Curtis Park Creamery

I really want to rave about this place because it’s got a lot of character, is very tucked away, the workers were so nice, and it has been around for a long, long time.
MAYBE… And I hope that’s the case, MAYBE, I had a bad day. I got three tamales to test out for Christmas, and they were just okay if you’re going to compare them to the talent that’s out there. There isn’t much variety here, they’re pretty small, and certainly don’t hit the taste that others have. I had the green.
I will absolutely come here one more time, and try the red tamales, and maybe a burrito, because I feel like I need to try this joint one more time. It’s too cool of a location.

The Creamery is the best in the area, has been family owned for over 30 yrs & still delicious. # 7 is one of my favs all the combos are great & for the price you can feast like a family of 10 in Mexico does.

4 stars for having lots of character: longtime joint, frequented by locals, everyone has character
2 stars for food
I was looking for a place to grab a bite after stopping by the nearby DMV. At 11:15am, this place was already hopping — looked like a lot of locals and regulars. I ordered the #7 chicken burrito with beans, cheese, and lettuce. Order first, wait for food, pay when your food is ready. With a half dozen people ahead of me, I still had to wait 15 minutes for my order to be ready. I’m not sure where the slow down is, as I could see all the orders lined up and waiting to be packaged. Unfortunately, my burrito was lukewarm and the flavors uninspiring.
I’ll go there again if I’m in the neighborhood, so I can try their breakfast burrito (get there before 11am).

Delicious! I love their beef and bean burrito smothered with half and half chile. They put lettuce and cheese in the inside, which is different, but I don’t mind it. You gotta loce a nice sized burrito for under $ 4. They do take credit cards, but make sure you bring your ID too, otherwise, you have to pay cash.

So if I’m ever in the area I always have to come here for a quick bite it is a fast place with no seating but so good! !! And the prices are great

Despite it’s name there is no ice cream here… but awesome breakfast burritos… unsmothered and good lunch & dinner.

Food is great tasting BUT I’ve been going here for years and today I ordered asada FRIES and got asada onions there were like 6 fries smothered in onion and a bloop of chili. Come on guys your chili is good but it’s called smothered not wet with chili. Keep your portions consistent.

Curtis Park Creamery — great place:
* Know what you want _​before_​you’re placing your order
* Hot means hot
* No seating, but there’s a park right out in front
* Know what you want before… (ok, that’s a repeat)

Love this place! Get the hot smothered chicken burrito and add their Pico and a little sour cream on top. So good!

Love this place for what it is a hole in the wall Mexican fast food place with great food and great prices. Love the chile relleno smothered. Years ago there was a place called Lorenzo’s on south federal that sold similar ones although they used fresh roasted hot chiles I wish the creamery would consider this. The chile is a red flake garlic chile which us amazing. Beef always needs salt and the beans are great.

I had no idea this place was a Mexican restaurant until a fellow Unilocaler checked in here. What a great find!!! It obviously is a well established place been around forever but I think they like to keep it undercover by calling it a creamery. Prices are reasonable and chile is flavorful. I ordered the hot and next time I might need to get half and half. Bit I’ll be back for sure.

Holy hangover heaven! This is the perfect place for some homemade Mexican food on the go. The Creamery is nestled in a Five Points neighborhood, and their menu includes the typical staple Mexican items. I would recommend one of their combo plates so you can try a variety of items. Make sure you get it smothered in their mild green chile or hot red chile! The wait time is minimal, and their prices are on point. Grab some lunch and walk across the street to enjoy your food at Curtis Park!

The man working there is the rudest ever. wish there were more options for mexican in that neighborhood.

Not ice cream as originally thought, but Mexican food in my neighborhood?! Awesome! Went and loved it even more: great service, really friendly staff, delicious food! You can’t really ask for more! Had the green chili tamale, bean burrito and chili rellano and they were filling, extremely cheap and I felt like I was part of a cool club of people who actually knew what this place was. Of course, if you’re looking for a fancy joint, I can imagine you’ve already figured out that you should go elsewhere — this place is the real deal.
It’s a great place to just grab and go, as a lot of the other reviews mention, it doesn’t have a place inside to sit, but there is Curtis Park right across the street, so you can just grab a spot to eat on a nice day.
It’s filling and tasty — I’d go here the morning following a fun night out, or just for a nice afternoon of delsh Mexican food! Highly recommended.

