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2580 S. Havana St. Aurora, CO 80014

303-751-0347 

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2580 S. Havana St. Aurora CO 80014

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  • American, Breakfast, Coffeehouse, Diner, Greek, Mediterranean, Mexican, Southwestern
    Sun 7am-9pm, Mon 6am-9pm, Tue-Thu 6am-10pm, Sat 7am-12am
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    Banquet Facilities, Catering, Kid Friendly, Order Online, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
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For many years, Sam's No. 3 on Havana Street kept Sam Armatas's dream alive. When it opened in Aurora in 1969, it was the last Sam's left -- and it's still going strong. The food (listed on a voluminous menu of American Southwestern diner standards mixed in with a streak of pure Coney Island genius) is not always great here, but when this outpost brings its A-game, it's enough to make you forgive and forget all former offenses.








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  • Sam\'s No. 3 about to make it three with Glendale spot

    Sam's No. 3 about to make it three with Glendale spot

    By Cafe Society | Thu, February 21, 2013

    The original Sam's Coney Island opened back in the '20s, when it was a favorite with everyone from judges to janitors. But by 1969, when Sam's No. 3 opened on Havana Street, it was the last Sam's left... More »

  • After fifteen years, Sam Taylor\'s Bar-B-Q has closed its doors...making way for a third Sam\'s No. 3

    After fifteen years, Sam Taylor's Bar-B-Q has closed its doors...making way for a third Sam's No. 3

    By Lori Midson | Mon, August 13, 2012

    For nearly fifteen years, Sam Taylor, owner and pitmaster of his namesake barbecue joint, occupied a no-frills space at 435 South Cherry Street, but after serving brisket, bones, pork and chicken to ... More »

  • Second Helping

    Second Helping

    By Jason Sheehan | Thu, July 21, 2005

    For many years, Sam's #3 on Havana Street kept Sam Armatas's dream alive. When it opened in Aurora in 1969, it was the last Sam's left -- and now, 36 years later, it's not only going strong, but it has been joined by a new, improved Sam's #3... More »

  • Bite Me

    Bite Me

    By Jason Sheehan | Thu, July 21, 2005

    When I get to thinking about diners, as I did in this week's review of Sam's #3 , I start making lists. Best of this, greatest that -- it's my Nick Hornby High Fidelity obsession shining through. And while his scruffy obsessives did their thing... More »

  • The Sons Also Rise

    The Sons Also Rise

    By Kyle Wagner | Thu, September 16, 1999

    Like father, like sons. Although the Armatas boys tried career paths other than the one pursued by their dad and his dad, they knew it was futile. "We figured that sooner or later, we'd be in the restaurant business," says Alex Armatas, the... More »

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  • 2013 | Best Vegetarian Green Chile

    Let's face it: There isn't much for non-meat-eaters on the menu at Sam's No. 3. Not at the oldest one in Aurora, not at the downtown one, which opened a decade ago right where the first Sam's stood in the '20s, and not at the new spot in Glendale. And perhaps that's as it should be, considering that no matter what its location, Sam's has been catering to meat-lovers for close to a century, and certainly long before "vegetarian" or "vegan" were common words in the restaurant lexicon. But... More »

  • 2005 | Best Chili-Cheese Fries

    An order of chili-cheese fries is not something you leave to an amateur, to someone uneducated in the tricky chemistry of the combination of potatoes, chili and cheese. You want to go to a pro, and that's why you go to Sam's No. 3, where the kitchen has been pumping out Coney Island-style fries slathered in beans-and-meat chili and melted generic yellow cheese product for decades. These guys know that the fries must be kept in the oil a little bit longer in order to give them a good... More »

  • 2004 | Best Hot Dog

    A hot dog without chili is a pathetic pup indeed. So we went straight to the source: Sam's #3. There's an art to the chili dog that's been lost in most places west of Chicago, but in the kitchen at Sam's #3 on Havana, it's been kept alive, because it's still practiced every day. First you need a good bun. Not some sissy supermarket roll, but a big, solid, hot-dog bun dense enough to hold some weight. Next, you need a good dog, and Sam's uses nothing but the best all-beef wieners for its... More »

  • 2003 | Best Comfort Food

    We know: The world can be a scary place sometimes. And whether you're eating todull the pain of a broken heart, your vanishing 401K or just the sorry state of the world in general, Sam's No. 3 is sure to have something in the kitchen that'll fill you up right. The menu is the size of a dimestore romance novel, and it's filled with comforting chow from places as disparate as Coney Island and the Baja Strait. Sam's does chili dogs, breakfast burritos, mashed potatoes, fried chicken, sloppy... More »

  • 2003 | Best Breakfast Burrito

    Like sex or a good accountant, a breakfast burrito is one of those things you don't give much thought to until the first time you have it, and afterwards you wonder how you ever lived so long without it. Happily, there are about 17 million places in Denver where you can get a breakfast burrito. And while almost all of those breakfast burritos are the same -- eggs, potatoes, cheese and meat wrapped in a flour tortilla -- Sam's No. 3 offers a surprise variation. Its corned-beef-hash breakfast... More »

