Sam's No. 3 - Aurora

02/14/2024

No matter how you are feeling this Valentines Day, stop by Sam's and show your taste buds some LOVE

12/31/2023

See you next year.....wow that one never gets old!

Check out our updated hours at samsno3.com and have a happy new year! Luv your Sam's Fam!

12/23/2023

We are wishing you all a happy holiday season! Please be sure to check out our website samsno3.com for all locations updated hours!

12/20/2023

Nothing quite like a good club SAMwich...

Come and get it!

12/14/2023

You read the sign! Get over to Sam's for happy hour! HURRY!

12/10/2023

Happy Hollandaise!

Running short on time as the year comes to an end, we got you! Stop by for a quick meal or grab your grub to go!

12/07/2023

Not sure what to get your loved ones? Here's our holiday gift guide: Sam's No. 3 stickers, hats, shirts, gift cards, and MORE. Grab your merch in-store (p.s. we now sell our gift cards online @ amazon, giftcard.com, or at a local King Soopers)!!!

12/01/2023

Come join us at the Aurora location for our drive-in movie + gift card giveaway + celebration on December 15th! You won't want to miss it!! See you all then!

11/25/2023

Meeting the Founder of Sam's #3 Diners in 1964

The original Sam's location, at 15th and Curtis, was started by Greek immigrant Sam Armatas in 1927. My late father, Harold Coffman, knew Sam Armatas from his youth in growing up in Denver.

My father dropped out of school after the 8th grade and sold newspapers in the same area where he got to know Sam Armatas. In 1943, at age 15, my father lied about his age and enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became a rear seat gunner in a dive bomber in the Pacific.

My late grandmother had second thoughts about her son serving in the war and in 1944, at age 16, she turned my father in for being underage.

My father was subsequently discharged from the Navy and returned to Denver where, within 90 days of being back, he lied about his age again and this time enlisted in the U.S. Army.

He was sent to Europe as an infantry rifleman and this time my grandmother did not interfere. My father would later serve in the Korean War where he rose to the rank of Master Sergeant and was wounded in combat.

After the Korean War, my father transferred to the Army Medical Corps and for his last assignment, before retiring, requested to return to his home state of Colorado and was assigned to Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora.

My first visit to Denver was with my father, in 1964, where he took me to meet Sam Armatas at his little restaurant at 15th and Curtis. I will never forget Sam Armatas, with his Greek accent, telling me, an impressionable 9-year-old, that I should be very proud of my father because "he is a very brave man."

After 25 years in business in Aurora, the Sam's #3 diner will be closing at the end of the year. Out of the three Sam's #3 Denver metro area locations, the Aurora location is the only one where the building is not owned by a San's #3 operator. I'm hoping that they will find another location in Aurora.

In the photo is Sam Armatas' grandson, Patrick Armatas, earlier this week at the Stampede where we were both at the annual meeting for the Havana Business Improvement District where Patrick, who manages Sam's #3 in Aurora, is a board member.

11/24/2023

Our Glendale location lost a loved one. The Sam’s No. 3 family is mourning their loss. Our Glendale location will be closed today. Much love to their family and friends❤️

10/25/2023