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Go for the Gold: A Dozen Things to Do for Free in Denver This Week

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Molly Martin

Molly Martin has been the Food & Drink editor at Westword since 2021. Prior to joining the staff, Molly reported on the Denver dining scene for more than a decade and contributed to Thrillist. At Westword, Molly monitors restaurant openings and closings, offers dining recommendations and reports on Denver-area food news and trends. She also publishes such annual lists as Top 100 Bars and Top 100 Restaurants, and contributes to the yearly Best of Denver edition. In 2023, she was recognized with the Colorado Restaurant Association’s Outstanding Media Professional award.

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Zeppelin Station Is Getting a Dinosaur-Themed Rebrand

By Molly MartinFebruary 3, 2025

It’s becoming Clever Girl, a prehistoric version of Rainforest Cafe for adults with animatronic dinosaurs, an escape room and more.

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Restaurant Roll Call: Every Opening and Closing in January

By Molly MartinFebruary 1, 2025

Over twenty places joined the scene, including bars, cafes, pizzerias and more.

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LoDo’s Oldest Bottle Shop Is Closing After Nearly Thirty Years

By Molly MartinJanuary 30, 2025

Its inventory is currently on sale as it prepares to shut its doors for good.

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One Metro Area Waffle House Is Taking Valentine’s Day Reservations

By Molly MartinJanuary 30, 2025

It’s the only day of the year that you can book a table at the chain, a tradition that started in 2008.

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Four Colorado Restaurants Among Best Date Night Spots in the U.S.

By Molly MartinJanuary 30, 2025

Three of them are in Denver.

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86ed Chef Returns to Denver for a Fresh Start. Again.

By Molly MartinJanuary 28, 2025

Jacob Bickelhaupt is launching an eight-seat chef’s counter in RiNo and reservations are $295 per person.

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The Best Cheap Eats in Denver

By Molly MartinJanuary 28, 2025

Score deals on burgers, wings, pizza, pasta and more.

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Every Opening and Closing This Week: Odie B’s Debuts in RiNo and More

By Molly MartinJanuary 25, 2025

There are also new options for pizza, Peruvian charbroiled chicken and soft-serve ice cream.

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Market Street Pizzeria Celebrates Grand Opening With 99 Cent Beers

By Molly MartinJanuary 24, 2025

The deal will be offered through the end of February as Mario’s Speakeasy Pizza takes over the former Pour House space.

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One of Denver’s Best Bakeries Moving Into Former Fox Run Cafe Space

By Molly MartinJanuary 22, 2025

More pastries are coming to Colfax!

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2025 Colorado James Beard Semifinalists Announced

By Molly MartinJanuary 22, 2025

Fourteen local chefs and restaurants made the cut.

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Celebrity Chefs Are Heading to Aspen Once Again This Summer, Should You?

By Molly MartinJanuary 21, 2025

This year’s Food & Wine Classic has announced its lineup; tickets go on sale January 22.

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Tender Belly Offers to Toss Free Bacon to Fans Who Show Up at Its Office

By Molly MartinJanuary 20, 2025

Through Thursday, it will toss bacon to anyone who stands below the window and yells, “Hey, throw us some Tender Belly Bacon!”

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Every Opening and Closing This Week: More Closures, Two Comebacks and Six New Spots

By Molly MartinJanuary 18, 2025

Melita’s is the latest longtime eatery to shut its doors for good, while openings include three new bars.

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OG Denver Dumpling Spot Lao Wang Announces Upcoming Closure

By Molly MartinJanuary 16, 2025

There’s still time to get a final fix of potstickers and soup dumplings, and still hope that this place could live on…

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The Denver Restaurants We Miss the Most

By Molly MartinJanuary 15, 2025

As more longtime favorites close, we’re reminiscing about the meals we wish we could have again.

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Award-Winning Comal Heritage Food Incubator Closing in February

By Molly MartinJanuary 14, 2025

For eight years, the eatery has doubled as a training program for recent immigrants and refugees.

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Johnson’s Corner Restaurant, Famous for Its Cinnamon Rolls, Has Closed

By Molly MartinJanuary 13, 2025

The truck stop and convenience store are still open, and a new diner is set to move in.

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Every Opening and Closing This Week: Federal Coffee Shutters Two Months After Reopening, and More

By Molly MartinJanuary 11, 2025

It had made a comeback in November with a new, cocktail-stocked bar, but its owners say the landlord would not renew its lease.

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Major Changes Happening at Avanti F&B Denver

By Molly MartinJanuary 9, 2025

Several concepts, including Pho King Rapidos and 22 Provisions, are moving out as the ten-year-old food hall begins a remodel of its first floor.

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One of the City’s Best Pizzerias Is Ready to Debut Its New Brick-and-Mortar

By Molly MartinJanuary 9, 2025

After moving out of the kitchen at Tight End last year, the PZA is opening off Santa Fe Drive on Friday, January 10.

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Mr. Lucky’s Reopens Both Sandwich Shops, for Now

By Molly MartinJanuary 9, 2025

“Now’s your opportunity to go to the places you love, to the places you’d be sad to see closing – especially this time of the year.”

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