Modmarket

I used to go here very often (several times a week), although less lately, because I have noticed two main things that bother me. While the cashiers are always friendly, the guys where you pick up your food are rude, beyond rude. Every. Single. Time. I don’t know if I did something and it’s just me, but I only go about twice a month now because of their snotty attitudes and LONG wait times. (14 minutes today and when I arrived there was only one group of 4 in front of me… no other line at all.)
The second thing is that the dressing is not consistent on the wintergreen salad any more… texture or flavor. I even mentioned it one time and was told that it just depends on who’s making it. It’s not bad, but I liked it how it used to be (out of this world!) and less so now.
The portion sizes have also decreased over the past year and I miss the purple potatoes they used to have on certain salads. Also, I do not recommend adding chicken to your salad, the last several times I’ve had it, it was very dry and hard. Same goes for the steak, although I only ever tried that twice… was so bad the 2^nd time, I didn’t want to every try it again.
Finally, I wish they had a normal, non-​spicy ranch option, but that’s just my preference over their spicy versions.

Quick, yummy food that is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or takeout. They put the nutritional info for what you ordered on the receipt. Also make sure to hold on to your receipt because they sometimes have promo offers on there!

I’ve been traveling to Denver for business and I’ve tried almost every breakfast spot around the 16^th Street Mall. This is one of the best.
I got the chipotle egg sandwich and it was delicious. It had real, over-​easy eggs! Not powdered eggs and not a frozen, reheated egg frisbee.
I wish I would have tried this place earlier. I will definitely be back.

Needing a quick dinner without wait service, my friends and I went with Modmarket on a friend’s suggestion. They have gluten-​free options and the selections are simple with basic and healthy ingredients, which I liked.
I wasn’t very hungry, which is why I went with a half order of the BBQ chicken pizza. Which was a perfect amount of food. The crust was a bit burnt, but the thin dough was good.
My friends got a selection of pizzas, sandwiches, and soups. One friend got the chicken breast plate, which he said was good but wasn’t anything special. His mac and cheese side looked kinda mushy and weird.
I liked the seating, although about 70% of it was high tables with stools with backs on them. As I like to say, «youthful» seating because it takes more effort to get in and out of tall chairs.
It acts like a Panera Bread where you order and pay at the counter when you first walk in, given a buzzer, and pick up food at window when ready. Worth a visit, but would be careful what you order.

The atmosphere, food and service were top notch. The Mod staff were friendly and engaging, and the food was delicious and fresh! I’ll certainly be back.

Loved this place. Great options for healthy eaters and portion sizes were amazing! Almost too much for what you pay for but who’s complaining?! Great place for gluten sensitive eaters. And just off 16^th street. Must go!

Had the Thai coconut salad for lunch, it was good! Great dressing, one (on the side) was enough for me.
Great space, like the atmosphere. Good selections of pizzas, salads, soups, and sandwiches. Love the nutrition info on the receipt as well.
Very surprised at some of the recent negative reviews … Staff seemed very attentive, all of the food looked very fresh. Decent prices for what you get.
Looking forward to coming back. 20% off future visits if you keep your receipt.

Went to this place based off of Unilocal saying its vegan– which it’s not. that’s fine, ordered sesame tofu with potatoes and Mac and cheese. Nalani took our order and was staring off into space when I handed her my money and she dropped it– no big deal until we noticed our order was wrong on the receipt and she gave my boyfriend Mac and cheese instead of salad. So we just took this as she just blatantly wasn’t paying attention at all.
My mac and cheese was cold and the sesame tofu was nothing special at all. The potatoes were good. That’s about it I wouldn’t reccomend

