Gift Link: 36 Hours Denver – NYTIMES

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• Room for Milly, in the Union Station neighborhood, has plush midcentury-style chairs and couches on which you can sample a sake or sangria and snack on caviar and truffle-flavored popcorn.
• El Five, in the Lower Highland neighborhood, or LoHi, near downtown, is a tapas restaurant known for its matzo-ball-soup dumplings and spectacular fifth-floor outdoor-patio views of Denver’s skyline.
• Little Man Ice Cream, underneath a distinctive three-story milk can, often has long lines for rich flavors like Space Junkie, a mix of raspberry, brownie bites and marshmallow swirl.
• The Cooper Lounge, a second-floor cocktail bar in Union Station, offers great people watching, with views of the city on one side and the station’s Great Hall on the other.
• Ultreia, also in the station, is a tapas fixture that combines comfort food with fast service.
• Rise & Shine Biscuit Kitchen and Cafe, not far from Sloan’s Lake Park, is notable for its North Carolina-style biscuits of the day.
• The Edgewater Public Market, one of many upscale food halls that have recently popped up in the metro area, is in Edgewater, a suburb just west of Denver, and includes Ethiopian, Asian and burger booths.
• US Thai Cafe, also in Edgewater, is a no-frills Thai restaurant that nails the classics in a cramped-but-comfortable room.
• Convivio Cafe in northwest Denver offers a chocolatado, an espresso drink with chocolate crumbles, befitting the co-owner Vivi Lemus’s Guatemalan heritage.
• Denver Cat Company, a cat cafe in the Berkeley neighborhood, presents a relaxing way to pass an hour: meditatively scratching tiny ears.
• Two Hands, along fast-developing Tennyson Street, is an Australian-style restaurant that crams fresh, healthy ingredients into satisfying bowls.
• Gusto, near Sloan’s Lake Park, serves Italian dishes that include a peach-packed summer harvest salad and sausage-heavy Sicilian pizza.
• Honey Hill Cafe is a convenient stop for coffee and pastry in the Park Hill neighborhood, before strolling to City Park.
• Also in Park Hill, the deli at the rear of Spinelli’s Market offers a takeout meatball, red pepper and marinara sandwich and build-your-own options. Ask for marinated onions, and don’t forget your free piece of fruit.