Guidebook for Wheat Ridge

Nancy
Guidebook for Wheat Ridge

Food Scene

Authentic Nepalese food, lovely patio and decor from Nepal, very gracious and affordable
88 habitants recommandent
Sherpa House Restaurant and Culture Center
1518 Washington Ave
88 habitants recommandent
Authentic Nepalese food, lovely patio and decor from Nepal, very gracious and affordable
Intimate and quaint, lovely Italian food, make a reservation ...
60 habitants recommandent
Spuntino
2639 W 32nd Ave
60 habitants recommandent
Intimate and quaint, lovely Italian food, make a reservation ...
Steak!!!! Also lovely salads and adult beverages, lively! Catch a movie next door, before or after dinner!
8 habitants recommandent
The Keg Steakhouse + Bar - Colorado Mills
14065 W Colfax Dr
8 habitants recommandent
Steak!!!! Also lovely salads and adult beverages, lively! Catch a movie next door, before or after dinner!
Amazing sushi and other Japanese fare, in the heart of quaint Highlands neighborhood...
77 habitants recommandent
Sushi Hai
3600 W 32nd Ave
77 habitants recommandent
Amazing sushi and other Japanese fare, in the heart of quaint Highlands neighborhood...
Coffee roasted on site - you can watch them roast! Lots of social, sit in the sunny window and sip one of their specialty coffee drinks... best in town!
59 habitants recommandent
Allegro Coffee Roasters
4040 Tennyson St
59 habitants recommandent
Coffee roasted on site - you can watch them roast! Lots of social, sit in the sunny window and sip one of their specialty coffee drinks... best in town!
HOME-BAKED bakery goods on site, coffee, wine, Moscow Mules, and say 'hi' to Tomas and Marianna for us!
22 habitants recommandent
Café Zuri
3718 W 32nd Ave
22 habitants recommandent
HOME-BAKED bakery goods on site, coffee, wine, Moscow Mules, and say 'hi' to Tomas and Marianna for us!
Old-time cafe, been around forever, best breakfast in Denver! Kyle will be there, and she'll take great care of you... bkfst and lunch, sit at a table or the counter on a twirly stool!
15 habitants recommandent
Kyles Kitchen
4018 Tennyson St
15 habitants recommandent
Old-time cafe, been around forever, best breakfast in Denver! Kyle will be there, and she'll take great care of you... bkfst and lunch, sit at a table or the counter on a twirly stool!
Fast (SLO) food, cooked to order, everything vegetarian and DELICIOUS! Decor is entirely assembled with repurposed stuff - totally charming!
110 habitants recommandent
Vital Root
3915 Tennyson St
110 habitants recommandent
Fast (SLO) food, cooked to order, everything vegetarian and DELICIOUS! Decor is entirely assembled with repurposed stuff - totally charming!
Remodeled mortuary, but don't let that scare you... this place charms, and great food inspired by the chef's visit of middle eastern countries... and check out the amazing views from the rooftop deck!
743 habitants recommandent
Linger
2030 W 30th Ave
743 habitants recommandent
Remodeled mortuary, but don't let that scare you... this place charms, and great food inspired by the chef's visit of middle eastern countries... and check out the amazing views from the rooftop deck!
Used to be the Old Arvada Schoolhouse, menus are old peechees, bar is the old library! Not your ordinary lunchroom fare, but inspired by such... in the heart of Olde Town Arvada. In the summer, cross the street for a run thru the public water spout fountains... lots of kids play here!
83 habitants recommandent
School House Kitchen and Libations
5660 Olde Wadsworth Blvd
83 habitants recommandent
Used to be the Old Arvada Schoolhouse, menus are old peechees, bar is the old library! Not your ordinary lunchroom fare, but inspired by such... in the heart of Olde Town Arvada. In the summer, cross the street for a run thru the public water spout fountains... lots of kids play here!
OMG... just go! You'll never want to leave, unless you buy enough baked goods to get you back to wherever you came from!
35 habitants recommandent
Rheinlander Bakery
5721 Olde Wadsworth Blvd
35 habitants recommandent
OMG... just go! You'll never want to leave, unless you buy enough baked goods to get you back to wherever you came from!
Awesome "roadstop" style food, Americana with a contemporary twist. Right in the middle of the Santa Fe Arts District, so plenty of walkin' about after you eat. Don't miss 1st Friday, even when it's snowing!
50 habitants recommandent
Interstate Kitchen & Bar
1001 Santa Fe Dr
50 habitants recommandent
Awesome "roadstop" style food, Americana with a contemporary twist. Right in the middle of the Santa Fe Arts District, so plenty of walkin' about after you eat. Don't miss 1st Friday, even when it's snowing!
Boulder is a sister city to Dushanbe in Persia. The mayor of Dushanbe presented Boulder with a tea house, shipping it piece by piece to be re-built on the beautiful Boulder Creek as a tea house and restaurant, featuring the most delicious Persian decor and food you could imagine. This is a must see!
317 habitants recommandent
The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse
1770 13th St
317 habitants recommandent
Boulder is a sister city to Dushanbe in Persia. The mayor of Dushanbe presented Boulder with a tea house, shipping it piece by piece to be re-built on the beautiful Boulder Creek as a tea house and restaurant, featuring the most delicious Persian decor and food you could imagine. This is a must see!
It's authentic... just a little hole in the wall, eat in or take out. Also Brazilian snack foods to buy and take with. We like their soda's!
Little Brazil Restaurant
7333 W 26th Ave
It's authentic... just a little hole in the wall, eat in or take out. Also Brazilian snack foods to buy and take with. We like their soda's!

