When you go to lunch in Denver you have a huge variety to chose from. Certainly the amount that you can afford or want to spend is a factor. Another factor is where you want to go, whether you are looking for something within walking distance or something that you are going to be driving to eat at.
Many times when I am out and about I’ll pick a restaurant that is in the area where I am when I get hungry. Most of the time I like looking for restaurants that are not chains. Although there are a few chains that I like most are so homoginized and bland that.I find them unappetizing.
I especially like finding small mom and pops that are clean and have more original foods. Often times they willl have specials that you can only get there.
Sometimes after trying a new place it becomes a part of my list of favorite places but just as often it is a place that I am never going to go back to again. I think that a lot of times these small places try to compete by copying the chains and this is a mistake. For me at least, the reason that I find these places so special is that they are unique and different. If I want to have something that is the same I can just go to a McDonalds.