Every Opening and Closing This Week: Nine New Places to Try
More new restaurants are now serving on Colfax, including a banh mi joint.
More new restaurants are now serving on Colfax, including a banh mi joint.
“For me, the inspiration for this place came from a need to find peace, a need to feel serenity.”
The south Denver staple has been in business for nearly sixty years.
Its comeback marks a reset for the ten-year-old downtown restaurant that nearly closed for good.
“The cost of labor, food, rent and property taxes has created a situation where the small guy can’t compete.”
The modern, upscale izakaya concept stands out while fitting in on Aurora’s Havana Street.
The price for the actual most expensive meal: $295 per person.
There were once limited places to find this Vietnamese sandwich, but that’s changed.
A spot in the Denver Tech Center is the only spot in the state that made this year’s cut.
Look for the Raleigh Street space to reopen in time for March Madness.
The law is meant to help struggling restaurants “stop the bleeding.” Critics argue it shifts the pain onto struggling workers.
Other highlights include the brick-and-mortar location of a popular Golden food truck.
“There’s no authentic. There’s no, ‘Oh, this is real Mexican food.’ I don’t believe that. I don’t believe in those words.”
This fourth location will open on Wednesday, February 19.
“The decision to close comes amid significant challenges facing Denver’s restaurant industry.”
We’re kicking off a new series exploring the diverse cuisine of Aurora’s Havana Street with a hot pot feast.
The food truck-turned brick-and-mortar is making its debut on East Colfax on February 14.
“We probably only have a couple of weeks left,” says co-owner Casey Keller, who has run the business with her husband, Roy Benoit, since 2020.
“The business itself is not sustainable in the current landscape of what LoDo has to offer.”
The opening in the former House of CoPa space comes just one month after the company unexpectedly closed its Highland location after ten years in business because of a steep rise in rent.
Other new additions include a crepe cart on the 16th Street Mall and three food concepts at Gaylord Rockies.
Jared Leonard now has just one business in Colorado, AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q, as well as two AJ’s outposts in Mexico.