Best Local Deli: The Market

To call this place "Copper Nickel-tested, Copper Nickel-approved" would be a serious understatement. We lunch here, we hold meetings here, and Copper Nickel staffer Anisetta keeps the place on the literary up-and-up by posting poems at her register. Here you can get a cup of Boulder's own Allegro coffee, along with a murderer's row of obscene pastries. They serve a wide range of deli fare, as well as beer and wine, and the ample seating area can easily accommodate you and the half-dozen people you promised to have lunch with.

Located at Denver's historic Larimer Square, on Larimer between 14th and 15th. Take the free 16th Street Mall shuttle to Larimer, hop off, and take a short walk south.