Local Shopping Guide
- my personal experiences and opinions
I'm currently updating this list. Please check back again !
Food:
Best Pizza - Papa Murphy's take & bake thin crust- University Blvd
Best Pizza Restaurant -
Nicolos on University Blvd. Try the thin crust!
- but beware of the bathrooms - the sink has scalding hot water
Best meatball sub - Lil' Ricci's 44 West Centennial Blvd
Best Chinese - Sunflower Cafe 91 West Mineral Ave
Best Chinese Delivery - Sunflower Cafe (303) 798 - 0700
Best Bar - Indulge Wine Bar, Town Center
Probably the coolest wine bar in all of metro Denver
Favorite fast food; - Panera Bread on University
They just seem to care, and do a good job with everything. (including the free wireless access)
Favorite restaurant IN Highlands Ranch - Mon Ami on University Blvd.
Favorite restaurant NEAR Highlands Ranch - Second vote for Sunflower Cafe
Best Store - Super Target on Lucent Blvd. (love the high tech shopping carts)
Best Grocery - Whole Foods on University
Freshest Veggies: Sunflower Market, County Line and University
It's the absolute best place around for fresh fruits and veggies
Best Toy Store - TimBuk Toys - Town Center (great stuff!)
Haircuts for kids - Great Clips on Broadway - they have the right attitude
Haircuts for adults - All the $50- a cut salons have been closing down.....
AMC Highlands Ranch - Local movie house with 24 screens and IMAX. Free kiddie movies in the summer
Best Park - Civic Green; see the cultural events from Shakespeare to the Symphony, and free kiddie movies
Recreation Centers
Northridge has the best picnic areas
Westridge has the best outdoor kiddie pool
Eastridge has the main Association offices
Southridge has the coolest indoor pools
Day Care -
I like Kindercare by the library
I tried Primrose but it was not a good experience
Plenty of in-home options around
Golf -
The Links has a fun course
Highlands Ranch Golf Course is very nice
Best Doctors Office - Kaiser Permanente. Really. I just switched and it's fabulous.
Highlands Ranch Hotels
Residence Inn is walking distance to restaurants and the movie theater
Hilton Garden Inn is new, nice, and secluded
Contractors:
See my contractor recommendations
Places I have had bad experiences at:
- Keller Auto Repair - they advertise a lot because nobody goes back twice
- Abo's Pizza - quality has been slipping lately, bad employee attitudes and stale slices
- Floyd's Barber Shop - heavily tattooed stylist had bleeding fingers, got blood stains on my shirt and in my hair
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Lansdowne Arms - bartender padded his tip on my credit card, Westword editor wrote of a similar problem there
- McDonalds near Broadway - what a monopoly, what a dump. This place needs a full overhaul.
- Anthonys Pizza - usually good, but it often has real strong sewer gas smells in the resturant.
