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The Savory Side of Denver

Posted on October 2, 2009, 12:04 am, by Megan, under Denver, Travel Guide.

Now for the savory side of Denver!

Rebellion Pizza (Denver) - Vegan "Meat" Lovers Pizza

Rebellion Pizza (2231 S Broadway, Denver CO 80210): Rebellion Pizza is the type of place that works for both meat eaters and vegans. Anyone of their pizzas can be made vegan and they have three different vegan cheese options. Pictured above is the vegan “meat” lovers pizza that I ordered when I was in Denver a couple of months ago. The pizza had four different types of vegan “meat” on it (MorningStar Chicken, Tofurky Italian Sausage, LightLife Pepperoni, and Yves Canadian Bacon). It’s sans vegan cheese and it was pretty good (their crust and sauce were awesome). They also have friendly customer service and killer vegan garlic sticks. Their “Vegans Only” parking sign in their parking lot out back is pretty rad too.

WaterCourse Foods (Denver) - Tempeh Burger

WaterCourse Foods (Denver) - Vegan Buffalo Wings

WaterCourse Foods (837 E. 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80218): When I visited this place a couple of months ago, it was super packed at dinner time. However, since I was dining by myself, I was able to be immediately seated at the bar section of the restaurant. After looking over their large menu I decided on the tempeh burger and the vegan seitan buffalo wings (everything pictured above). The burger came with my choice of two sides (I selected the colesaw and the gravy and mashed potatoes). Everything was pretty good except the tempeh patty was slightly overdone. To make up for the dry patty, I put some of the vegan ranch that came with the buffalo wings onto the burger and that made it much better. I would recommend trying this place out because they have a large selection of vegan items and their daily specials looked really tasty.

City O'City (Denver) | Tempeh a la Sylvestre

City O’City (V206 E 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80203): I wish there was a City O’City in the Bay Area. I like City O’City because it’s open late (2am Monday – Saturday), they have a great selection of vegan pizzas, and Monday night is whiskey night! I’m a fan of their whiskey night because they have specials on good whiskey (stuff like Buffalo Trace and Bulliet). They also have great daily vegan specials too.

When I was in Denver a couple of months ago I had a couple of hours to kill before my return flight home, so I shot over to City O’City to check out their daily specials. Their daily vegan special was “Tempeh a la Sylvestre” (potatoes au gratin, roasted tempeh, green bean succotash, and dijon vinaigrette)(pictured above) and it was amazing. I think I would have licked the plate if I didn’t fear getting dirty looks from other customers. Overall, the food was great and on the inexpensive side (I think the special plus drink, dessert, and tip cost me just over $20). The atmosphere was pretty relaxing and they also sell baked goods from the WaterCourse Bakery next door.