  • 2002 | Best Powerful Breakfast

    At Sam's No. 3, a wonderfully kitschy diner, the Kitchen Sink Skillet will either kill you or keep you fueled for an entire day. Two eggs, done your way, are placed on top of a skilletful of grill-crisped home fries that have been mixed with melted cheddar, grilled onions, bell peppers, diced tomatoes, sliced mushrooms and pieces of ham, bacon, sausage and gyros meat; Sam's then smothers the whole damn pan with its "kickin' green chili," a medium-spicy, tomatoey, pork-packed green chile.... More »

  • 2000 | Best all-American restaurant

    Sam's No. 3 is the American dream come true. Just ask Sam, Alex and Patrick Armatas, who own the place. The three brothers are the grandsons of Sam Armatas, who started the town's infamous -- and now long-gone -- Coney Island eateries in the 1920s; Sam's son, Spero, still runs the thirty-year-old Newbarry's. And now this next generation is carrying on the tradition at their friendly family-style diner, where they offer an ambitous mix of Greek, Mexican and American food. Not only does Sam's... More »

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  • msm0nster
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    | Centennial, CO | 3 Reviews

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    | Tue, September 18, 2012

    Best! Green! Chile! Ever! Awesome breakfast.. but get there early because the crowds come big.

  • ross.bethel
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    | 1 Reviews

    2
    | Fri, November 4, 2011

    Needs a different cook. Sent back our hamburgers because they were raw rather than medium cooked. Second batch of hamburgers were cooked unevenly. Will avoid this place in the future.

  • Artabanus
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    | Aurora, CO | 69 Reviews

    4
    | Thu, July 15, 2010

    They have really good selections of different skillet dishes.

