Highly Anticipated RiNo Rooftop Restaurant Now Open

As the end of the year approaches, some of the most anticipated openings of 2025 are finally making their debut. The latest is Cimera, a new concept that has replaced the Woods at the Source Hotel in RiNo.

When the Source Hotel opened in 2018 next door to the city’s first modern food hall (also dubbed the Source), its rooftop views were undeniably impressive. Denver loves an elevated place to imbibe, but the Woods, a restaurant and beer bar from New Belgium, never really got a lot of buzz.

Now, the Source Hotel is betting on a new concept that it hopes will deliver food and drinks as good as the scenery.

Cimera opens today, October 30, serving a pan-Latin menu from Peruvian chef Diego Muñoz, who is a consultant on the project, and Geoff Cox, who will oversee the restaurant’s day-to-day operations as its executive chef. Cox is a familiar face in the local scene: He was the executive chef at Michelin Bib Gourmand eatery Hop Alley for a decade prior to taking on this new position.

The restaurant was conceptualized by restaurateur Tom Dillon, founder of Apicii, a hospitality management and concept development agency. “There’s nothing quite like Cimera in Denver, where guests can enjoy exceptional food and cocktails in a design-forward rooftop gathering space, set against the Denver skyline and the Rocky Mountains,” Dillon says. “Chef Muñoz’s expertise in Latin and Peruvian cuisine, paired with chef Geoff’s deep connection to Denver, creates a distinctive culinary experience, further adding to The Source Hotel + Market Hall.”

Cimera is open for lunch and dinner, with a menu of small plates, steaks and larger entrees. Selections include octopus carpaccio with avocado cream, olive vinaigrette, roasted peppers and breadcrumbs; pork belly skewers with nikkei glaze and scallion dressing; ribeye with roasted onions, semi-dried tomatoes and aji-amarillo bearnaise; and chile-miso marinated salmon adobado with garlic eggplant, Chifa-style. (Chifa is a cuisine style popularized in the 1800s, when an influx of Chinese and other East Asian immigrants came to Peru to work on sugar plantations, railroads and other industrial projects.)

The drink program from beverage director Adam Griggs includes large-format sangria, frozen boozy beverages such as pisco punch, and cocktails with tropical flavors like the Horchata Cooler, a hibiscus margarita and yerba mate punch.

The restaurant’s lunch menu is available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with light bites on offer from 4 to 5 p.m. and dinner served nightly. Reservations are recommended, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Cimera is located inside the Source Hotel at 3330 Brighton Boulevard and is open for lunch and dinner starting October 30. For more information, including reservations, visit thesourcehotel.com or follow @cimera.denver on Instagram.