Denver, CO.

Toms Home Cookin

The Open View

For two star American, try Tom's Home Cookin' in Denver. Check out this affordable place in the Northeast Metro area. It's known for its vegetarian offerings. It's been awarded the Best of Cheap Eats and Best of Comfort Food awards. Know before you go: this place features outdoor dining. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a family atmosphere. This place is handicap accessible.

User Reviews of Toms Home Cookin

Yelp.com Review - by Maria H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Yummy Yummy for my tummy. I just came back from having lunch for the first time at Tom's home cooking and want to call off work for the rest of the day. I feel like I cannot move. After a generous...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by T.R. W.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great place for lunch if you can get there early. We got there around 12:15 and the line was out the door. The line moves moderately fast though so it wasn't bad. Place is small and relatively...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Tara B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tom's is reminiscent of a different time and place. If you ever long for "the good ole days" I think you'd like Tom's. It's not that it's a kitschy retro diner, though there is a tinge of that going...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristy R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Weeeehooo! What a great place. Huge servings of delicious, authentic southern cooking. It's open only on weekdays and only until 3pm or they run out of food. Whatever comes first. We live right near...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Bobby T.

5.0 of 5 stars. "YOU'VE REACHED TOMMM'S HOME COOKIN'" blurts the guy on the answering machine on the other end of my phone call. Yes, yes I have. You MUST make the call before going to Tom's...it's great to hear...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Hannah E.

5.0 of 5 stars. Oh my god. The best everrr!!! The only reason(s) I don't go here that often is because 1. the hours suck (lunchtime on weekdays only) and 2. I would weigh twice as much. It is so amazing though....
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Norah L.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you call ahead, the recording will give you the what's on the menu for that day. From what I can tell, most of the standards stay the same, but it's good just to check. The few times I've gone,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Laura B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Not sure how much more I can add to the previous reviews....SO GOOD! And the men behind the counter are so friendly and grateful for your service.Fried chicken, creamed corn, taters, jalapeno...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Samantha M.

4.0 of 5 stars. My husband suggested we stop at Tom's. I was craving some fried food but didn't want to prepare my own. I remember Tom's from when he was in the Holly. The food is still just as good. Don't let...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by D B.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is the real deal for foodies. Dingy, small, crowded... check. Food smells great... check. Cash only - no checks, no credit cards... check. Great food... check.Ordered the Fried Chicken,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennifer J.

4.0 of 5 stars. Today I waited in line for a half an hour for lunch. I really thought my husband must be nuts for bringing me there at first. The out-the-door line in the windy cool weather lent a bit of credence to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jarred F.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place has the best home cookin' in Denver, hands down. Reminds me of Atlanta Soul food! This place is the real deal, try out the gumbo or the tasty turkey! Its all good at Tom's!Oh, get there...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by johnny d.

5.0 of 5 stars. i live one block from tom's. i ate at tom's five days in a row when i moved to the points. not sure how much weight i gained...i've tried everything, eaten there probably 50 times, and i've yet to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael P.

4.0 of 5 stars. After living in Texas for 7 years I've gotten a taste of southern home cookin'. This place has a decent selection of food and the ambiance is very southern as well, small building with some seating...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2009
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Southern Food Done Right by Kelly S. at InsiderPages

Toms home cooking' does it right with great food. They have great chicken and great corn bread. The mac and cheese is great and so is the mash potato's and gravy. If you don't feel like chicken they make...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/27/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason W.

4.0 of 5 stars. comfort food comfort food comfort food. destination lunch spot that will cheer you up!the tea is good, but if you mix half sweetend and half un-sweetend it's awesome.AND they have strawberry fanta on...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2009
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Nothing Like Home Cookin by Michael D. at InsiderPages

There is nothing like home cookin. Tom's Home Cookin has the soul food of the century.. Tom's has the best chicken. The chicken has the right amount of seasoning. Tom's Home Cookin knows how to cook.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Brian G.

