Only about 20 percent of office workers regularly leave their desks for lunch. Most either skip lunch breaks altogether or eat in their cubicles, which is why your keyboard looks like that. Lunching with your computer is sad no matter where you are, but especially if you’re in LoDo, an area that’s seen a boom in tasty midday destinations over the past four years. Here’s hoping one of these will lure you out the door.

KEY

5280 June 2016
More From The Issue

$: Under $10

$$: $11–$15

$$$: $16–$25

1. Honor Society

1900 16th St.

Go There: When you want elevated cuisine at a fast-casual pace.

Eat the: Sustainably raised cedar-plank salmon with vadouvan honey-glazed baby carrots and Easter egg radishes.

Cost: $$

2. Zoe Ma Ma

1625 Wynkoop St.

Go There: For quick, home-style Chinese cooking.

Eat the: Dim sum, bao buns, and classic zha jiang mian noodles topped with pork and soybean sauce.

Cost: $

3. Stoic & Genuine

Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St.

Go There: To impress clients with one of the finest fresh-fish menus in the city.

Eat the: Lobster roll on griddled brioche. Celebrate a closed deal with a glass of Pierre Gerbais Cuvée de Réserve from the restaurant’s 10-bottle sparkling wine list.

Cost: $$$

4. Hopdoddy Burger Bar

1747 Wynkoop St.

Go There: To pair your casual Friday with custom creations at a laid-back burger spot.

Eat the: Buffalo Bill burger made with bison, apple-smoked bacon, blue jack cheese, Frank’s RedHot sauce, and Sassy Sauce (a mixture of mayo and house-made horseradish honey mustard). And start the almost-weekend right with a caramel and sea-salt milkshake for dessert.

Cost: $

5. Komotodo Sushi Burrito

1512 Larimer St.

Go There: When you can’t decide between sushi and burritos.

Eat the: Sunrise Sumo (yellowfin tuna, surimi crab, and house-made peanut sauce) sushi burrito with avocado fries.

Cost: $

6. Bubu

1423 Larimer St.

Go There: To score a healthy noodle, rice, or salad bowl made (to go) from locally sourced ingredients by chef Troy Guard.

Eat the: Hawaii Five-0 bowl with sushi-grade raw salmon, hearts of palm, soybeans, shiitake mushrooms, raw fennel, soy-onion dressing, and bubu (a Japanese rice cracker).

Cost: $

7. Rhein Haus

1415 Market St.

Go There: For hearty German fare in a beer-hall atmosphere. If it’s warm, snag an outside table and people-watch with your favorite colleagues.

Eat the: Spicy smoked bratwurst and, naturally, a big-enough-for-three pretzel platter.

Cost: $$