Pass Key Restaurant

I’ve been coming here since we moved to Pueblo over four years ago, and I’ve never gotten a bad meal. Of course I order the exact same thing every time I visit, the Special, which is the one thing they do and they do it well (I’ve heard rumors that they serve other stuff too, but honestly, who cares?). It’s tasty, cheap, fast, tasty, and the staff is awesome. This place is a great Pueblo tradition, and I plan to keep on coming here until the day I die (which will probably be any day now. The sandwiches are tasty, not healthy).

This place is a Pueblo tradition. If you are not a local then you might not understand the appeal. The sausage is from a family recipe and the bread is from a local bakery. Greasy but I love it.

The home of the multi cheese grinder. Come hungry and get a whole one. Fries are always golden delicious. Service is on when there is not a line out the door. Why settle for less than a perfect grinder of sausage patty and fresh bread mmm

If you come through Pueblo you must stop at Passkey and try and Italian Sausage sandwich. These things are amazing in every way.
They have a couple locations in Pueblo. Most of my experience is with this one since they are close to work for me. Service is always great, orders arrive pretty quickly and take out is always right on time.
It has a good amount of seating but for as busy as they get sometimes it is hard to get a seat without having to wait. It would be great to see them expand their building but other than this there are no complaints with them. Great food, great service!

This place is great as it is exactly rated. This was my first time in Colorado, we came to visit for a wedding and ran across the Passkey restaurant. We made a stop here and I have the half Super sandwich. It is delicious. Try it.

This place has been around FOREVER! My girls and I stopped by, per a recommendation, on our way to Taos. We all ordered a half Super sausage sandwich and they lived up to their names! The bread was chewy and soft. The sausage patties were the right amount of flavorful spice. And the French fries were crisp but soft in the center. Seriously, the perfect road trip food. I’m only removing a star because I wanted to try their cherry pie but our waitress dropped the check before I could do so. I got dessert blocked!

The grinders are pretty good but the fries are always hard and dried out. Kinda bland too.

Ill take a super specials please!
Undoubtably one of Pueblo’s finest and a stop I never miss when I am I town.

OMG besides being historic and a legend this place is way too cool! If you ever had a sausage sandwich you must go here to experience an unique Pueblo tradition!

This place always holds a special place in my heart and stomach. I am California now, but Colorado for life. I visit my parents at least once or twice a year and make sure to stop in the Abriendo location to get my yearly fix. I wear the pass key t-​shirt proudly once a week. Lately I was forwarded the article that these delicious sandwiches are going to be packaged and frozen, just like White Castle. I didn’t know what to think at first. Is this a good thing because now they are getting closer to becoming attainable? Or is a historical iconic legacy getting placed next to little juan burritos and white castle? Not to talk badly on White Castle but they aren’t as iconic and precious as a pass key in my opinion. On the other hand, as a suggestion… another establishment that is held in high regards and sacred by many is the famous, In-​n-​out burger. Just a thought as a business model, these burgers are exclusive and carefully managed. Maybe that is a thought, to open more locations in other cities in Colorado before they end up with a freezer bitten image right next little juan and friends. I’m just saying this, because I love and care for you! See you in December!

All my friends have been raving about this place. Best sausage sandwich, great chili, great burgers… Ok, our server was great and unfortunately I didn’t get her name. As a matter of fact all the staff seemed happy to be there and the service was great. The food, not so much. I had a sausage sandwich. There was something extremely hard in the sausage and I nearly cracked a tooth. Seriously, 6 hours later I’m still in agony. If it’s not better tomorrow, I’m going to have to take a day off work and see the dentist. To add insult to injury, the sandwich just didn’t taste all that great. The onion rings were pretty good. One of my friends had a chili dog. He said it was the best chili dog he’s ever had. I tried some of the chili. It was very tasty. Also, it was kinda hot inside and there were flies buzzing around all over the place. Well, there you go. I’m glad I came here to eat but I don’t think I’ll be back.

Nashville recording artist Landon Williams featured his album cover location as the awesome original Passkey Diner. THANK YOU Passkey. You were so hospitable, & the pie was amazing

My husband is from Pueblo, so eating at Pass Key is a tradition every time we are back visiting. I have gone with him many times over the years. Now, we are back with our 6-​month baby girl visiting the grandparents, so we have been eating here often. Our daughter has a knack for picking the most inoportune moments to dirty her diaper & it has happened every time we have been at Pass Key (which is several) over the past few weeks. So, you can imagine my disappointment & dismay to find out there is not a changing table in the bathroom of this family restaurant! It really is frustrating to be in the middle of dinner with my family & have to go out into the parking lot to take care of this. I really hope you’ll consider updating your bathrooms to accommodate the families that loyally patronize your establishment.