5.0 of 5 stars. So I'm a Jersey/NY kid, but I also spent some of my adolescence in the south. Let me tell you, Tom's is the real deal. This is where you go to get the truest and most honest to goodness comfort food...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by T B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Mmmmm... So bad but so good! It's called "comfort" or "southern" food so you know it's going to give you a coronary by late afternoon but it's so yummy!It's a nice little neighborhood place - CASH...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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Shoo wee this is good home cookin'

Best green beans on the planet!!!! Everything I've tried here is delicious. Great sweet tea! If you're in the mood for some southern, home cooked food this should be your only stop in the D.
citysearch.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by kym b.

3.0 of 5 stars. I'll preface this review by admitting that I don't have a Southern bone in my body. That said, I wish I were more impressed with Tom's Home Cookin'... because the droves of people lining up outside...
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Tran W.

5.0 of 5 stars. OMG! This is seriously one of our favorite places to eat in Denver! It is a real hidden gem in this city! Reminder: They open at 11am to around 2:30pm unless they run out of food they will close up...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2008
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Tom's Rocks

Great Southen Comfort lunch at a fun location. Just like my Alabama granny once cooked. Thanks for the meatloaf, mac & cheese, collards, catfish, cornbread and sweet tea.
citysearch.com - user review - 07/18/2008
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Denver's Best Comfort Food

Fried Catfish, Mashed Potatoes, Peach Cobbler, Jalepeno Corn Bread, Sweet Tea...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by J R.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is a five-points gem that fortunately is local knowledge only. It's not that I fly back to Denver for Tom's. I just wouldn't ever go to Denver without a weekday lunch at Tom's. To get ready, make...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Aileen D.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love Tom 's. I try to make it hre every couple of weeks - I wish I could eat here everyday but then I would be dead by next week. Everything's tasty but my faves are the fried chicken, catfish,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeremy and Jessi S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Upon moving to five points neighborhood early last week we were glad to stumble upon this hidden gem near the five points plaza, only a few blocks from the lightrail off Welton. Tom's Home Cookin is...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Alysia O.

4.0 of 5 stars. Long wait, usually. BUT, totally AWESOME and unhealthy. Yum.
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Cassie S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I am speaking of Tom's in retrospect, since my current low-fat, high-fiber, no-white-bread-or-refined-sugar diet places the delicacies at Tom's Home Cookin' solidly in my past.But on cold days at...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Tiffany C.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you are looking for a fix of Southern food out here in the wild West then Tom's is the place for you. They serve traditional stuff like fried chicken, peach cobbler and okra from 11:00 am until...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Devin F.

5.0 of 5 stars. You can't find cheaper food that tastes this good and is still enough to fill you up at lunch and have leftovers for another meal. And the limited menu proves that less is definitely more - more...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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Best Vaule, Best Food, Reminds me of Home

WOW is a good way to start this review. The ever changing menu keeps things fresh and you just cant get food like this many places here. It reminds me of home, which is Georgia. If you have never been, you...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/27/2008
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Great food and experience!

YUMMY! Thanks! Tasty. Delicious. Eat at Tom's yummy yummy yummy, yum yum yum. Eat more Tom's Home Cookin' Southern soul Tasty Country Cooking.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/23/2008
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nice staff

tom's home-cooking is a place where you go to eat the food that we don't have the time to prepare.( they start working at 5 AM) their BBQ ribs are the best. the offer healthy alternatives too. "Tom's iced tea"...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/15/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric P.

3.0 of 5 stars. Everyone makes such a big deal about this place. It's good - it's pretty good even.The food is extremely heavy - from a calorie and weight perspective.I tried the fried catfish with a side of...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Phil K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Was at the motor vehicles place to get the ol Jeep registered just down the street and just had to check out Tom's down the street.Just by its look you can tell its gonna be some down-home cooking....
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean K.

5.0 of 5 stars. oh man. i've been going here for about 6 years or so. my favorite restaurant in town.my favorite dish is the turkey breast, mac n' cheese and peach cobbler.get there early or they run out of food!
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Harmony O.