Modmarket states that it’s the, «Farm Fresh Eateries.» I’m not sure I agree with that, and this is my opinion.
We walked into Modmarket, not sure what to expect. «Farm Fresh Eateries,» sounds like a good thing to me. Farm, Fresh, what could go wrong with that?
The menu is displayed largely over the counter where you place your order. My husband and I each had the «Homestyle Plate.» I had the chicken, sweet potato mash, and fruit. The chicken was fine, and the sweet potatoes were good. The fruit was cut up apples with 2 grapes. Nothing fabulous in the fruit. I was expecting other fruit besides the majority of it being apples. Oh well. The sweet potatoes were good, and flavored with rosemary. The chicken was good too, nothing out of the ordinary, but good, not terrible, just good.
My husband also had the «Homestyle Plate,» with steak, mac and cheese, and brussel sprouts. The steak was dry, over cooked, and prepared at least 30 minutes before we got there. The mac and cheese was shell pasta with some cheese mixed in, not really creamy, not a lot of cheese, not really mac and cheese. It was more like shells and some cheese. The brussel sprouts, well, what can I say about them? TERRIBLE looking! Truly, terrible looking, unappetizing, blackened, just GROSS! How can anyone even serve those, I just don’t know!
Like I said, we didn’t know what to expect. Farm Fresh, right? WRONG! Maybe the food was farm fresh to start out with, but definitely NOT on our plates. The food is not cooked to order. It’s all cooked probably 30 minutes or more before you get there. The food is not served, but it is there, all ready, just like a buffet, except you can’t help yourself. It’s the people that work behind the counter, to spoon the food onto your plate, and put it on the counter, for you to pickup when your buzzer goes off. I know there were about 3 people ahead of us, but we had to wait about 10 minutes or so to get our food. I would expect this if my food was being prepared/​cooked to order. I don’t expect this when it’s already been cooked (probably 30 minutes prior), and all they have to do is scoop it up with a spoon, and put it on a plate.
In my opinion, it’s not worth it. I liked the interior, and the idea is a good one, but Modmarket just did not get it right.
Update: 12-​22-​2015 — The business owner responded to this review, and said Modmarket appreciated the review and my honesty, and will try to make it better. I was offered a free meal, but I declined the offer. I appreciated the business listening to and reading Unilocal!reviews on their business.

I had give myself props once again when I took to my friend here during our Denver trip for The Great American Beer Festival. Two of my friends were all about hitting up spots that we liked from prior visits. Thanks to Unilocal,I bookmarked locations that I wanted to hit up for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When the time came, I lied to my friends and told them Modmarket was one of my favorite locations. I read the reviews… I knew I was in good hands.
Well guess what folks… it’s definitely a favorite now. I knew Unilocal wouldn’t steer me wrong and sure enough it didn’t. The food is amazing! The nutritional information displayed at the restaurant and on your receipt is genus. I’m all about consuming a light breakfast, moderate lunch, and light dinner, so the information was super helpful. However, on this trip to Denver, I wasn’t looking to be too strict in my diet. During this visit, I had the Chipotle egg and two craft beers. The chipotle egg was fantastic (mouth just watered). My friends loved their food as well. They even thanked me for recommending Modmarket. I may have told a white lie, but I’ll take a compliment any day.

Great place to have lunch in downtown Denver. Here is a picture of the ModMarket Butternut Ranch Salad and a cup of their Green Chicken Chili Soup. Smells and tastes warm and yummie!
Get to sit inside, be warm, and people watch on 16^th Street. Staff is super friendly and luch preparation was quick.

Nope nope, being healthy is not your excuse of being small quantity, tasteless and cold!
We ordered beef flank with spring sprouts, salad, sesame tofu with mashed potato and salad. They were all tasted really bad.
My beef flank was served cold, sad, old and chewy. The cold gravy came with the beef didn’t help at all but only added a layer of fat on the meat. Then I wonder, why do I want to eat a plate of cold steak when it is twenty degrees outside? And why can’t I taste anything from this meat? (God of trendy and fad food, if you can hear me, please shape the organic gluten free quinoa or kale into the answers. Amen.)
My spring sprouts was the best dish out of all the sad orders, however it came with pre-​mixed bacon so there is no vegetarian friendly customization option for this dish.
Salad tasted like salad that you can buy from normal supermarket salad bar.
Mashed potato tasted like the mashed potato that you can get from the high school cafeteria.
If rubber has taste, it will probably taste like the cold unflavored sesame tofu.
I do like their concept of putting all the calories, proteins numbers on the menu. Overall, I think this place is more suit for people who likes bland and cold food.

I stopped by for breakfast in a weekday at 10am, it was relatively calm. It’s self order and cashier was helpful. I put two orders; one scrabbled eggs and potatoes, and another one for their classical waffles. Cashier gave me buzzer, which buzzed in 10 mins and I got my self service food. It was good food, I enjoyed it. Also got coffee, it was also good. Location is awesome on 16^th street. I used restrooms (coded door), it was clean. Did not check wifi.

I had such high hopes for this place after looking at the menu, but unfortunately left unenthused and disappointed. Maybe I just ordered the wrong things… who knows.
I stopped in for lunch after discovering Modmarket on Unilocal.I decided upon the maple Dijon sandwich which came with pulled chicken thighs, prosciutto, arugula, and muenster cheese. I also ordered a cup of the corn chowder. Both were a huge disappointment. Although the ingredients seemed fresh, both were lacking desperately in the flavor and seasoning department in both my sandwich and my soup.
On a positive note, I love how they put the calories on your receipt. Everyone should do this!
All in all, next time I’m in Denver hopefully I can give this place another go and order something different. After all, they had to have gotten four stars for a reason.

