Denver

Outdoorsy

• garden of the gods
• red rocks

Boulder

• Leaf Vegetarian restaurant
• frasca food/wine (supposed to be good)
• celestial seasonings
• left hand milk stout (i think this is in longmont so a bit farther out, unless you like milk stout maybe don't need go out of your way)
• there are a lot of cute shops to nose around

Fort Collins

• fat tire and waffle lab (delish food truck near this brewery)

Downtown Denver / Pearl Street

• tattered cover (bookstore)
• bsb and denver beer company (downtown breweries)
• sushi den / izakaya den (really tasty sushi and very fairly priced. i like sushi den more)
• root down / linger (same owner different vibe)
• stella's coffee (cute coffee shop in a house, very homey)