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1123 20th St. Denver, CO 80202

303-295-9041

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BEST CHEAP BREAKFAST
Award Winner 2006

Cuisine(s): American, Breakfast, Diner

Hours: Mon-Fri 6am-2:30pm, Sat 7am-1:30pm

Price: $
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, Discover, cash

Features: Takeout, Kid Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Lunch
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

Get it hot, get it cheap and get it fast. In operation since 1946, 20th Street has never been anything more than a modest neighborhood diner, offering such working-class fare as eggs-and-bacon plates, cheeseburgers, tuna melts, green chile breakfast burritos, noodle bowls and chicken fried rice. Yes, you read that right: This modest, neighborhood breakfast bar has a history stretching back to the days when nearby Sakura Square was the center of Asian-American (or Asian with no American at all) culture in this city. Sixty years later, those noodle bowls and plates of fried rice are still selling. And the breakfast burrito (served all day, from open 'til close at 2 p.m.) is more or less an institution itself.

2006 | BEST CHEAP BREAKFAST

No wi-fi, no cappuccino, no dress code and no service past 2:30 in the afternoon. That's what makes the 20th Street Cafe our favorite breakfast bar. But the prices -- which top out under the ten-dollar mark -- also make it the best place in Denver for breakfast on the cheap. The venerable cafe isn't fancy, and it doesn't have the most convenient parking in the world, but it does have a good chicken-fried steak, huge omelets, good diner-style coffee with fast refills and a menu that mixes up... More »
2005 | Best Breakfast Bar

To qualify as a breakfast bar, a place must do one thing -- serve breakfast -- and do it within a limited time span. In the case of the 20th Street Cafe, that span runs from 6 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. weekdays (7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays), and never a minute longer. But if the owners want to knock off just as the late rush is coming to an end, who are we to complain At 20th Street has been dishing out working-class food for working-class people since 1946. The breakfasts are generous, the... More »
2003 | Best Hole-in-the-Wall

There are three qualifications for a true hole-in-the-wall: It has to be tiny, locals-only, and do something so surprisingly well that it earns the lifelong loyalty of its regulars. The 20th Street Cafe hits the mark on all three. First, it's definitely small -- a dozen or so tables and a six-seat counter in a luncheonette-style storefront. Second, no tourists are going to stumble across it while looking for a Denny's, and if they do, odds are they'll just turn up their noses and keep on... More »
2001 | Best Chicken-Fried Steak

The 20th Street Cafe bills itself as a "working man's cafe," but this increasingly upscale area doesn't have many working men these days -- not the sort the café was originally designed to serve, at any rate. But everyone from day laborers to high-paid attorneys can appreciate the down-home cooking served in this storefront, including a great chicken-fried steak, pounded to perfection, battered, fried golden and smothered in a soothing gravy for the ultimate comfort food. More »

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By Jason Sheehan | Thu, May 14, 2009

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Twentieth Street Cafe

1123 20th St. Denver, CO 80202

303-295-9041

Description

2006 | BEST CHEAP BREAKFAST

2005 | Best Breakfast Bar

2003 | Best Hole-in-the-Wall

2001 | Best Chicken-Fried Steak

By Cafe Society | Mon, April 2, 2012

By Lori Midson | Tue, March 13, 2012

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, May 14, 2009

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 05, 2002