Best Historic Restaurants in Littleton

The staff went out of their way to make us feel extremely welcome and invited us back to their reopening after remodel. If you have a chance to grab their brunch before they close for remodel, do so! Manny was a tremendous server. Seek him out if you can.

What a fun restaurant we found! The people at the table next to us ordered some sort of a huge Bloody Mary full of a lot of food on the top that was called Stairway to Heaven, and they literally had another patron come over to their table to ask if he could take a picture of it. It's that impressive! This place has a younger vibe with lots of 20ish people there. The ambiance is great, although my husband who has hearing aids had issues with the hollow noise (think school cafeteria). When he's in that tunnel like openness his hearing aids tend to grab the background noise, and he can't hear me talking to him. That being said, I loved this place and the service was great! Their menu is trendy and interesting too.

Attentive and warm service, delicious selection of interesting cocktails and wines by the glass. Highly recommend the gnocchi and scallop entrees. And the chocolate martini was a Christmas delight. Cafe Terracotta never disappoints, it’s such a plus to have a wonderfully consistent upscale restaurant in downtown Littleton.

As a divorced woman without her son for the first Christmas ever, thank you to the staff at Ship Tavern for making my Christmas dinner with my friend special. Your exquisite hotel, lovely dining experience, and attentive staff made every moment pleasing from the valet, host, server, to the table busser that I made blush by saying Merry Christmas. Thank you for making me want to go back to savor some more while feeling included in the magic!

High Tea in the Atrium was the best. Great atmosphere and Christmas decor, wonderful piano music and even better strolling carolers followed by the jazz combo playing Christmas tunes. Price was high but the experience could not be duplicated. That said, I miss the smartly uniformed doormen and found it took quite a while to get a drink and we were seated at least 30 minutes late. Also, the newly renovated Ellington's is disappointing with such poor acoustics and "all white" decor. Sorry to say that the hotel as a whole is no longer the best in Denver.