Durango Restaurant picks by DebitNM
 

Here are tried and true favorites of ours for when you are in Durango. I will also do some other places in nearby towns of Cortez, Dolores, Mancos on other threads.

Durango Restaurants:

BART'S NEW YORK DELI traditional NY eats a bit out of the way, but worth it 939 Hwy. 3, 247-1144.
CHRISTINA'S GRILL & BAR American food, just west of town 21382 Hwy. 160 W., 382-3844.
COSMOPOLITAN $$$$ a branch of the Telluride restaurant, foodie worthy, 919 Main Ave., 259-2898.
CYPRUS CAFÉ Mediterranean, local, seasonal, sustainable food 725 E. Second Ave., 385-6884
DURANGO DOUGHWORKS for breakfast, lunch & good coffee, northern end of town 2411 Main Ave., 247-1610.
EAST BY SOUTHWEST $$$ fusion, southwest meets asian 160 E. College Dr., 247-5533.
GAZPACHO for the closest thing to New Mexican you are going to find here 431 E. Second Ave., 259-9494
GUIDO'S FAVORITE FOODS Authentic Italian trattoria.,[our favorite Italian, closest to NY Italian other than my house] excellent take –out, gelato, groceries too 1201 Main Ave., 259-5028.
THE HAMILTON CHOP HOUSE $$$$another foodie worthy place with gorgeous views, north of town, heading towards ski area Glacier Club at Tamarron, 40290 Hwy. 550, 259-6636.
THE KENNEBEC Café, west of town, on the way to Mesa Verde NP- our favorite place to eat; Mediterranean and American Hwy 160 west, Hesperus,.
MAMA'S BOY ITALIAN RISTORANTE decent Italian and Pizza, northern end of town, reasonable prices 2659 Main Ave247-0060; 32225
MUTU'S ITALIAN KITCHEN$$$ Very good Italian 701 E. Second Ave., 375-2701.
NATURE'S OASIS for shopping and take out [local version of Whole Foods] 300 S. Camino del Rio, 247-1988.
ORE HOUSE steaks, very good $$$ 147 E. College Dr
SEASONS ROTISSERIE & GRILL modern American , pretty space, outdoor dining 764 Main Ave., 382-9790.
SERIOUS TEXAS BAR-B-Q 2 locations at each end of town, pretty decent BBQ 3535 N. Main Ave., 247-2240; 650B S. Camino del Rio, 259-9507.
SKA BREWING good beer and small menu of Mexican food, great fish tacos Bodo Park location 225 Girard, in BODO industrial area off 550.
STEAMWORKS BREWING CO excellent beer and good brewery food, crab boil is fun. 801 E. Second Ave., 259-9200.
TEQUILA'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT good Mexican [not New Mexican] food at reasonable prices 948 Main Ave., 259-7655.

Dont forget Sweeneys!!! Fantastic steaks and Seafood

Great review. We had dinner at Seasons and Cosmopolitan several years ago while visiting Durango. Both were fantastic!

We liked steamworks brewery as well. We did stop twice in Cortez in this funky coffee stand. I forgot the name. They have great breakfast burritos, decent coffees, and very good fruit smoothies. It is in one of those aluminum foil campers. I bet Deb will know what I am refering to.

O, the Lodge food at Mesa Verde was good.

It is the "SILVER BEAN" spiro; at the western end of town.

Here are my picks for Cortez, Mancos and Dolores:

http://www.fodors.com/community/unit...by-debitnm.cfm

Deb

Ken & Sue's on Main St. has always been a good choice as well!

I specifically left Ken & Sue off for a reason; we had a very bad experience there and the management was totally uncaring. The food was good, but as a local, I will never go back.

We lived in Durango for three years and enjoyed Ken and Sue's very much but I can see how a bad experience could turn you off to a place. The worst experience we had was at Seasons with horrible service and average food so I guess any place could have a bad day. I notice you didn't mention Randy's is it still open ?

I don't know Randy's; Seasons burned down, rebuilt. Have had good meals there, a tad heavy handed with salt for our tastes.

Deb