4.0 of 5 stars. Ate lunch here today with my daughter and her boyfriend. They shared the meatloaf, with yams, peach cobbler, and something else but I can't remember...was busy eating mine. Yes I do eat meat...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2007
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Experience the YUMMY DELICIOUSNESS!

My coworkers and I went to Tom's today. We got there at exactly 11am. There was no line, and only one person in the restaraunt. Most plates are $8.75, and include a drink. Catfish is a little extra. The menu...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren R.

4.0 of 5 stars. Last time I was in here the guy in front of me in line was wearing flip flops and had dirty disgusting toes and I almost puked BUT EVEN THAT did not stop me from getting the catfish, peach cobbler,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Basil O.

5.0 of 5 stars. I agree with monolith completely. If you want food that will stick to your ribs get your ass to tom's. I recommend the meatloaf, but if you want to be productive when you get back to work stay away...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by monolith ..

5.0 of 5 stars. holy crap batman! toms has the goods when it comes to home cookin. this is by far one of the best places in denver to eat. if you cant get there by 3 tough titties-it closes at 3. hell i'd reccomend...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Lori M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Whatever Tom's kitchen has cookin'---fried chicken, meatloaf, meatball stroganoff, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, or lima beans---you can bet that your mother, grandmother, and generations...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2007
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CRITTER IN FOOD!!!!!!!

NOT RECOMMENDED!!!!! HAD A CRITTER IN MY FOOD TODAY, AND WAS CALLED A FILTHY WORD, YES THE C WORD BY THE OWNERS AS I WALKED OUT THE DOOR!!!
citysearch.com - user review - 03/14/2007
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Tom's Home Cookin'

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Tom's! It is the best comfort food in the world, for 8 dollars this food can turn around any bad day!! I love the Chicken fried steak and the fried Chicken The mac and cheese is to die...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/11/2006
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Better off going to a Boston Market.

Blandest food I've been served anywhere in the Denver area. Styrofoam clamshells (even for eating in!) make the dining experience even less appetising. If you liked your grade school cafeteria food, you'll...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/17/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Shiho F.

4.0 of 5 stars. For a good time call 1-800-Sir-Hump-A-Lot but for good comfort food, hit up Tom's Home Cookin'. His Green Beans are out of this world!
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2006
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Gourmet Food at Budget Prices!

Recently I ate at Tom's a couple of times and tried their catfish and meatloaf. Both were delicious! You should really try the catfish with its crispy coating!! I also loved the mashed potatoes and gravy,...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/02/2006
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Going Downhill Yet Prices Have Gone Up!

I visited recently, and found some food items to be lower in quality and certain portions much smaller than in the past. I purchased a carrot cake dessert, and it was HALF the size it was a few months ago....
citysearch.com - user review - 03/25/2006
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The worst soul food ever!

Toms had the worst soul food I've ever tasted. I don't usually participate in these surveys, but when I saw Tom's listed, I felt it was my duty to let the truth be known to unsuspecting customers.
citysearch.com - user review - 02/16/2005
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Top Notch

The food here is unbelievable. I have never had a bad meal. The people behind the counter are always in a good mood and very thankfull for your business. Only $7.20 gets your tummy full for the rest of the...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/22/2004
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Mmmm...food that makes you feel

Tom's serves some of the best southern comfort food around. Its the type of food that leaves you with a full belly, nice food buzz and liable to put you in a very satisfied food coma for the rest of the...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/23/2003
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Tom's Got it Going

Very good food: makes you feel like you are in the south. Get you some collard greens, cornbread, cream corn, pot roast, meatloaf, and other tasty dishes.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/10/2002
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AOL CityGuide

blandest food i've had in denver. this dude should be cooking in a nursing home. styrofoam containers on all orders seem to make the dining experience even less appealing...
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5280 Magazine

southern comfort food to die for. come get your meatloaf, fried chicken, and all the fixins and wash it down with genuine sweet tea. tom's is open from 11 a.m. until the food runs out...
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AOL CityGuide

down-home entrees that rival mom's best...
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