Colorado Springs · Open Monday · Verified June 2026
Best Restaurants Open on Monday in Colorado Springs 2026
The city's fine-dining flagships rest on Monday, but six strong rooms stay open — book Summit at The Broadmoor for a celebration.
Colorado Springs hides its Monday problem behind The Broadmoor. The resort's flagship dining room, the Penrose Room, closes Monday and Tuesday, and the city's other ambitious independent, Four by Brother Luck, is dark Monday too. That leaves a real gap on the first night of the week. The six rooms below are the upscale tables that stay open, every one confirmed for Monday service in June 2026, two of them inside The Broadmoor itself.
Why a Monday list matters in Colorado Springs
The Springs is a resort and military town, not a chef-driven city, and its best independent kitchens take Monday off the way restaurants in bigger cities take Sunday. The Broadmoor, the longest-running consecutive holder of the AAA Five-Diamond and Forbes Five-Star awards in the world, keeps several rooms open Monday even when its flagship closes, which is what makes a Monday dinner here possible at the top end.
The Monday questions here are simple: a resort-grade celebration dinner, a reliable steak downtown, and a table with a Pikes Peak view. Each room below answers one. None of these is Michelin-rated, because Colorado's stars sit in Denver, Boulder and the ski towns, not the Springs, so the bar here is set by The Broadmoor's pedigree and the city's steakhouse tradition rather than by the red guide.
The Monday list
Summit at The Broadmoor
Monday hours: 5:00–9:00pm dinner
The Broadmoor's contemporary brasserie, in a glass pavilion designed by Adam Tihany with a two-storey wine tower at its centre. The menu runs modern American with a strong raw bar and aged steaks. Open Monday for dinner from 5pm, when the resort's flagship is closed. The best Monday celebration room in the city, with The Broadmoor's five-star service at a notch below Penrose Room prices.
Ristorante Del Lago
Monday hours: 7:00–11:00am breakfast, 5:00–9:00pm dinner
The Broadmoor's lakeside Italian room, with a wood-burning oven, house-made pastas and a terrace over Cheyenne Lake. The handmade tagliatelle and the wood-fired branzino are the orders. Open Monday for breakfast and dinner. The Monday choice for a resort dinner that is warmer and less formal than a steakhouse, and the easiest Broadmoor table to land on a Monday night.
The Steakhouse at Flying Horse
Monday hours: 11:00am–10:00pm
The steakhouse at the Flying Horse resort and club on the north side, a clubby room of prime cuts, a deep bourbon list and mountain views from the course. Open Monday from 11am straight through to 10pm, the longest Monday hours on this list. The pick for a Monday steak when you want resort polish without the drive up to The Broadmoor; book a window table at dinner.
MacKenzie's Chop House
Monday hours: 11:30am–9:00pm
The downtown steakhouse in a historic Tejon Street basement, a Colorado Springs standard for prime steaks, martinis and a clubby after-work bar. Open Monday from 11:30am for lunch through dinner. The Monday answer downtown rather than at a resort: walkable from the central hotels, dependable, and the easiest upscale Monday booking in the city centre. The bar takes walk-ins when the dining room fills.
Peppertree
Monday hours: 5:00–9:00pm dinner (closed Sunday)
A west-side institution since the 1970s, perched for the city's best Pikes Peak sunset view, where the steak Diane and the Caesar are still finished tableside on a gueridon cart. Open Monday for dinner from 5pm, closed only Sunday. The Monday pick for an old-school special-occasion dinner with a view and the kind of tableside theatre most rooms abandoned decades ago.
The Cliff House Dining Room
Monday hours: 6:30–10:30am breakfast, 11:30am–4:00pm lunch
The dining room of the 1873 Cliff House hotel at the foot of Pikes Peak in Manitou Springs, a Victorian room with a long wine program and mountain-town setting. Open Monday for breakfast and lunch, with dinner most nights. The Monday choice for a scenic daytime meal near the Cog Railway and Garden of the Gods rather than a city-centre dinner; confirm dinner service when you book.
How to book a Monday table in Colorado Springs
The Broadmoor rooms, Summit and Ristorante Del Lago, share a single reservations line and OpenTable, and a Monday is usually findable a few days out except on holiday weekends. MacKenzie's, Peppertree and The Steakhouse at Flying Horse all book on OpenTable; Peppertree's sunset-view window tables go first, so request one when you reserve. The Cliff House is worth a call to confirm Monday dinner before you drive to Manitou Springs.
Tipping in Colorado runs 18 to 22 percent on top of the check. Summer Mondays around the Pikes Peak tourist season are busier than the winter ones, so book the resort and view rooms a week ahead from June through August. Note that altitude here sits above 6,000 feet, so pace the wine; the city is also an easy hour from Denver if a Monday plan needs a backup.
Frequently asked questions
Which upscale Colorado Springs restaurants are open on Monday?
Two Broadmoor rooms, Summit and Ristorante Del Lago, stay open Monday even though the resort's flagship Penrose Room closes. Downtown, MacKenzie's Chop House and Peppertree on the west side both open Monday, as do The Steakhouse at Flying Horse and The Cliff House in Manitou Springs. The notable Monday closures are the Penrose Room and Four by Brother Luck, the city's two most ambitious independents.
Is the Penrose Room open on Monday?
No. The Penrose Room, The Broadmoor's AAA Five-Diamond flagship, serves dinner Tuesday through Sunday and is closed Monday. For a Monday dinner with the resort's five-star service, Summit at The Broadmoor and Ristorante Del Lago both stay open, and both sit a price tier below the Penrose Room. Reserve Summit for the bigger celebration and Del Lago for a warmer, lakeside Italian dinner.
Where can I get a steak on a Monday in Colorado Springs?
Three steak rooms open Monday. MacKenzie's Chop House downtown on Tejon Street runs lunch through dinner and is the most walkable from the central hotels. The Steakhouse at Flying Horse keeps the longest Monday hours, 11am to 10pm, on the north side. Peppertree on the west side serves classic continental steaks with a Pikes Peak view and tableside theatre. MacKenzie's is the easiest downtown booking.
Does Colorado Springs have any Michelin-starred restaurants?
No. The Michelin Guide arrived in Colorado in 2023 and awarded its stars in Denver, Boulder and the ski towns of Aspen and Vail, not Colorado Springs. The bar in the Springs is set instead by The Broadmoor, the world's longest consecutive holder of the AAA Five-Diamond and Forbes Five-Star awards, and by the city's long-running steakhouses such as MacKenzie's and Peppertree.
What is the best Monday restaurant with a view in Colorado Springs?
Peppertree on the west side is the classic view pick, positioned for the city's best Pikes Peak sunset and open Monday from 5pm; ask for a window table when you book. The Steakhouse at Flying Horse looks out over its golf course and mountains on the north side, and The Cliff House in Manitou Springs sits at the foot of Pikes Peak. Peppertree is the strongest Monday sunset table.
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