Drinks & Nightlife

Great local culture in Highlands Neighborhood, where the locals go...
101 habitants recommandent
Local 46
4586 Tennyson St
101 habitants recommandent
Great local culture in Highlands Neighborhood, where the locals go...
Local talent, ALWAYS! Local bar and music scene... great fun, great music, great atmosphere!
30 habitants recommandent
Herman's Hideaway
1578 S Broadway
30 habitants recommandent
Local talent, ALWAYS! Local bar and music scene... great fun, great music, great atmosphere!
Just try it...
10 habitants recommandent
Your Mom's House
608 E 13th Ave
10 habitants recommandent
Just try it...
Because you wanna dance! Country Western music icon... live music, lessons, just fun and every night! Put on your dancin' shoes!
44 habitants recommandent
The Grizzly Rose
5450 S Valley Hwy
44 habitants recommandent
Because you wanna dance! Country Western music icon... live music, lessons, just fun and every night! Put on your dancin' shoes!
Historic theater, small and intimate, live music... best music tours always.
283 habitants recommandent
Théâtre Ogden
935 E Colfax Ave
283 habitants recommandent
Historic theater, small and intimate, live music... best music tours always.
Historic, intimate, and unusual... these guys bring in some of the best of the best for underground local music and traveling shows with panache!
69 habitants recommandent
Théâtre Oriental
4335 W 44th Ave
69 habitants recommandent
Historic, intimate, and unusual... these guys bring in some of the best of the best for underground local music and traveling shows with panache!