I had high hopes for this place… so many good reviews, I even overheard one of my co-​workers saying how great this place was. Boy was I disappointed.
The place is small and it’s take-​out only. The cashier guy was funny & nice.
I had the #15, 2 cheese enchiladas with rice and beans.
I really want to give this place more stars, but honestly… the Spanish rice was awful, and the beans were only slightly better. Do people not know Spanish rice is not supposed to be crunchy? It’s supposed to be fluffy. It was not. I took one bite and was done with it. The beans were average, with some burnt areas on the top. My cheese enchiladas were pretty decent (best part of the meal) and covered in red sauce. However, the sauce just seemed kind of bland.
My bf was excited for a carne asada/​steak taco… however they don’t make those I guess. Just ground beef. Ground beef taco with hard shell = white people taco.
So I guess my conclusion is that this is a White People Mexican food place. If you like that type of Mexican food you will like this place… obviously some people love that type of mexican food since this place has so many good reviews. I don’t. I won’t be back.

When I first moved to Denver it reminded me of Oz: everything was all shiny and new, full of promise and vigor, a beautiful place no doubt, with a spectacular snow-​capped backdrop. Where the sun’s radiance is omnipresent, and the inhabitants conceal their individuality behind mirrored shades as they chase their wants, and where their dreams do indeed come true.
I also thought that maybe this was a bit of an illusion; there had to be a little grit behind all those reflective glass clad skyscrapers, where the wide concrete freeways give way to neighborhood streets with timeworn houses based on human scale and a different kind of vitality. Where the pace is less hurried and whose inhabitants occasionally reveal their soul, but most importantly share in their secret places for good, cheap, and thoroughly satisfying food.
I was not wrong. Denver does have grit, you just have to work for it, seek it out a bit, and just ask. You will be rewarded more than you know. The Curtis Park Creamery is a local kind of place and has been for a while. This restaurant is not only a place that is locally owned, it has a funky history, and serves up some mighty tasty and cheap Mexican food.
I am not an authority of this type of food, but I do know what I like and that usually involves some kind of cheese. No problem finding that here. And when that cheese comes encased in smoky poblanos, is deep fried, and then is ‘smothered’ in an amazing red chile, then you have definitely reached my soul.
I ordered the #17 combo which consisted of two of the aforementioned smothered (smo. on the menu) rellenos and a side of beans and rice that were also both smo., all for only $ 6.99. Wow.
The sauce had a warming heat which is perfect for a cold Denver day, heck it’s great for a hot Denver day. The side of refried beans is not your usual chain version but a slightly soupy rendition and had a depth of flavor which could never be mistaken for anything remotely resembling ‘fast casual’. And the rice, again surprisingly flavored with more of that wonderful smo. Mmmm. I think that smo. really means «give me some mo’!»
In addition to the combo plates, there are burritos (all for less than $ 5, with a smo. bean and cheese, $ 3.35), enchiladas, menudo (yup!), tacos, etc. Oh, there is also Frito Pie on the menu board. Frito Pie!
The Curtis Park Creamery is strictly a carry out place, you will need to get in line with everyone else, and when it is your turn to place your order you better know what you want from the menu board because this place gets busy. Definitely worth a trip for a quick lunch if you are anywhere near Curtis Park, i.e. 20 miles.
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Chicano style Mexican food… americanized, modified… come on peeps, don’t expect something the same, this place is different. Before ya’ll gabachos started moving into the E, this place was and still is a hit with the true «locals». I’ve since moved from the E, but still take the extra time to drive down here just for this.
Yummmm, smothered chile relleno and #4 smothered were on my mind today… after being deathly ill for the past week, something other than liquid lunch popped into my mind and here is where I ended up. Today’s chile was hot, hotter than I recall and hit the spot right on. Nothing like a little heartburn and irritable bowl syndrome after a week of liquid lunch!

I love this confusing little place. Curtis Park Creamery? No ice cream? Whaaa?
I walked in on a busy afternoon, got in line, ordered 3 smothered tamales for a whopping $ 4 and drank up the awesome ‘hole in the wall’ atmosphere. These ladies mean business so take your time and choose what you want before you hem and haw in line with them because they MAY kick your ass out of line. No bullshit here. Love that.
You wait in line after you order and they’ll call out your number. Don’t pass up those delightful chicharrones while you wait. The guy behind the register is beyond friendly and there isn’t a credit card minimum which I was thankful for when my whole order cost under five bucks.
A word of warning — the hot chili is NO JOKE. I have successfully dulled my spicy taste buds and it had my nose running and my mouth on fire. Awesome.

YAY Mexican food!
Not sure where the creamery name comes from, but I like mexican food WAY better than ice cream, and milk, so… Yay!

Hello hole in the wall with a name that sounds like an ice cream shop…
This place is amazing — sorta like «the soup natzi» know what you want, order all at once and then move to the far size of the cash register and pay!
The sauces are great, the burritos are great — breakfast or lunch — and the meat choices…
Yummy and cheap!
Definitely not as scary as the neighborhood appears! Give it a try!