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800 E. 26th Ave. Denver, CO 80205

303-388-8035 

 

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800 E. 26th Ave. Denver CO 80205

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  • American, Barbecue, Cajun, Creole, Soul Food, Southern
    Mon-Fri 11am-3pm
    $ $
  • cash
    Catering, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
    Lunch
  • Not Accepted
    Lot Available, Street
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For more than a decade, Tom's Home Cookin' has been a stick-to-your-ribs, lunch-only respite for soul-food seekers and Southerners, blue-collar workers and chefs, chatterers and chicken-chasers. The fried chicken, profoundly moist with skin crusted the color of copper, flies right every single time. It's a sign of more goodness to come: peach cobbler, macaroni and cheese (it's the Velveeta, people), cornbread stuffing and whatever else owners Steve Jankousky and Tom Unterwagner have on the day's chalkboard. Get in line early, because Tom's sells out fast.








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  • Denver\'s ten best macaroni and cheese dishes

    Denver's ten best macaroni and cheese dishes

    By Samantha Alviani | Wed, April 24, 2013

    During this snowy spring, it often feels like we have one foot out the door to summer, and one still back by the fire, sticking loyally to our favorite winter comfort foods. As with fans of grilled ch... More »

  • Reader: Best Fried Chicken at White Fence Farm? That won\'t fly!

    Reader: Best Fried Chicken at White Fence Farm? That won't fly!

    By Patricia Calhoun | Tue, April 02, 2013

    There's been the usual squawking over the Best of Denver -- complaints about the editorial picks in various categories, and much louder complaints over many of the readers' choices. And, of course, th... More »

  • Guess where you\'re eating? At an EatDenver restaurant if you\'re Jason

    Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant if you're Jason

    By Lori Midson | Mon, June 04, 2012

    Cafe Society unleashed four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a yet to be identified Ethiopian feast to an oblong burger from a diner, whose location continues to mystify readers to tampi... More »

  • God Bless America

    God Bless America

    By Kyle Wagner | Thu, November 01, 2001

    Forget Cipro. Right now, a shortage of mashed potatoes has far more potential to do Denver in. Not that we should start petitioning the government to remove the patent on Yukon golds just yet. But at the rate that we're consuming comfort foods,... More »

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  • 2013 | Best Fried Chicken

    While the dish's origins are solidly steeped in the South, cooks far and wide have embraced the indisputable truth: There are few things as delicious as a juicy plate of fried chicken. And Tom's Home Cookin', an iconic soul-food shack in Five Points, is the incontestable bastion of the bird. Plunged in oil until the batter and skin meld into a crunchy, golden exterior that adheres to the tender meat, then punctuated with salt and pepper, the fried chicken here deserves its cultish legion of... More »

  • 2012 | Best Fried Chicken

    Ensuring that you get your grubby little hands on a fat helping of super-crisp, super-delicious, super-hot fried chicken at Tom's Home Cookin' requires planning: You need to arrive before it's all gone, which can sometimes occur long before you're even considering lunch, and you'll need to carry a stash of cash, because the joint doesn't accept credit. But the planning always pays off. The wings and things, lightly dusted with flour before their plunge in a deep-fry bath, are the color of... More »

  • 2011 | Best Mac and Cheese

    The crew at Tom's Home Cookin' cooks up real comfort food, serving up plates of fried chicken and catfish as well as such typical Southern sides as sweet potatoes and peach cobbler. But one side definitely qualifies as the main event: the macaroni and cheese. You get a baseball-sized scoop of fat elbow macaroni swimming in creamy, orange cheese sauce that recalls butter, Velveeta and childhood. This dish isn't fancy, but if you've got a hankering for the kind of mac and cheese your mom used... More »

  • 2010 | Best Fried Chicken

    Tom's Home Cookin' is a stick-to-your-ribs dispatch for soul-food seekers and Southerners, blue-collar workers and chefs, chatterers, chewers and chicken chasers -- the latter a devoted force of purists who know the difference between a great cluck and a forgettable one. There's nothing at Tom's we wouldn't kill for, but the fried chicken, profoundly moist with skin crusted the color of copper, flies right every single time. It's a sign of more goodness to come: peach cobbler, banana... More »

  • 2003 | Best Comforting Lunch

    From its little outpost in Five Points, Tom's serves up the most comforting lunches in town. Mom-style meatloaf, Dixie-fried catfish and thick slabs of various meats are accessorized with wholesome sides; the choice extras include jalapeņo corn bread, banana pudding and sweet-potato pie. Tom's wonders draw loyal diners of every demographic, proof that down-home cooking is one of society's great cultural unifiers. More »

  • 2002 | Best Comfort-Food Restaurant

    Since September 11, we Americans have been self-medicating our depression with foods that remind us of hearth and home, warmer, fuzzier times, and the good old days when you could get on a plane without getting felt up. Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, roast chicken and Oreos are being consumed in record numbers as we seek out restaurants that comfort the heart as well as the stomach. And you won't find a more comforting place in town than the lunch-only Tom's Home Cookin', which does a... More »

  • 2000 | Best gourmet to go

    Tom Unterwagner strives to make food that tastes just as good as Mom's used to -- and since these days Mom is as likely to be turning on the computer as she is the stove, that's a laudable goal. And Tom's Home Cookin' delivers (although not in the strict sense of the word, since you have to pick up the food yourself). This fare is as close to down-home as the gourmet takeout business gets, with well-executed dishes that the average family will enjoy. Unterwagner cooks up meatball stroganoff,... More »

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