Menya Ramen & Poke

Menya sits in the ground floor of the Riverfront Park buildings on Little Raven, the quiet residential side of the Millennium Bridge, and it does one useful thing: fast, inexpensive Japanese food seven days a week. You order at the counter, ramen in a few broths, poke bowls, build-your-own rice bowls, karaage and gyoza to share, and it is on the table in minutes. It is the neighborhood's default takeout, and for anyone walking from Commons Park or the Platte trail it is the nearest hot meal that is not a hotel bar.

Why go. A fast, cheap bowl on the park side of the tracks where there is very little else to eat.

Order on the site for pickup if you are coming off the trail; the dining room is small and fills at 6pm with residents.