Two days of the week decide where you eat barbecue in Durango. On Monday, Serious Texas BBQ is the one smokehouse that posts open hours, 10:30 a.m. on, every day of the week. From Wednesday to Saturday, SUP Craft BBQ joins in. For steak, the dinner rooms downtown are open at night, and a couple of them close two days a week.
Where do locals get barbecue in Durango?
Serious Texas BBQ, 650 S Camino del Rio. The restaurant's site says it has two Durango locations, one north of town and one south. The south one is the Camino del Rio address above. Hours are 7 days a week, 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. in summer and 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in winter. Brisket, ribs, pulled pork and smoked turkey are the dishes the reviews on its site keep naming.
SUP Craft BBQ, 3 Depot Pl. SUP moved to Depot Place and says so on its hours page, along with the fact that its Taos location is closed for good. It keeps a short week: Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. It is closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. For a big order, it says it will craft and deliver for events, and you reach it at (970) 836-3575.
Buckhead West BBQ, 600 Main Ave, #103. A small barbecue spot on the downtown end of Main. It has no website, so phone (970) 902-7155 before you walk over, and do not assume it is open on a Monday.
Porky's Smokehouse is out in Bayfield, east of Durango on US 160, at 581 E Colorado Dr. It posts Sunday and Monday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. So it is a Monday option if you are willing to drive. If your day already runs through Bayfield, see our Bayfield guide.
Which Durango barbecue places are open on Monday?
Fewer than you would hope. Serious Texas posts a seven-day schedule. Porky's in Bayfield opens Monday at 11 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. SUP is closed Sunday through Tuesday. Buckhead West has no posted schedule at all.
Stuck on a Monday with no smokehouse in reach? Pivot to a burger. El Moro, the tavern at 945 Main, prices Monday burgers at $15 on its site: the El Moro Burger, the Mushroom Gruyere Burger, and a special that changes each week.
Where can you get a steak dinner in Durango?
Downtown, in five rooms with five very different moods.
Serafina's Steakhouse, 144 E 9th St, Unit 1. Serafina's calls itself a sophisticated dining affair, with steak and seafood, cocktails, fine wine and live piano on Friday and Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. Its menu page lists hours of Wednesday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to close, so it is dark on Monday and Tuesday. Happy hour runs from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Seasons of Durango, 764 Main Ave. Its site describes open-fire steaks, seafood and an award-winning wine list in a historic downtown building, with private dining available. We could not load the full menu or the hours from the site, so phone (970) 382-9790 to confirm.
636 Main Ave takes its name from the street number. Owners Krista and Kurtis serve dinner there seven nights a week, built on steakhouse fare, fresh seafood and house-made pasta. The posted schedule: 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 4:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Dessert comes from a full-time pastry chef.
The Mahogany Grille sits inside the Strater Hotel at 699 Main Ave. Its page says it is open every day for dinner, in a Victorian dining room, and it names the Peppered Steak Herbert among the traditional favorites. Reservations are encouraged, at (970) 375-7170. Food service at the Strater's restaurants stops at 9 p.m.
El Moro Spirits & Tavern, 945 Main Ave. The site describes modern casual fine dining in a former early-1900s saloon, with house-made pastas and steaks and seafood. Dinner is Monday through Thursday 4 to 10 p.m., and Friday 4 to 11 p.m. Wednesday brings 50 percent off full bottles of wine, so that is the night to pair a steak with something good.
How much does a steak dinner cost in Durango?
Plan on a splurge. The only steakhouse menu we could read with prices today was at Chimayo Stone Fired Kitchen, 862 Main Ave, which lists a 16-ounce hand-cut ribeye at $55 and beef medallions at $44. Its main plates run from $35 to $55 before sides, wine or tip. Chimayo is a stone-fired kitchen more than a steakhouse, so treat its numbers as one data point, not a rule.
Serafina's, Seasons, 636 Main Ave, the Mahogany Grille and El Moro did not give us a priced dinner menu on a page we could read. Check each menu before you book.
Do you need a reservation?
For the dining rooms, yes on weekends. Serafina's says reservations are highly recommended for the dining room, that the bar is first come, first served, and that it cannot guarantee a table before your reservation time. Parties of more than six go to a private room that seats 10, booked by phone.
The Mahogany Grille encourages reservations, and Chimayo says the same. El Moro takes reservations through its website. For barbecue, none of these counter-service places take them for a normal meal.
Where can you get steak without the splurge?
The cheap answer is a slider, and it is a good one. The truck at 11th Street Station, Backcountry Gourmet, posts a filet mignon slider for $7 and a BBQ bacon cheeseburger slider for $6. Nobody mistakes that for a steakhouse meal. It is still beef, with blue cheese and caramelized onion on the filet, for less than a coffee-and-pastry run.
What happened to the Ore House?
Older lists still name the Ore House on East College Drive, a steakhouse that first opened in 1972. It has been closed since a kitchen fire in January 2024, and the Durango Herald reported in June 2026 that the building owners' reopening plan had not come together. We left it out of the picks above.
How is parking downtown at dinner?
Easy, by Durango standards. The Downtown Durango Business Improvement District says meters must be paid Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and are free after 6 p.m. and all day on weekends. City parking lots are free after 5 p.m. on weekdays. So a dinner on Main Avenue after 6 p.m. costs nothing to park for, though a summer Saturday still takes a few laps.
For the rest of the eating map, see the best restaurants in Durango guide, the where locals eat guide, and our fine dining guide for special-occasion rooms. The full restaurant directory lists contact details for each place here.