Root Down takes off at DIA, Cafe Berlin is grounded -- our Restaurant Roll Call for August

More than a dozen new restaurants opened this month -- some, like Comida in the Source, new spots in ancient, converted spaces, and other old favorites reborn in the same places, including Angelo's Taverna, in the forty-year-old home of Angelo's. The scene also lost some mainstays, with Cafe Berlin closing...

By Westword Staff

August 30, 2013

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More than a dozen new restaurants opened this month -- some, like Comida in the Source, new spots in ancient, converted spaces, and other old favorites reborn in the same places, including Angelo's Taverna, in the forty-year-old home of Angelo's. The scene also lost some mainstays, with Cafe Berlin closing for good, and Highlands Garden Cafe shuttering on August 31 until next April. Keep reading for our Restaurant Roll Call for August.

RESTAURANTS/BARS/MARKETS OPENING IN AUGUST:*

Angelo's Taverna, 620 East Sixth Avenue Bubba Chinos, 4500 Washington Street Comida, 3350 Brighton Boulevard in The Source Common Grounds, 2149 West 44th Avenue Diebolt Brewing, 3855 Mariposa Street Fresh Thymes, 2500 30th Street, Boulder Hurricane Grill & Wings, 8025 West Bowles Avenue, Littleton Jammin Joe's, 2600 High Street Jamba Juice, 8500 Pena Boulevard Lucky's Market, 700 Ken Pratt Boulevard, Longmont Modmarket, 3475 South University Boulevard, Englewood Odd 13 Brewing, 301 East Simpson Street, Lafayette Pho Real, 2399 West Main Street, Littleton Recipe Box, 560 South Broadway Root Down at DIA, 8500 Pena Boulevard Smashburger, 965 South Hover Street, Longmont Smashburger, 8100 West Crestline Avenue, Littleton Stapleton Tap House, 8286 Northfield Boulevard Tony's Burgers, 950 Broadway Una Mas, 1585 South Pearl Street Wayne's Smoke Shack, 406 Center Drive, Superior

RESTAURANTS/BARS REOPENING IN AUGUST:*

The Pioneer, 2401 South University Boulevard (after closing for a remodel)

RESTAURANTS/BARS TEMPORARILY (?) CLOSING IN AUGUST:*

Eden, 3090 Downing Street (closing for remodeling) Fired Up, 1135 Bannock Street (after an electrical fire) Highlands Garden Cafe, 2937 West 32nd Avenue (closing August 31 until next April) Squire Lounge, 1800 East Colfax Avenue (closed for renovations) Taki's, 341 East Colfax Avenue (closed for maintenance)

RESTAURANTS/BARS CLOSING IN AUGUST:*

Boa, 3464 West 32nd Avenue Cafe Berlin, 1600 Champa Street H Burger, 1555 Blake Street Johnny's Diner, 2323 South Havana Street, Aurora John's Restaurant, 2328 Pearl Street, Boulder Minglewood, 1606 Conestoga Street, Boulder Rino's on Blake, 2401 Blake Street

* or earlier, and not included in a previous Restaurant Roll Call.

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