Restaurant Roll Call: Every Opening and Closing in April

April was a busy month for foodies, with four new local options at Denver International Airport, including Tocabe: A Native American Eatery). Meanwhile, two dozen more restaurants in metro Denver opened their doors to hungry diners (that would be us) looking for everything from Asian fare to quality Mex — Los Dos Potrillos finally opened a spot in Denver property! — with burgers, pizza and chicken in between.

In fact, the next big food franchise to break out of Denver — joining the ranks of Chipotle, Smashburger, Modern Market, Quiznos, Tokyo Joe’s and MAD Greens — might be the plucky Birdcall, which last month opened a shop in Fort Collins and one in Red Rocks, where they'll be serving hungry concert-goers for every show this musical summer of stars. The company has already expanded to Arizona, and could go further soon.

Speaking of national chains, Cracker Barrel finally came to Denver, where it debuted its Southern-style spread and big servings in the Central Park neighborhood. Asians are always a presence on our dining scene; the legacy group of Japanese restaurants led by Sushi Den has now opened a chef's prerogative omakase restaurant named Kizaki, after award-winning chef and Denver sushi pioneer Toshi Kizaki.

Although Asian food gets plenty of attention and respect for its ethnic range, Latine food often gets lost under the huge "Mexican" umbrella. But Catira, which opened in April in the Denver Tech Center, hopes to teach diners a thing or two about Latin American culinary tradition.“The Venezuelan food that we’ll have here is the core cuisine of Venezuela. This is the street food. This is what people make at home,” says co-owner Manuel Sucre.

And the Yemen Grill just opened a sibling restaurant, Yemen Grill & Cafe, near the University of Denver.

Here are all the openings and closings (and a couple of reopenings) in April 2025, with more to come as we move into May:

Openings:

The Bagel Deli, Denver International Airport
Belles & Boots, 1930 Blake Street
Birdcall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison
C Burger, 921 Pearl Street, Boulder
Catira, 5370 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village
CD’s Wings, 11211 South Dransfeldt Drive, Parker
Chili Shack Larimer, 2148 Larimer Street
Chubby Unicorn Cantina, 4180 Wynkoop Street
Clever Girl, 3501 Wazee Street (formerly Zeppelin Station)
Corvus Coffee Roasters, 1557 Logan Street
Cracker Barrel, 9111 East 40th Avenue
D Bar, Denver International Airport
Dave's Hot Chicken, 725 Harvest Moon Drive, Suite F, Longmont
Et Voila French Bakery, 866 Lookout Mountain Road, Golden
HashTAG, 1225 17th Street
Johnny B’s Woodfired Pizza, Urban Cowboy Hotel, 1665 Grant Street
Kizaki, 1551 South Pearl Street
Los Dos Potrillos, 4100 East Mexico Avenue
Lucky Noodles, 12 East First Avenue
Moe's Bagels, 1390 South Colorado Boulevard
Nuggets Gold Mine Bar, Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop Street
The Pearl, 2199 California Street
Pho Social, 333 Broadway
Schoolyard Beer Garden and Schoolyard Cafe, 1115 Acoma Street
Tasty Pot, 2890 Zuni Street
Tocabe: A Native American Eatery, Denver International Airport
Williams & Graham, Denver International Airport
Yemen Grill & Cafe, 1135 East Evans Avenue

Reopening:

Little Man Ice Cream Central Park, 10175 East 29th Avenue
Sahara, 9636 East Arapahoe Road, Greenwood Village 

Closures:

Capitol Cigars, 919 Colfax Avenue
Colfax and Cream, 1238 East Colfax Avenue
Denver Stockyard Saloon, 4710 National Western Drive
Pho on 6th, 1312 East Sixth Avenue
Rivers and Roads Coffee, 2960 Champa Street
Roberta's, Urban Cowboy Hotel, 1665 Grant Street
Sushi-Rama, 2615 Larimer Street
Valley Inn, 1997 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood

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