Colorado Eats · Aurora, Colorado

Aurora green chile, brewpubs and MICHELIN & James Beard

In Aurora: 1 green chile spot, 3 brewpubs and 4 MICHELIN or James Beard honorees. The green chile list was hand-checked in fall 2026 against 2025–26 sources. Brewpubs come from the state's Brew Pub and Distillery Pub license list of September 24, 2026. Colorado Eats knows 811 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Aurora: search them on the web, or sort them by distance in the app.

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Green chile in Aurora

Only places in Aurora, hand-checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. Statewide: 46 Colorado green chile spots.

  1. Nick's Cafe at Nick's Garden Center

    2001 S Chambers Rd, Aurora

    Green chile On the menu: green chile, breakfast burritos, chile rellenos

    Seasonal weekend cafe inside an Aurora garden center, open September and October for green chile, breakfast burritos and chile rellenos.

    nicksgardencenter.com

MICHELIN & James Beard in Aurora

Honored by the MICHELIN Guide Colorado 2026 or the James Beard Foundation (2023–26); an honor is a fact, not a score. Statewide: 85 Colorado MICHELIN and James Beard restaurants.

  1. Annette

    2501 Dallas St, Aurora

    Bib Gourmand

  2. Dân Dã

    9945 E Colfax Ave, Aurora

    MICHELIN Recommended

  3. Traveling Mercies

    2501 Dallas Street Unit #311, Aurora

    James Beard semifinalist

    James Beard: Best New Bar semifinalist 2025

  4. Molino Chido

    2501 Dallas Street Suite 140, Aurora

    James Beard: Outstanding Restaurateur semifinalist 2026 (Tommy Lee)

Brewpubs in Aurora

Only places in Aurora: places with a Colorado Brew Pub or Distillery Pub license on the state's list of September 24, 2026. Statewide: 234 licensed Colorado brewpubs.

  1. A Bit Twisted Brewery & BBQ

    3095 S Peoria St, Aurora

    Brewpub

    twistedbrewpub.com

  2. Cheluna Brewing Company

    2501 Dallas St #148, Aurora

    Brewpub

    cheluna.com

  3. Six Capital Brewing

    16701 E Iliff Ave, Aurora

    Brewpub

    sixcapitalbrewing.com

What Aurora eats

The kinds of places Aurora has most of, out of 811, counted from open map listings and Colorado's license records.

Kind of placePlaces
Mexican140
Bar & Pub83
Bakery & Sweets75
Burgers66
Coffee & Café59
Pizza45
Chicken & Wings38
Sandwiches & Deli38
Chinese37
Japanese & Sushi26

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