Denver Dining & Shopping
Shopping and dining opportunities abound across the metro Denver seven-county area. Regional malls feature popular retail chains, trendy and unique specialty shops, and a variety of service establishments.Residents can turn a shopping expedition into a day-long jaunt with movie theaters and other entertainment options located in or around area shopping centers. Also, they can choose from a host of international, traditional and local cuisine at any of Denver's many restaurants and eateries.
Metro Denver offers 14 major shopping centers with 500,000 square feet of space or larger and numerous shopping districts with several new projects planned. Long-time residents and newcomers discover a diverse selection of dining and shopping options across the region.
Dining in Denver
Whether you're looking for a quick bite to eat at a casual diner or full service at an upscale restaurant, Denver has a wide range of choices to suit your palate. Denver's dining guides are a great source of information, with comprehensive lists of the area's dining halls, as well as reviews, articles and suggestions from both editors and readers.Personal Services
In addition to clothes and fashion, shopping centers throughout the region offer other personal services for individuals, couples and families, including hair salons, dry cleaning facilities and family photography studios.Cherry Creek Shopping Center is a top tourist attraction and features 160 shops, restaurants and services. Visitors will discover card shops, optical services, and health and beauty services all at one location. Of the 320 stores found at Cherry Creek North Shopping Center, 60 of them are spas and hair salons. Shoppers also will find an auto center, dry cleaners, banks, a pharmacy and fitness centers. Floral shops, dental offices, custom tailoring and even real estate offices are available.
Those looking to be pampered will find day spas, hair salons and beauty product shops throughout the area, and often all three can be found at the same place. Metafolics on Bannock Street offers haircuts and styling, manicures, massages and makeovers done by professional staff. The stylists at Metafolics take monthly refresher and enrichment courses to learn the latest in cuts and styles. The salon also features artwork done by area artists and hosts an annual hair salon event to benefit The University of Colorado Cancer Center.
The other shopping centers listed in this chapter also provide an array of tenants that provide personal services. Also, the local yellow pages provide individual listings of salons, dry cleaners, photography studios, optometry and eye care centers, and other personal services companies.
The Index of Advertisers at the end of this publication is a helpful resource for some of the banks, beauty salons, grocers, health clubs and shopping centers located throughout metro Denver. Flip to their ad and find instant information about the company.





