Denver has a great restaurant and cocktail scene.
A delicious steak is easy to find, and we have all kinds of Mexican food, from Tex-Mex to Oaxacan mole to Sinaloa-style ceviche. Our food scene reflects the strong communities in Denver that hailed here from all over the world.
Some foods are holdovers from our cowtown days, like Rocky Mountain oysters, which, despite their name, aren't actually from the sea. They're fried bull testicles and I think there's a lot of fuss about them considering that I don't see many locals eating them around here.
However, they exist, and if you like fried food, you might want to give them a try. Buckhorn Exchange, a restaurant that's been around since the 1890s, is your best bet.
If you're in search of burgers, seek out My Brother's Bar. It doesn't have a sign. but it does have a letter that Neal Cassady wrote to the bar from jail hanging in the phone booth.
You can still belly up to the bar and order a jalapeno cream-cheese burger, known as a JCB, at the same place as Beat Generation figures including Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.