Bang Up To The Elephant

1310 Pearl St, Denver
(303) 792-4949

Recent Reviews Order Online Reserve

Customers' Favorites

Dirty Banana Doughnut Ballz
Potato & Plantain Mofongo
Plantain Chips & Friends
Plantain Chips & Fritids
Scratch-Seitan Cubano
Cassareep Rice Bowl
Cauliflower Wingers
Curried Waffle Fries
Oodle Noodle Salad
Sweet Plantains

Menu

Starts
Bang Up Wingers
Spicy house-made seitan wings served with celery, Trini hot sauce, and island ranch sauce.
Big-as-Yer-Head Salad
Chopped romaine lettuce with mango, carrot, and pickled onions tossed with island ranch sauce, lime, fresh herbs, and crispy onions.
Mofongo
Fried and smooshed plantain and potato patty. Served over a tomato-rum sauce.
Edamame & Shishitos
Pan-tossed beans-in-pods with sweet peppers, roasted onions, jerk seasoning, and lime.
Chips & Friends
Fried plantain and tortilla chips. Served with house-made avocado-cucumber dip and pineapple salsa.
Curried Waffle Fries
Crispy waffle fries with house-made curry, pickled onions, tamarind sauce, and fresh herbs.

Plates & Bowls
Coconut Curry
House-made curried-chickpeas with jackfruit, seitan, or tofu and potatoes topped with pickled onions and fresh herbs. Served over coconut rice with a side of cornbread.
Buss Up Shut
Roasted butternut squash with house-made curried-chickpeas, potatoes, fresh tomato, and roasted green beans, served over coconut-rice topped with pickled onions, fresh herbs, and a side of busted roti.
Stuffed Roti
House-made curried-chickpeas with jackfruit, seitan, or tofu, potatoes, and coconut-rice all wrapped in roti with fresh herbs and a side of papaya slaw.
Bowl-O-Lo Mein
Plump noodles in tangy sesame-soy sauce with tofu-or-seitan, shredded cabbage, red pepper, broccoli, carrot, and fresh herbs.
Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla folded with tofu-or-seitan, black-eyed peas, and rice topped with green cabbage, tomatoes, pickled onions, spicy mayonnaise, and fresh herbs. Served with avocado dip.

Sandwiches
Seitan Cubano
Mojo Jackfruit, seitan-ham, green cabbage, tomato, pickled onions, and cucumbers, with mustard and mayonnaise, on grilled bread. Served with a side of plantain and corn chips with pineapple salsa or black-eyed peas and rice.
Bake & Seitan
A stuffed fry-bread sandwich with crispy fried scratch-seitan, green-herb seasoning, tomatoes, papaya slaw, and Trini hot sauce. Served with a side of plantain and corn chips with pineapple salsa or black-eyed peas and rice.
Bake & Chana
A stuffed fry-bread sandwich with curried chickpeas, green-herb seasoning, tomatoes, papaya slaw, and Trini hot sauce. Served with a side of plantain and corn chips with pineapple salsa or black-eyed peas and rice.

Sides
Sweet Plantains
Deep-fried yellow plantains.
Cornbread
Baked with sweet peppers and baking spices.
Coconut Bread
Coconut milk bread, baked with golden raisins and toasted coconut.
Fresh Pineapple
Sliced and spiced.
Bakes & Island Ranch
Chopped fry-bread with island ranch sauce.
Papaya Slaw
Fresh papaya and pineapple with pickled red and green cabbage.
Peas and Rice
Coconut-rice with black-eyed peas.
Crispy Waffle Fries
Lightly spiced potato fries that look like mini-waffles.
Trio of Sides

Proofless Fizzies
Guava Fizzy
Guava syrup, lime, and club soda.
Hibiscus Punch Fizzy
Hibiscus syrup, coconut cream, lime, and club soda.
Mango Fizzy
Tropical Fizzy
Passionfruit, jalapeno, pineapple, lime, and club soda.

Photos

Photo credit: google
Photo credit: foursquare
Photo credit: facebook
+97 photos
Photo credit: facebook
+96 photos
Add a photo

Recent Reviews

This place is a total gem. I like giving money not just for great food but for the effort a restaurant puts into bettering the social and biological environment. Bang Up to the Elephant was a great place all around. I was treated so well and would go there again next time I'm in Denver.
April 2025
Love this gem! Really great people, creative dishes, and fun vibe. Connor our server is awesome. Everything we ordered was wonderful! The fizzies are lovely, plantains are used in very imaginative ways, and all the coconut rice dishes! 🤩 Also, yay for your environment stance in food and energy. It's worth it just to visit and learn what the name of the restaurant means! Then stay and have drinks, apps, and dinner. You will LOVE it! This is my new fun place to go downtown....
March 2025
Had a great family dinner, all adults. There was a short, tolerable wait. The food and cocktails were nice. The service was prompt. I'm giving four stars because one waiter didn't seem used to being with people. My partner had a hard time finding a gluten free dish. She's really allergic. If you're avoiding gluten there are lots of good choices. We'll be back for more family dinners. I'm hoping they can fill out more GF choices.

Dietary...
March 2025

More Reviews

You May Also Like

Hudson Hill - 619 E 13th Ave
Cocktail Bar, Wine Bar, Coffee & Tea
Pearl Divers Tiki Bar - 608 E 13th Ave
Tiki Bar, Speakeasies
Jelly Cafe - 600 East 13th Avenue, Pearl St
Brunch, American, Coffee & Tea, New American, Vegan

Bang Up To The Elephant

1310 Pearl St, Denver, CO 80203
(303) 792-4949