wed, April 14, 2010

Shredded pork burrito! Ask for the green chile!

Main Menu

Appetizers

Ceviche Mixto (mixed Ceviche )
classic peruvian seafood dish is fresh as a sea breeze.in piquant , map of a whip lime juice , a flurry of chopped cilantro & red onions with a bit of fiery peruvian peppers

Papa Rellena (meat Stuffed Potatoes Patties)
with lean beef, black olives, boiled egg and raisins, then deep fried to golden brown. only available on weekends.

Papa A La Huancaina
boiled potatoes topped with feta cheese and turmeric sauce.

Camarones Al Ajillo
pan fried shrimp sauteed in garlic sauce with a touch of lime juice. served with creamy garlic sauce.

Choros A La Chalaca
fresh boiled green mussels topped with a spicy red onion, tomato, cilantro and lime juice mixture.

Calamares Fritos
lightly seasoned and breaded calamari served with lemon and tartar sauce.

Soups & Salads

Ensalada De La Casa (house Salad )
salad with avocado, broiled potato, lettuce, tomatoes , cucumber, red onion, green & red peppers tossed in a refreshing lime juice dressing

Aguadito
chicken, fish or combination of seafood in a cilantro-rice broth with vegetables.

Sopa A La Criolla (classic Creole Peruvian Soup)
hearty serving of beef on a rich milk broth with noodles and mixed vegetables.

Meat& Poultry

Lomo Saltado
seasoned lean beef sauteed with onions, tomatoes, green and red peppers and french cut potatoes. served with rice.

Tallarin Saltado
our version of chinese lo mein. seasoned chicken, beef or seafood sauteed with onions, tomatoes and spaghetti.

Bistek Encebollado
steak topped with sauteed onions and tomatoes, two fried. served with rice.

Tallarin Verde Con Bistek
special basil and pesto sauce spaghetti topped with thin cut, pan fried steak.

Bistek A Lo Pobre
juicy sirloin steak topped with sauteed onions and tomatoes two fried eggs & plantains. served with rice.

Pollo A La Brasa
peruvian rotisserie chicken served with fries and salad with a spicy house dressing. one fourth pollo(chicken) & half pollo(chicken)

Aji De Gallina
shredded chicken and potatoes in a creamy parmesan-walnut sauce, served with rice.

Fish & Seafood

Chupe De Camarones (shrimp Peruvian Chowder)
shrimp cooked in a milk broth with rice, potatoes, boiled egg then seasoned with garlic, paprika, onions and oregano.

Paella A La Valenciana
classic spanish rice and seafood dish combined with chorizo and chicken. please allow extra time for preparation.

Parihuela
a peruvian boullabaise made of fish, clams, squid and octopus cooked in a spicy white wine and laurel broth.

Pescado En Salsa De Mariscos
fresh filet of white fish smothered in a marinara seafood sauce, served with steamed rice.

Mariscos A La Marinera
a rich combination of seafood simmered in our own marinara sauce. served with rice.

Lomo Saltado Marino
seasoned mixed seafood, sauteed with onions, tomatoes and french cut potatoes, served with rice.

Jalea De Mariscos
breaded, deep fried fish, octopus, calamari and sea scallops, served with marinated onions, tomatoes and fried corn.

Arroz Con Mariscos
mixted seafood cooked in a cilantro flavored rice.

Cau Cau De Mariscos
peruvian stew and seafood combination in our light, spicy curry sauce, accompanied with boiled potatoes and rice.

Sudado Chalaco...chim Pum Callao
fish stew with shrimp, scallops, octopus, mussels and clams. please allow extra time for preparation.

Lomo Saltado Pescado
fresh filet of white fish sauteed with onions, tomatoes and french cut potatoes. served with rice.

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Los Cabos II

1525 Champa St. Denver, CO 80202

303-595-3232

Description

2010 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

2009 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

2008 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

2007 | Best Central/South American Restaurant

2006 | BEST TASTE OF PERU

Foreign Service

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 29, 2005

Come to Papas

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 29, 2005

United Nations

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, February 05, 1998

westwordbestof | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews

tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

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