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Tom's Home Cookin'

800 E. 26th Ave.
Denver, CO 80205

303-388-8035

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Category: Restaurants | American, Barbecue, Cajun

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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.

  • Cuisine(s): American, Barbecue, Cajun, Creole, Soul Food, Southern

    Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-3pm

    Price: $

  • Payment Types: cash

    Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

    Serving: Lunch

  • Reservations: Not Accepted

    Parking: Lot Available, Street

  • 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... 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... 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 br... 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... 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... More >

Westword Reviews and News

  • 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, B... More >

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  • tannaruzicka

    tannaruzicka

    | Wed, April 14, 2010

    Fried Chicken! It is soooo worth it!

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  • Ryan P1

    Ryan P1

    | Fri, April 18, 2008

    Like the title says, this is the only reason I go here. This and also because it tastes delicious.

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  • Mike K

    Mike K

    | Thu, April 17, 2008

    I can only eat here twice a year, but I never regret doing so.

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  • Kyle76542003

    Kyle76542003

    | Tue, April 15, 2008

    country fried steak, peach cobbler, mac and cheese, fried chicken, cornbread, mashed potatoes...goodness, eat up and then take a nice 2 hour napski

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