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The Broker Restaurant Review

821 17th St. Send to Phone
DenverCO 80202
303-292-5065 | Menu
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Steak and seafood, including the bottomless shrimp bowl, an extensive wine list and opulent surroundings lure downtown denizens to this stalwart.

Cuisine

Open

Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly

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Wine

Great Wine List

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This Denver landmark---launched in 1972---has been on the A-list of Denverites and D-town visitors for years. What’s the big attraction? It’s housed in a former bank building vault, one of the more unusual dining room settings in the city. Today, payments of old-school Victorian ambience and traditional American West dining replace gazing at the valuables and important papers. The Broker has launched a newer tradition of its own---a complimentary bowl of chilled peel-and-eat shrimp that has endeared the house to many. It’s a wonderful touch that weighs in at over a pound; we love it. The house also serves up other riches including oysters Rockefeller, crab cakes, lobster ravioli and protein-heavy plates of meat and seafood. Filets come in beef and buffalo versions---a nice western nod; the dry-aged porterhouse is massive. The slabs of halibut and salmon are also popular. Some snicker at the Broker as a place past its prime, with food relying on bygone glory. But longtime locals and big business lunch and dinner crowds don’t seem to agree.

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