Arts & Culture

Not just theater, also Art Gallery and studios and dance... they do it all, and it's all local. Sign up for a pottery studio "date night" for $75 - they'll teach you and your partner how to use the wheel to make a pot, and have a little wine for you too!
48 habitants recommandent
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
6901 Wadsworth Blvd
48 habitants recommandent
Not just theater, also Art Gallery and studios and dance... they do it all, and it's all local. Sign up for a pottery studio "date night" for $75 - they'll teach you and your partner how to use the wheel to make a pot, and have a little wine for you too!
It's what's happening locally - great art shows and art gatherings. Right next door to Sherpa House Restaurant!
Foothills Art Center - Community Gallery
809 15th Street
It's what's happening locally - great art shows and art gatherings. Right next door to Sherpa House Restaurant!
The BEST of music in the middle of our beautiful foothills, overlooking Denver! this is a "NOT TO BE MISSED" spot. Even if you don't go to a concert, go take a walk there... run up and dn the stairs for exercise too in breathtaking beauty!
1973 habitants recommandent
Red Rocks amphitheater
18300 West Alameda Parkway
1973 habitants recommandent
The BEST of music in the middle of our beautiful foothills, overlooking Denver! this is a "NOT TO BE MISSED" spot. Even if you don't go to a concert, go take a walk there... run up and dn the stairs for exercise too in breathtaking beauty!
Fascinating collection of Decorative Arts collected by artist Vance Kirkland over his lifetime. Museum includes Vance's studio that was relocated from Capital Hill to the new museum site. Make a museum day of it - visit Denver Art Museum and Clyfford Still Museum, 1 block away!
82 habitants recommandent
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
1201 Bannock St
82 habitants recommandent
Fascinating collection of Decorative Arts collected by artist Vance Kirkland over his lifetime. Museum includes Vance's studio that was relocated from Capital Hill to the new museum site. Make a museum day of it - visit Denver Art Museum and Clyfford Still Museum, 1 block away!
Well if you're a gear head, or just appreciate the art of autos, check this out. Super fun to see the vintage evolution of all sorts of modes of transportation... stuff you'll remember, and a few things that you may never know existed!
32 habitants recommandent
Musée des Transports Forney
4303 Brighton Blvd
32 habitants recommandent
Well if you're a gear head, or just appreciate the art of autos, check this out. Super fun to see the vintage evolution of all sorts of modes of transportation... stuff you'll remember, and a few things that you may never know existed!
Galleries galore... catch First Friday, lots of food carts, music, street fair atmosphere, rain or shine!
South Santa Fe Avenue
South Santa Fe Avenue
Galleries galore... catch First Friday, lots of food carts, music, street fair atmosphere, rain or shine!

Parks & Nature

1/2 mile from our home... walk thru the lovely Applewood neighborhood to get there and then ENJOY! This is open space with lake, walking trails, biking trails, nature preserve, and a FULL ON view of the entire front range!
52 habitants recommandent
Parc Crown Hill
9357 West 26th Avenue
52 habitants recommandent
1/2 mile from our home... walk thru the lovely Applewood neighborhood to get there and then ENJOY! This is open space with lake, walking trails, biking trails, nature preserve, and a FULL ON view of the entire front range!
The most beautiful gardens, but maybe also catch a live music performance or festival in the outdoor amphitheatre right in the middle of it all! The food is quite good too, and they have an app that will help you identify plants if they are not marked. Lots of volunteers digging in the dirt that can help you with questions. Amazing art integrated with the gardens too!
1100 habitants recommandent
Jardin botanique de Denver
1007 York St
1100 habitants recommandent
The most beautiful gardens, but maybe also catch a live music performance or festival in the outdoor amphitheatre right in the middle of it all! The food is quite good too, and they have an app that will help you identify plants if they are not marked. Lots of volunteers digging in the dirt that can help you with questions. Amazing art integrated with the gardens too!

Getting Around

Just up the street... all you need for bike rentals, and jump right on the road for accessible bike routes to biking trails within 1 mile!
8 habitants recommandent
Wheat Ridge Cyclery
7085 W 38th Ave
8 habitants recommandent
Just up the street... all you need for bike rentals, and jump right on the road for accessible bike routes to biking trails within 1 mile!
Just up the street... should you decide you'd like a car. We've never had any issues with car availability, and very competitive pricing. Happy to give you a ride over there!
17 habitants recommandent
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
4298 Kipling St
17 habitants recommandent
Just up the street... should you decide you'd like a car. We've never had any issues with car availability, and very competitive pricing. Happy to give you a ride over there!
Catch the Light Rail from here to DIA ($9.00) or catch any of the other light rails that go east, west, north, and south. Union Station is a 15 minute Uber ride from our house!
889 habitants recommandent
LoDo
889 habitants recommandent
Catch the Light Rail from here to DIA ($9.00) or catch any of the other light rails that go east, west, north, and south. Union Station is a 15 minute Uber ride from our house!