My family and I went here for a late lunch. The restaurant was dirty. The server was not friendly and acted like we were a bother. After we ordered or food the server brought the appetizers but no silverware. Every time she came to the table she didn’t even give us enough time to tell her what we needed before she walked away so we had to get up twice to go ask for what we needed. The quality of the food has gone way down hill. The pass key special was really dry and the lettuce was old. When we got the bill it was not legible and it looked as though we were over charged. We took the menu and wrote out a legible ticket and totaled it and we were over charged. When we brought it to the cashier’s attention she looked at it and proceeded to tell us that because the psss keys had cheese and fries they were more than the price on the menu. First of all it is not clear on the menu that cheese and fries are extra and second of all when the server took the order she didn’t say would you like cheese and fries with that but instead she said what kind of cheese and is fries ok. To me that sounds like it goes with the sandwich. They didn’t even apologize out try to make it right. Sad to see such a wonderful long standing family owned and operated establish slip in the quality and customer service they were once known for. It seems like generational establishments deteriorate with each new generation until eventually a family legacy dies and the business closes.

THE SUPER!
The super is the sandwich to get, sure the Passkey special is good, but the super is the absolute best! All three cheese atop a skinny piece of sausage with lettuce and mustard between that delicious sub roll??? YES PLEASE. And to boot those fries? I get the straight feels talking about it!
Being a Pueblo native and living there for 24 years this place is a staple in my life! If you’re a native, you don’t mind the wait, or how this place isn’t a gourmet restaurant. You know the wait is worth it and the décor and booths don’t matter! That Clydesdale wall light! Nostalgic!
Just trust me on this, get a super!
Also, please come to Las Vegas, otherwise I’m going to have to move back home! I already have people smuggling me supers when they come to Vegas!
Yay!

Came here for the first time because of other reviews. I have to say it wasn’t what I was expecting. I got a hamburger which wasn’t anything special and my brother got the Pass Key Special which was good but nothing seems to make this place really unique. The chili, I am guessing is homemade and has a little bite to it but needs more flavor, in my opinion. Overall it was okay, but not nearly the experience I was hoping for.

My family and I went here for lunch on a Saturday. we sat at a table, and ten minutes later still no service. we went and asked if anyone could wait on us. 7 minutes later (I timed) still nothing. the servers seemed to be arguing over who’s table we were at. We got up and left, without any acknowledge from them still! very sad, we love their food, but they definitely need to step up their customer service.

I went here a few years ago with a local friend of mine. I had the pass key special. Well, the sandwich was decent, I mean, nothing to write home about, but I did enjoy it.
But holy shit, FLIES. FLIES EVERYWHERE. It was like they were coming to take over. And nobody seemed to give a shit! Including the folks I was with… for some reason. The waitress was a very nice teenager who was doing this as her after school job (most likely). She didn’t seem to notice the flies either.
I really hope that, a few years later, there aren’t so many FLIES. Wowsers.

The Passkey Special is the best sandwich on the planet. The fries aren’t the best, so upgrade to onion rings. We can’t visit Pueblo without stopping at Passkey.

I had a dream last night that I was with grandpa and after we stopped at the Coors Tavern we drove up to Abriendo to get a Passkeys special Italian Sausage Sandwich.
Wow that was like 35 – 40 years ago and I can still taste the greasy, mustard laden Italian sandwich like it was yesterday. Pure heaven. My kind of dream. All smiles.
This is a Pueblo institution, don’t believe me ask anyone in P-​town where to get a sausage sammy. Sure it may not be a LA or NY 5 star but in Pueblo its a must eat. I gave up grandpa’s skeleton key to put up on the wall in trade for a sausage grinder when I was 6 or 7. Yea I got a little history in the original spot.
G-​ma used to bring me and gramps Passkeys after fishing and I remember even if the fishing was bad the dinner would always be good.
These sammys are unique to Pueblo and I’ve never had the same goodness anywhere else. Don’t sweat all that good artery clogging chlosterol. Enjoy this gem. It ain’t fu-​fu food, its the kind of hearty sandwich my grandpa and thousands of fellow steel workers ate day in and day out. Old school food.
You know I’ll be hittin’ it for a double next time I’m in town. Only wish they had one here in Cali. Miss ya Passkeys.
I’m looking for a few like minded (I know your out there) CA transplants that might want to get some passkeys delivered here…