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EV charging stops with food in Denver
Last updated October 24, 2026
Denver's catalog is full of two-plug chargers at offices and garages. Those
are fine if you already work in the building. They are a bad plan if you
are trying to add highway miles and eat. The stops below are the ones where
the charger and a real amenity share a development: a mall, a grocery, a
named restaurant, or a retail block with restrooms inside the businesses.
Downtown is the trap. Union Station and the civic center have plugs, and
almost none of them are a DC fast row with a food court attached. If you
are passing through on I-25 or I-70, stay with the sites in this list and
treat central Denver as a place you drive to only when the meal is the
point. East of Colorado Boulevard and out toward Central Park is where the
useful combination shows up: fast charging, a store that has a restroom, and
enough positions that one occupied stall is not the whole site.
How to read this list
Names, addresses, networks, and charging-position counts come from the
EVEats catalog, checked on October 24, 2026. The catalog is built from the
U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center. A charging
position is the sum of Level 1, Level 2, and DC fast ports reported for
that site, so the number alone does not tell you the plug is fast.
Read the station name. Supercharger means Tesla DC fast
charging. Tesla Destination means Level 2, the kind of
plug you use for a long meal or an overnight stay. Electrify America sites
in these guides are that network's DC fast stations. The catalog does not
show live availability, kilowatts, price, or whether your car can connect
without an adapter. Check the network's own app before you leave the
highway. Store and restaurant hours change, and a restroom inside a
business is only available while that business is open.
As of October 24, 2026, these stops had no approved driver note in EVEats
unless a note is quoted on the page. A specific note about food or a
restroom is more useful to the next driver than another copy of the address.
Stops
Pontiac Street Supercharger, Lowry
Tesla · 16 charging positions · 44 Pontiac St, Denver, CO 80224
This is a Supercharger at the Exchange at Boulevard One, the Lowry retail block along North Pontiac and East Lowry Boulevard. The same block has a grocery and several restaurants, so a session here can be a counter-service meal or a small grocery run rather than a wait in the car. Restrooms are inside those businesses, and only while they are open. The chargers themselves are a 24-hour kind of site; the food is not. Sixteen positions makes this one of the higher-capacity fast sites on the east side of town.
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Cherry Creek Mall
Electrify America · 6 charging positions · 3000 E 1st Ave, Denver, CO 80206
The catalog name is the Taubman Cherry Creek mall. Six Electrify America positions sit with the mall, which means a food court, sit-down restaurants, and restrooms inside the building during mall hours. It is a better meal stop than a travel center, and a worse late-night stop. When the mall is closed you still may be able to charge, and you should not count on getting inside to use a restroom. Cherry Creek is also a destination-charging neighborhood: the JW Marriott on Clayton Lane has Tesla Destination posts, which are Level 2 for people staying at the hotel, not a substitute for this fast site.
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King Soopers on Martin Luther King Boulevard
EVgo · 4 charging positions · 10406 Martin Luther King Blvd, Denver, CO 80238
King Soopers #123 is a grocery stop in Central Park. Four EVgo positions is a small row. The amenity is the store: restrooms, snacks, and a full grocery if the session is long enough to shop. It is the right stop when you want food you can take back to the car, and the wrong stop if you want a table. If the four posts are full, the In-N-Out EVgo site on Central Park Boulevard is the other fast charger in the same neighborhood, not the same lot.
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In-N-Out on Central Park Boulevard
EVgo · 4 charging positions · 4597 Central Park Blvd, Denver, CO 80238
The catalog names the host in the station title, which is the rare case where the food is the address. Four EVgo positions at a restaurant means the meal and the charger are the same errand, as long as the restaurant is open. It does not have a grocery. Pair it with the King Soopers on Martin Luther King Boulevard only if you are willing to move the car; they are separate sites in Central Park.
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Whole Foods at Tamarac
EVgo · 4 charging positions · 7400 E Hampden Ave, Denver, CO 80231
Whole Foods Tamarac is the southeast Denver version of the grocery stop. Prepared food and a restroom are inside the store during open hours. Hampden is a straightforward detour if you are already on the south side or coming off I-25 at the Hampden exit. Four positions means you should have a backup in mind on a Saturday. The Pontiac Street Supercharger is the higher-capacity fast site if this row is full and you can reach Lowry.
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King Soopers on Leetsdale, Glendale
Electrify America · 4 charging positions · 4600 Leetsdale Rd, Glendale, CO 80246
This Electrify America site is at King Soopers 124, just east of Colorado Boulevard. It is the grocery-and-restroom stop for Cherry Creek's east edge and for anyone coming along Leetsdale, which is the surface route people use when I-25 is a parking lot. Four positions, store hours for the restroom, and a full grocery if you would rather shop than sit down. The mall on 1st Avenue is the sit-down alternative, a short drive west.
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Walmart on Smith Road
Electrify America · 6 charging positions · 7800 Smith Rd, Denver, CO 80207
Walmart 3533 is a practical stop, not a scenic one. Smith Road runs through the industrial edge of northeast Denver, between I-70 and the airport approach. The store has groceries and restrooms during its hours, and six Electrify America positions is a bit more room than the four-post grocery sites. Use it when you want a reliable big-box restroom on the way to or from I-70. Do not expect a restaurant row.
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Costco on Airport Way
Electrify America · 6 charging positions · 4717 Airport Way, Denver, CO 80239
Costco's food court and restrooms are the amenity, and a membership is required to shop the warehouse. Confirm the food court's current entry rule before you count on a meal; it has changed before. This site sits with the airport-east cluster, near the Tower Road Superchargers. Those Superchargers (5940 Tower Road, 16 positions, and 6691 Tower Road, 8 positions) are the high-capacity fast plugs. They are a weaker meal. If you are staging a drive onto the plains or a flight, charge where the car needs to be, and eat at Costco only if you can get in.
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REI on Platte Street
EVgo · 3 charging positions · 1416 Platte St, Denver, CO 80202
REI is the exception on this list, and it is here so you do not confuse it with a food stop. Three EVgo positions at the store by Confluence Park are a place to charge if you are already going into the shop. Restrooms are for people using the store. Food is a walk out to Platte Street and the LoHi side of the river, not a counter inside REI. Three positions and a walk make this a poor highway substitution for Cherry Creek or Lowry. It is a good stop when the plan was the store.
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If you are only passing through
Eastbound or westbound on I-70, the Smith Road Walmart and the airport-east
Superchargers are the Denver stops that do not require crossing downtown.
Northbound or southbound on I-25, Park Meadows and the Thornton outlets are
often smoother than anything in the city core. Those are written up in the
I-25 guide
and the
I-70 guide.
Aurora's Walmarts and the Colfax King Soopers are in the
east Denver and Aurora guide.
Station data © U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center,
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