Argyll goes far afield to tout its patio

Argyll might bill itself as "a gastroPub," but it doesn't see itself as a neighborhood pub -- not unless you consider all of Denver just one big neighborhood. I live several miles and fifteen minutes from Cherry Creek (and that's if the lights on Speer are synchronized), and last night...

By Patricia Calhoun

May 22, 2009

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Argyll might bill itself as "a gastroPub," but it doesn't see itself as a neighborhood pub -- not unless you consider all of Denver just one big neighborhood. I live several miles and fifteen minutes from Cherry Creek (and that's if the lights on Speer are synchronized), and last night I found an Argyll grand-opening invitation/15 percent discount offer taped to my front door.

But underneath that 15 percent discount offer was an even more compelling reason to head to 2700 West Third Avenue, where Argyll opened last month in the former home of the Squealin' Pig: "Largest patio in Cherry Creek."

That's for now: Once Elway's starts its Wednesday-night concert series next month, the area around that steakhouse turns into one big patio. In June, the Cherry Cricket will also open its new patio, a big wrap-around. And miniBAR has designs on that large patio space outside the tiny sliver of a saloon that opened two weeks ago; at night, there will be no competition for seats with the nearby coffeehouse.

But right now, Argyll could well be the champ. It's open for lunch, dinner and brunch; for more info, go to www.argyllpub.com.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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