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Main Menu
Appetizers
One Dozen $7.99
Two Dozen $12.99
Buffalo Wings
$5.99
Gourmet Onion Rings
$5.99
Fried Cheese Curds
with marinara
$11.99
Wings & Rings Platter
$6.99
Chili Cheese Fries
choose sam’s no.3 red chili or kickin’ pork green chili
$7.99
Chicken Strips & Fries
$9.99
Macho Nacho
“this baby is huge”. chips & taco meat, smothered in kickin’pork green chili w/ cheddar, lettuce, tomato, sour cream & guac
$9.99
Chicken Nacho
made macho in size
$2.99
Add Guac $1.00
Chips & Salsa
your choice of red salsa or green tomatillo salsa
$5.99
Mac-n-cheese Dip
cup of mac topped with diced chorizo and green chili. served with tortilla chips.
Jumbo $2.99
Regular $2.79
French Fries
Soup
Cup $2.99
Bowl $3.59
Soup
$5.99
Bowl Of Soup & Dinner Salad Combo
$6.99
Bowl Of Chili & Dinner Salad Combo
$7.99
Bowl Of Tex Mex & Dinner Salad Combo
Sam-wiches
$7.99
Hot Turkey
open face w/ gravy
$7.99
Hot Beef
open face w/ gravy
$9.99
Colorado Cheez Steak
steak strips, jack, sautéed onion, lettuce, tomato & avocado in a pita. served with a side of salsa.
$9.99
Gyro
tomato & red onion in a grilled pita, w/ tzatziki
$9.99
Chicken Souvlaki Sandwich
marinated greek style & built like a gyro
$9.99
Pork Souvlaki Sandwich
pork loin marinated greek style & built like a gyro
$6.99
B.b.b.b.b.l.t.
5 bacon strips & mayo on toast
$9.99
Fried Cod Fish Sandwich
on a hoagie w/american cheese, lettuce & tomato
$9.99
Chicken Cordon Bleu Melt
canadian bacon, swiss & hollandaise on texas toast
$8.99
Bbq Chicken Sandwich
built on a bun with bacon and cheddar cheese
$8.99
Italian Sausage Sandwich
w/ grilled chili strip & melted jack on a grilled hoagie roll
$8.99
The Pollo Burger
grilled chicken breast w/ jack cheese & guac on a bun
$7.99
Meatloaf Melt
w/ bbq, ranch, mayo and cheddar on sourdough
$8.99
Turkey Club
triple decker made on your choice of toast
$9.99
Chicken Breast Club
grilled w/ swiss, bacon, lettuce & tomato on a bun
Half Pound Burgers
Burgers Comes With Lettuce, Tomato, Red Onion & Pickle Stackers (exceptions: Old Fashioned, Mexi-burger, Patty Melt)
$7.99
The All-american Burger
$8.99
The All-american Cheeseburger
w/ cheddar, jack, swiss or american
$10.99
Monster Burger
w/ grilled mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, bacon & jack
$7.99
Old Fashioned Hot Hamburger
2-1/4lb patties served open face w/ sam’s no. 3 red chili. may we suggest homefries
$10.99
California Burger
with bacon, avocado & melted jack cheese
$9.99
Bacon Cheeseburger
3 strips of bacon with a choice of cheese
$9.99
Bbq Burger
w/ bacon & cheddar
$9.99
Green Chili Mexi-burger
grilled burger inside a flour tortilla smothered in our kickin’ pork green chili & topped w/ cheddar
$9.99
Red Number 3 Chiliburger
smothered in sam’s no. 3 red chili w/ american & diced onions. served w/ a side of red chili, too
$9.99
The Greek Burger
w/ feta & gyro
$9.99
Bleu Cheese Bacon Burger
$9.99
Guac Burger
w/ jack cheese
$9.99
Swiss Mushroom Burger
$9.99
Santa Fe Burger
w/ chili strip & jack
$8.99
Patty Melt
with grilled onions & american cheese on grilled pumpernickel bread
Dinner Favorites
The Following Entrees Are Served W/ Soup Or Salad, Veggie, Bread & Choice Of Potato. Get Yer Baker Loaded For Just $1.99 (cheddar, Bacon, Sourcream & Butter).
$13.99
6oz Steak Dinner
$16.99
10oz New York Strip Dinner
$11.99
Country Fried Steak Dinner
$9.99
Calves Liver & Onions
$9.99
Meatloaf Dinner
w/ brown gravy
$12.99
Pork Chop (2) Dinner
$11.99
Country Fried Chicken Breast Dinner
$12.99
3 Piece Fried Chicken
1/2 Rack $12.99
Bbq Pork Spare Ribs
$11.99
Monterey Chicken Dinner
with bbq sauce, bacon and melted jack & cheddar
Big Salads
$10.99
Bbq-ranch Onion Ring Chicken Fried Chicken Salad
w/ bacon
$8.99
Taco Salad
corn tortilla chips on spicy taco meat, lettuce, cheddar, tomato, guac., salsa & side of kickin’ pork green chili
$10.99
Chicken Fiesta Salad
grilled breast on lettuce, cheddar, tomato, guac, chips, salsa & side of kickin’ pork green chili
$13.99
Pecan Steak Mushroom Salad
with red onion, tomato & greek vinaigrette on romaine
$10.99
Southwestern Chicken Salad
grilled breast on romaine, diced jalepeños, tomato, cheddar & jack cheese, guacamole & side of kickin’ pork green chil
$9.99
Buffalo Fried Chicken Breast Salad
with carrots, tomato & celery. bleu cheese suggested
$9.99
Chef Salad
with cut turkey, ham, american, swiss & boiled egg
$10.99
Mr. Sam’s Cobb Salad
a chef salad with chopped bacon, bleu crumbles & sliced fresh avocado
$10.99
Fried Chicken Breast Salad
red onion, shredded jack & a slice of bacon on mixed greens
Mom’s Greek Salad W/ Pita
Romaine Lettuce With Bell Pepper, Red Onion, Tomato, Cucumber, Pepperoncini, Greek Olives & Feta. Served With Mom’s Greek Vinaigrette. $8.99
$10.99
Mom’s Greek Salad With Gyro Meat
$10.99
Mom’s Greek Salad With Grilled Chicken Breast
$11.99
Mom’s Greek Salad With Pork Souvlaki
$11.99
Mom’s Greek Salad With Chicken Souvlaki
$13.99
Mom’s Greek Salad With Steak
Side Salads
$5.99
Mini Greek Salad
a smaller version of mom’s greek salad without pita
$2.99
Dinner Salad
homemade dressing choice: blue cheese, ranch, 1, 000 island, honey mustard, french & greek vinaigrette
$2.99
Village Salad
sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, crumbled feta cheese and greek vinaigrette
Desserts Special
$1.99
Sopapillas
$3.99
Super Sundae
choice of hot fudge, caramel, hershey’s or strawberry puree
$1.85
Colorado’s Best Darn Chocolate Chip Cookie
$3.50
Dusty Road
scoop of vanilla topped with hershey’s and dusted with malt powder
$4.99
Hot Fudge Chocolate Chip Cookie Sundae
$5.99
Mile High Banana Split
get a camera ‘cuz it’s big! topped with caramel. strawberry, chocolate sauce, whip cream, pecans & cherries
$5.99
Mr. Sam’s Dessert Flautas
your choice of cinnamon apples, cheesecake or chocolate cake as a filling for this deep fried dessert tortilla that is topped in your choice of caramel, strawberry and/or chocolate. served with ice cream
Monkey $1.99
Cup $2.59
Bowl $3.99
Greek Style Homemade Rice Pudding
Cup $2.99
Bowl $3.99
Large Bowl $4.99
Phases Of Yum
warm cinnamon apples topped with granola, carmel sauce ice cream & whip
Scoop $2.25
2 Scoops $2.75
3 Scoops $3.25
Kids Scoop $1.25
Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Cream

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