Best of Colorado: FOOD/BEVERAGE.

BEST RESTAURANT--BREAKFAST SPOT

Snooze

snoozeeatery.com

There's a reason there's always a line to get into Snooze, An A.M. Eatery. From one restaurant, Snooze has grown into a behemoth breakfast, brunch and lunch spot with eight restaurants in Colorado; four in California; five in Arizona; and seven in Texas. It's getting ready to add another location at the Denver Tech Center and three more in Texas. Snooze's menu features interesting twists on classics, as well as dishes that are far from ordinary. Take the Breakfast Pot Pie, a flaky puff pastry topped with an egg any style and smothered with Snooze's homemade rosemary sausage gravy--breakfast bliss!

Runners-up

Sam's No. 3

The Egg & I

Lucile's Creole Cafe

BEST RESTAURANT--BUSINESS LUNCH SPOT

Range Restaurant

rangedowntown.com

Range Restaurant's New American West cuisine focuses on the ingredients, cultural influences and cooking techniques inherent to the Rocky Mountain West. Located at 17th and Champa streets inside the Renaissance Denver Downtown City Center Hotel in the restored Colorado National Bank building, the restaurant has a spacious bar with a wide selection of local beers, liquors and wines, a private dining room and a wood-fired oven where much of the fare is prepared. The menu changes seasonally and offers a large selection of shareable plates, entrees, side dishes and desserts. The restaurant also can accommodate private parties.

Runners-up

Guard and Grace

Racine's

Mad Greens

The Nickel

BEST RESTAURANT--DELIVERED LUNCH

Jimmy John's

jimmyjohns.com

Jimmy John's is the perfect answer for anyone who's stuck at the office during lunch. The fast-casual restaurant bakes its French bread and slices its all-natural meats in its stores every day. The franchiser, which has 2,727 stores across the country, creates about 210 new jobs each week. Its restaurants support thousands of small businesses in the markets it's in by using local plumbers, electricians, contractors and repair companies for store upkeep and maintenance and using local companies to build its stores.

Runners-up

Panera Bread

Snarf's Sandwich Shop

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

Mad Greens

Qdoba Mexican Grill

BEST RESTAURANT--PATIO

Avanti Food & Beverage

avantifandb.com

There's a lot of outdoor space to enjoy at Avanti Food & Beverage, a modern-day food hall located at 3200 Pecos St. in Denver's LoHi neighborhood. From the patio or the bleacher seats overlooking Coors Field, people can nosh on a variety of cuisine while they're taking in the stellar views of the downtown Denver skyline. Avanti offers two bars and a collection of seven different restaurants: American Grind; Brava! Pizzeria Delia Strada; Chow Morso; Kaya Kitchen; QuickFish; Quiero Arepas; and The Regional. Avanti is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through...