Breakfast in Colfax: 6 spots with hours and parking

Breakfast in Colfax comes down to the clock: six places on East Colfax Avenue, two closed on Tuesdays, one opening at 7 AM, and one open 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays. The entries below give each opening window and parking line for planning a morning on the avenue.

Amethyst Coffee is an LGBTQ+-affirming café on East Colfax Avenue, known for specialty drinks, an inclusive community atmosphere and house-roasted beans, per its website. It serves coffee, breakfast and dessert, and dogs are allowed. Hours are Mon 8 AM-3 PM, Tue closed, and Wed-Sun 8 AM-3 PM, so the kitchen day ends mid-afternoon. Free street parking is listed. Google rates it 4.8 of 5 from 189 ratings. Go in the morning, any day but Tuesday.

The Colfax Phoenix is an outdoor venue where a phoenix rising from flames in crimson, gold and white celebrates the avenue's ongoing renaissance. Its listing shows breakfast, brunch, coffee and dessert, and it takes reservations. Hours are Mon 11 AM-12 AM, Tue closed, and Wed-Sun 11 AM-12 AM, a late-morning start. Free street parking is listed. Google rates it 4.7 of 5 from 317 ratings. Book ahead if the table matters, and plan around the Tuesday closure.

Illegal Pete's is an offbeat destination for burritos and other quick Mexican grub, plus a full bar, per its website. Breakfast, brunch and coffee are listed, along with live music. Weekends start earliest: Sat 9 AM-11 PM and Sun 9 AM-9 PM. Mon-Thu it runs 10:30 AM-10 PM, and Fri 10:30 AM-11 PM. Free street parking is listed. Google rates it 4.5 of 5 from 2746 ratings, and the price is marked inexpensive. A weekend morning gets the longest day.

Pete's Kitchen is a classic, family-owned-and-operated diner open since 1989, with breakfast burritos to gyros described on the Pete's Restaurants site. Breakfast, brunch, coffee and dessert are listed. It opens at 7 AM Mon-Thu, the earliest weekday opening of the six, and closes at 9 PM. Fri-Sat it is open 24 hours, and Sun runs 12 AM-9 PM. Free and paid street parking are both listed. Google rates it 4.5 of 5 from 5977 ratings.

Denver Biscuit Company is a biscuit-based breakfast and sandwich shop set up inside the warehouse-like Atomic Cowboy bar, as the Atomic Cowboy locations page shows. Breakfast, brunch and coffee are listed, and dogs are allowed. Hours are Mon-Thu 8 AM-12 AM, Fri-Sat 8 AM-2 AM and Sun 8 AM-12 AM. Delivery runs Mon-Sun 8 AM-11:30 PM. Google rates it 4.6 of 5 from 8268 ratings. The early 8 AM start suits a first stop of the day.

Fat Sully's NY Pizza shares its location with the biscuit shop, and the Atomic Cowboy locations page names both as tenants. Its lines show breakfast, brunch and coffee, and dogs are allowed. The stored hours match its neighbor, with the Friday and Saturday close pushed to 2 AM. Delivery runs Mon-Sun 8 AM-11:30 PM. Google rates it 4.6 of 5 from 8268 ratings, the same figures the record gives the biscuit shop.

Free street parking is listed for Amethyst Coffee, The Colfax Phoenix and Illegal Pete's. Pete's Kitchen lists both free street parking and paid street parking, so check the signs on the block.

Which breakfast places are closed on Tuesday? Amethyst Coffee and The Colfax Phoenix are both closed Tuesday, per their stored hours.

Which breakfast place is open 24 hours? Pete's Kitchen is open 24 hours on Friday and Saturday.