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534 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80203

303-861-0347

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Recommended
Best Bottle Beer List
Award Winner 2012

Cuisine(s): Brewpub

Hours: Daily 11am-2am

Price: $$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Can an upscale Belgian beer cafe work on one of the weirdest, wildest stretches of Colfax Avenue? Absolutely. Not only is the Cheeky Monk a destination restaurant for all you European beer snobs looking for unpronounceable brews made by monks who've dedicated their lives to Jesus and zymurgy, but it also happens to be a great place to sample the rather unique cuisine of the Benelux -- all mussels and frites and sausages and some of the best sauerkraut ever made. You can thank the folks who brought us a true Brit pub in Aurora -- the Royal Hilltop -- for giving Colfax this cheeky concept.

2012 | Best Bottle Beer List

Just because you can't pronounce it doesn't mean you can't drink it, and the Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe gives you 150 reasons why. The restaurant, which carved out a new niche when it opened on Colfax Avenue in 2007, has always had a stellar lineup of Belgian and American craft beers, both on tap and in bottles. But earlier this year, the original Monk (there are now two more in the metro area) answered a lot of people's prayers by adding a dozen new handles and doubling its bottle list... More »
2011 | Best Beer Glassware

Founded by Tina and James Pachorek, the Cheeky Monk has always focused on Belgian beers. Over the past year, however, both the original Monk on Colfax and its new brother in Westminster have broadened that focus to include the new world of American craft beer. But their dedication to fine brews holds firm -- and not just in what beers they serve, but what they will serve them in. You'll find at least 35 styles of glassware at the Monk, most designed by breweries to hold their particular... More »

Make Irish Snug your first stop for Colfax Marathon fun

By Nick Callaio | Fri, May 18, 2012

Does anyone ever want to wake up early on a Sunday? May 20 could be the day to try. The Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon will hit the street for the seventh year in a row this Sunday, and even if you... More »
The Cheeky Monk doubles its bottled beer list to more than 150 brews

By Jonathan Shikes | Thu, March 1, 2012

When the Cheeky Monk opened in 2007, not many people thought a restaurant specializing in Belgian beer and food would last on Colfax Avenue. Nearly five years later, the spot is thriving, and its owne... More »
Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Ashley H

By Patricia Calhoun | Mon, November 28, 2011

Cafe Society served up four Guess where contests last week, ranging from a dogcentric beer at Denver Beer Co. to a plate of gruisidos at Los Dos Potrillos to this rabbit cassoulet. For correctly ide... More »
The owners of the Cheeky Monk will open Three Saints Brewing next door

By Jonathan Shikes | Tue, October 18, 2011

James and Tina Pachorek, who own the Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe, have quietly bitten their lips over the past two years as they watched new breweries, one after another, open in Denver. Now the cou... More »
Cheeky times at one of Denver's best beer cafes

By Kate Kennedy | Fri, November 26, 2010

Happy Place: Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe, 534 East Colfax Avenue, 303-861-0347 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close The Deals: $1 off all drafts, bottles, tower s... More »
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tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

| Wed, April 14, 2010

You may be surprised, but they have awesome mussels! They are big and juicy!
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ipsenb | Aurora, CO | 20 Reviews

| Tue, August 24, 2010

Nice place, good food and lots of entertainment is you get a seat close to Colfax.
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AshleyG | Denver, CO | 124 Reviews

| Mon, June 28, 2010

Who doesn't live awesome belgian beer? Duvel is one of my favorites.
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Main Menu

Appetizers

Dutch Lunch
house specialty cheeses and meats served with crostinis, olive mix and whole grain mustard.

Cheese Croquettes
traditional belgian croquettes hand breaded with 3 cheeses- smoked gouda, fontina and swiss fried to order. served with choice of aioli.

Frites Aioli
all frites served with choice of aioli: lemon-garlic, sriracha, honey mustard or chipotle

Fried Pickles
hand battered and fried to order. served with your choice of aioli.

Artichoke Dip
house made creamy artichoke dip served with pita chips and veggies, topped with bacon and gorgonzola.

Crab Cakes
crispy lump crab cakes with a pepper lime crème fraiche, served with spring greens tossed in our lemon vinaigrette.

Buffalo Chicken Sliders
served with bleu cheese crumbles and chopped romaine.

Garlic Pretzel Bites
pretzel bites brushed with butter, sprinkled with salt, mustard seed, dill seed and garlic.