Entertainment & Activities

1/2 mile from our house, they offer it all for $8.00 - drop in classes, state of the art weight machines, lap and fun pool, hot tub, massages (with reservation), climbing wall, childcare, indoor track.
12 habitants recommandent
Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
4005 Kipling St
12 habitants recommandent
1/2 mile from our house, they offer it all for $8.00 - drop in classes, state of the art weight machines, lap and fun pool, hot tub, massages (with reservation), climbing wall, childcare, indoor track.
Climbing is SOOOO fun... in nearby Golden!
14 habitants recommandent
Earth Treks Golden
700 Golden Ridge Rd
14 habitants recommandent
Climbing is SOOOO fun... in nearby Golden!
Old school bath house, with men's days and women's days... a little rustic, but very affordable soaking, steaming, sauna, salt rubs, and massages. Snacks on site... family owned for about 1000 years!
12 habitants recommandent
Lake Steam Baths
3540 W Colfax Ave
12 habitants recommandent
Old school bath house, with men's days and women's days... a little rustic, but very affordable soaking, steaming, sauna, salt rubs, and massages. Snacks on site... family owned for about 1000 years!
If you like cool cars, noise, and all things fast... summer months only.
51 habitants recommandent
Circuit de vitesse Bandimere
3051 S Rooney Rd
51 habitants recommandent
If you like cool cars, noise, and all things fast... summer months only.

Sightseeing

Cutest small town shops in the middle of the BIG CITY... take the light rail right from Union Station to the little ole train station in downtown Littleton. Eat, shop, walk around... great day trip! Town Hall Art Center 2 blocks away...
34 habitants recommandent
Littleton
34 habitants recommandent
Cutest small town shops in the middle of the BIG CITY... take the light rail right from Union Station to the little ole train station in downtown Littleton. Eat, shop, walk around... great day trip! Town Hall Art Center 2 blocks away...
Unique shopping, a water park, great food and beverages, the best candy store and ice cream parlour you'll ever see, music venues... they have it all!
189 habitants recommandent
Olde Town Arvada
5575 Vance St
189 habitants recommandent
Unique shopping, a water park, great food and beverages, the best candy store and ice cream parlour you'll ever see, music venues... they have it all!
Old west meets the big urban... car shows and cruise, festivals galore, wonderful food and shopping, hike along the river, play spaces for kids, museums... just go exploring for a day!
384 habitants recommandent
Golden
384 habitants recommandent
Old west meets the big urban... car shows and cruise, festivals galore, wonderful food and shopping, hike along the river, play spaces for kids, museums... just go exploring for a day!
Check out Denver's B-cycle program - rent a bike for $8/day, and bike down to the confluence of South Platte and Cherry Creek bike trails - hang out and have coffee or a picnic (food and bevs nearby). Right in the heart of downtown river walk. Rent a kayak if you like, and try out your skills here!
210 habitants recommandent
Parc Confluence
2250 15th St
210 habitants recommandent
Check out Denver's B-cycle program - rent a bike for $8/day, and bike down to the confluence of South Platte and Cherry Creek bike trails - hang out and have coffee or a picnic (food and bevs nearby). Right in the heart of downtown river walk. Rent a kayak if you like, and try out your skills here!
Popularly called Ri-No, this is home of cool restoration and interesting startups, mixed in with distilleries, food, and lots of social and art. Not to be missed! Denver hosts a Ri-No tour if you want to make an afternoon of it!
558 habitants recommandent
River North Art District
558 habitants recommandent
Popularly called Ri-No, this is home of cool restoration and interesting startups, mixed in with distilleries, food, and lots of social and art. Not to be missed! Denver hosts a Ri-No tour if you want to make an afternoon of it!
Famous parking lot where you can steal a kiss at the top... so scenic! Just 15 mins from us, beautiful views!
9 habitants recommandent
Lookout Mountain Road
Lookout Mountain Road
9 habitants recommandent
Famous parking lot where you can steal a kiss at the top... so scenic! Just 15 mins from us, beautiful views!
History, history, history.... old mining town that is 30 mins from our house, just a bit into the foothills. Try the Indian Springs Spa while you're there.
164 habitants recommandent
Idaho Springs
164 habitants recommandent
History, history, history.... old mining town that is 30 mins from our house, just a bit into the foothills. Try the Indian Springs Spa while you're there.
Just beautiful drives, hikes near by... or if you feel like an overnighter, rent a yert! (needs reservation, make it plenty in advance)
177 habitants recommandent
Parc d'État de Golden Gate Canyon
92 Crawford Gulch Rd
177 habitants recommandent
Just beautiful drives, hikes near by... or if you feel like an overnighter, rent a yert! (needs reservation, make it plenty in advance)