Breakfast near I70 west of Denver
 

We land in Denver early Saturday morning, will be driving to Breckenridge, and need to stop for breakfast along the way, probably closer to Denver than Breck. We don't want to add to our travel time, so would like someplace quite close to I70. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Definitely grab breakfast before you leave town, or you will have a long wait. Unless you want to drive a ways before eating, and stop in a mountain spot like Evergreen? The historic El Rancho restaurant there is nice, and they have a Sunday brunch from 9- noon. Otherwise, they have an "all-day menu":
http://www.elranchocolorado.com/elra...ant_menus.html

Maybe your best bet is to stop at a hotel along I-70, or there are places right near the airport.

What time of day are you thinking?

It doesn't look like El Rancho serves breakfast.

By the time we get our luggage and the rental car, it will probably be close to 9 AM before we get to the west side of Denver. We'll have been up since 3:30 AM, and I will definitely be ready to eat!

If you haven't eaten since 3:30a.m., you might want to get breakfast before you get on I-70, or even eat at the airport itself.

There are lots of hotels near the airport which would have restaurants:

http://www.denver.com/hotels/airport.html

I generally find hotels overpriced for breakfast, as they have a captive audience.

My preference would be to eat at a local place on the west side of Denver.

There are plenty of places to pull off of I70 around Wadsworth or such for a quick breakfast. Or just stop in the airport and eat. But if you get much past Wadsworth (if I recall correctly) you'll be eating in Idaho Springs which IS an easy on and off of I70.

3 McDonalds, 1 Burger King and several places where you can get a breakfast burrito all in the airport.
You might even have your breakfast in hand before you get your rental car keys.

We don't want to eat at the airport and we definitely don't want a fast food breakfast.

We've eaten at the Village Inn in Wheat Ridge before--was just looking for something different.

gretchen, what are some of the breakfast places in Wadsworth?

Here is a great local breakfast place, on your way out of the airport, Moonlight Diner (http://www.moonlightdinerdenver.com/....php?pagenum=1)

You drive out of the airport towards I-70 but take the Tower Road exit. After breakfast, continue on Tower Road to get to I-70. Easy access and a good meal!

Thanks, tekwriter--that looks good.

There's a La Peep or some such in the airport--on the mezzanine above the security maze.
don't know specifics around Wadsworth but there is a big shopping area and a Costco there. At least a Red Robin.

Red Robins don't seem to open until 11 AM.

You might be close to that. There are other restaurants in that area, IF you want to do it. Whatever you decide will be fine with me. LOL

That is funny!

tekwriter, thanks for suggesting the Moonlight Diner--it was exactly the kind of place we were looking for, and the location was perfect. DH had the banana bread French toast, which was delish, and I had a veggie egg white omelet, which was just what I wanted.

Hi abram, thanks for letting me know that sometimes people actually read my suggestions and they're good! Glad you enjoyed it and hope your trip is going well!