Moules-Frites

Freshly Steamed Mussels
served with house seasoned fries, french roll, and choice of aioli (lemon-garlic; sriracha; honey mustard; chipotle)

Marinier
garlic, shallots, and white wine.

Beer and Mustard
cooked in blanche de bruxelles with a whole grain mustard creme fraiche, finished with herbs.

Mediterranean
spicy tomato sauce with kalamata olives, spinach and red wine finished with parmesan cheese.

Mushroom and Leek
mushrooms, leeks, cream, butter, garlic and white wine.

Curry
curry sauce, tomato, onion, roasted apples and orange juice.

Bacon Gorgonzola
bacon, gorgonzola, garlic, shallots, white wine and cream.

Soup And Salads

Soup
french onion or chef's choice of the day

Monastery Salad
fresh spring greens with tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded carrots, croutons, kalamata olives and mozzarella.

Caesar Salad
house made caesar tossed in romaine with croutons topped with a parmesan tuille.

Steak Frite Salad
mixed greens tossed with red wine vinaigrette, topped with frites, gorgonzola and grilled steak.

Monk Salad
mixture of spring greens with roasted apples, walnuts, gorgonzola crumbles tossed in a warm vinaigrette.

Cheeky Chef’s Salad
spring greens topped with croutons ham, turkey, bacon, tomatoes, cheddar/jack cheese, cucumbers and a hardboiled egg.

Sandwiches
All Sandwiches Served with House Seasoned Fries. Substitute House Salad Or Caesar Salad

Croque Madame
thinly sliced turkey and smoked gouda on thick sliced sourdough bread, grilled and topped with a fried egg and mornay sauce.

Monte Cristo
thinly sliced ham and turkey, swiss cheese, mustard and cranberry preserves on thick soft french bread, battered and fried to order. served with a berry balsamic reduction.

French Dip
thinly sliced roast beef served on soft french loaf with a side of horseradish crème fraiche and our house made rosemary garlic au jus.

Five Cheese Grilled Cheese
five of our house sliced cheeses: gouda, swiss, fontina, cheddar and pepper jack melted over sourdough bread.

Angus Chuck Burger
grilled 8 oz. burger topped with lettuce and roasted tomato. add cheese, sautéed mushrooms, caramelized onions, or bacon

Chicken Pita Wrap
grilled blackened chicken with crisp romaine and caesar dressing wrapped in a warm pita.

Chicken Cordon Bleu
grilled chicken breast topped with thinly sliced ham, swiss and mornay sauce on a toasted brioche bun.

B.l.t.
bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich served on sourdough.

Turkey Reuben
thinly sliced turkey breast, swiss, braised sauerkraut with 1000 island dressing served on marble rye.

Entrees

Steak Frite
8oz grilled steak served with house frites and your choice of sour ale sauce, horseradish crème fraiche or currant port wine reduction.

Monk & Cheese
penne pasta served with a three cheese cream sauce, topped with toasted bread crumbs. add chicken; cod; or chicken apple sausage

Belgian “bangers & Mash”
smoked chicken-apple sausage, braised sauerkraut and roasted garlic potato stoemp served with a champagne mustard sauce.

Pork Tenderloin
pork tenderloin drizzled with a currant port wine reduction served with roasted garlic potato stoemp and grilled asparagus.

Waterzooi
a bowl of traditional belgian style seafood and vegetable chowder, served with grilled bread.

Rabbit Cassoulet
a hearty creole style rabbit stew in a puff pastry.

Fish and Frites
crisp battered and deep fried cod fillets served with house frites and lemon garlic aioli.

Desserts

Liege Belgian Waffle
cream cheese icing and cinnamon sauce; chocolate hazelnut spread and caramelized banana; or berries and cream.

Cheeky Monk Beignets
three fried beignets individually stuffed with chocolate hazelnut spread, cream cheese icing, and cinnamon glaze.

Chocolate Hazelnut with Orange Peel Fondue
served with fruit, pound cake, marshmallows and cinnamon sugar pretzel bites.

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The Cheeky Monk

534 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80203

303-861-0347

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2012 | Best Bottle Beer List

2011 | Best Beer Glassware

By Nick Callaio | Fri, May 18, 2012

By Jonathan Shikes | Thu, March 1, 2012

By Patricia Calhoun | Mon, November 28, 2011

By Jonathan Shikes | Tue, October 18, 2011

By Kate Kennedy | Fri, November 26, 2010

tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

ipsenb | Aurora, CO | 20 Reviews

AshleyG | Denver, CO | 124 Reviews

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