This is my favorite place in Denver. If you want breakfast get here early because they do stop serving at a certain time. I love how this place is so chill and you get to know how many calories you are eating. It’s printed on your receipt. And you can use the same receipt to get 10 percent off your next order. I got one of their scrambles which turned out to be a pretty big portion. This place reminds me a lot of Chipotle and the employees are so polite. They were very apologetic when I was too late for breakfast. I wished they will open one of these places in San Francisco. Everything on the menu looks so good and healthy!

Reviewing this place because out-​of-​towners may not be familiar with this great local chain. Yummy salads, sandwiches, and more homestyle dishes which are all reasonably healthy (and some are very healthy and have a lot of protein, for the athletes among us). Finding healthy fast food in Denver is a big priority of mine and I was really excited to find this place. I recommend calling ahead and then picking up the food. The space is fine, but I’d rather eat at home and a lot of the portions are big so that way your leftovers are already conveniently packaged.
I especially like the flat iron salad, which has steak, veggies, blue cheese, and some grilled onions.
One tip — if you call ahead and then pick up your order, make sure that if you got a beverage it’s in the bag. They sometimes forget to give you your beverage if you don’t check.

So so delicious. Everything is extremely fresh and tastey. Parking is tricky because it’s downtown, but it’s well worth it
I got the wintergreen salad and was so pleased. The lettuce couldn’t be more crisp. Highly recommended!

Mod Market is a quick, healthy dining experience. I love their breakfast options, the sausage is AMAZING as are the roasted potatoes and their fruit bowl. I had the market scramble with egg whites and it was a little overcooked, but only in a few spots and it was nowhere near inedible. I still very much enjoyed it. My husband had the cinnamon waffle and it smelled sooo good, he reported that it is dilectable.
Lunch is also good. The green chile chicken soup is awesome! I also had a chicken plate which is simple and yummy, i had the rosemary sweet potato mash as one side, which is my new favorite and the mashed potatoes which are pretty good.
I really enjoy the availability of healthy, gluten free options on the menu at Mod Market. The staff is also super friendly and they get your food out fast. It is also right in the middle of the 16^th st mall, which confused the crap out of my GPS but I found it. Can’t wiat to go back for breakfast again!

On the final day of our Denver vacation, my babygirl was craving brunch, as she often does. Unfortunately the kitchen at Watercourse blew up. Or so we were told. That last minute change of plans sent us scrambling (hehe get it?) for other breakfast options.
When I think of brunch, tofu scramble is what comes to mind. So with that I searched the term on Unilocal.Modmarket popped up several entries towards the bottom. It turns out they are a local chain that I had never heard of. I checked their menu online and sure enough they had a Veganizable scramble on the menu.
After circling the block several times looking for parking, when we arrived at this downtown location, it wasn’t what I was expecting. It’s an order at the counter Native Foods type experience. Not the relaxing sit down brunch I assumed it was. Nothing wrong with that as the price point was spot on.
It’s a clean, sterile looking environment and the cashiers were nice. Once you place your order, they give you a buzzer to let you know when your tray is ready to be picked up.
We both got the same thing as it was the only Vegan option. The Southwestern Tofu Scramble. We asked to substitute Daiya for the dairy cheese that normally comes on it. It arrived with slightly overdone taters and small sliced pieces of plain whole grain, earthy toast. The toast was actually really good.
The scramble was outstanding! I mean, I don’t mean to brag but I make the best scramble I’ve ever had and this was nearly as good. Perfectly cooked tofu that wasn’t in huge chunks, nor eviscerated as you’ll often get at many restaurants. It came topped with salsa and a scoop of guacamole. This was the real deal and the Daiya really added that extra zing to the already pleasant dish.
The portion seemed small but in the end, we weren’t really hungry until later in the evening while were were on our flight home so it must have been filling. Then again, we could’ve been stuffed from that gigantic cock ‘n balls that we had from Voodoo Doughnuts afterwards… It may have seemed like not much food but they seem to be going for the semi-​healthy angle here and it works. Of course I would love to see more Vegan options on the menu but I’ll take what I can get!

Second time I’ve been to Modmarket (different location) and got unimpressed again. Is it because I order the wrong things? First time it was the tofu dish, now the salad, every time it’s been bland; healthy, fresh, and good-​for-​you ingredients, but still bland, bland, bland! It’s a huge plate of messy veggies with dressing on the side, as I was eating my salad I felt like a grazing cattle!
Actually there was one thing that wasn’t bland: the Ginger Cookie with Maple Frosting my friend bought and split with me. The worker at the register must have been joking when we ordered around 7:30pm and was worried there wouldn’t be enough time to eat (they close at 8pm), and he said «yeah, we kick everybody out at 8, sharp!» Because I didn’t see anybody being kicked out past 8! So in that sense, it’s good that they try not to rush their customers.