Restaurant Roll Call: Every Opening and Closing for June

Some of our favorite watering holes dried up last month.

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June's closings had us crying in our beer. After seven years, Middleman closed on Colfax, taking Misfit Snack Bar with it. (New owners promise to reopen the bar soon.) The original Great Divide closed, as did Great Divide's Barrel Bar; founder Brian Dunn sold his Great Divide Brewing business to Wilding Brands, which keeps adding Colorado concepts to its portfolio. Wilding also closed Cerveceria Colorado, which it promises to reopen in another incarnation.

Non-beer bars dried up, too. Queens Eleven closed in RiNo, and Scooters has scooted off in Aurora.

Noisette bid adieu, too.

But openings (and reopenings) continued to outweigh the closings. Pickleball is still a hit in Colorado; courts are on the menu at Chicken N Pickle in Thornton, and Relish Food Hall in Louisville. Milk Market didn't add sports to its food hall, but it does have several new offerings. And yes, dumplings are a thing!

Here are all the restaurant and bar openings and closings in metro Denver in June.*

Openings

Chicken N Pickle, 14225 Lincoln Street, Thornton
Dave's Hot Chicken, 8511 East Arapahoe Road, Greenwood Village
Fifth Coffee House, 710 East 26th Avenue
JP Nori Sushi II, 1401 Krameria Street
Konjo Ethiopian Food, Milk Market, 1800 Wazee Street
Lucky Bird, Milk Market,1800 Wazee Street
Margot, 1551 South Pearl Street
Nana's Dim Sum & Dumplings, 9328 Jordan Road, Parker
Okinawa Japanese Cuisine, 2301 East Colfax Avenue
Oya Mediterranean Restaurant, 825 Colorado Boulevard
Punch Buggy Shave Ice, 105 South Public Road, Lafayette
Reggae Pot, 2243 South Monaco Street Parkway
Relish Food Hall/Pickleball, 550 South McCaslin Boulevard, Louisville
Samos, 11601 East Montview Boulevard, Aurora
Samir Mediterranean, 3424 East Colfax Avenue

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Reopened

Benzina, 4839 East Colfax Avenue
Denny’s at 565 Union Blvd
Garibaldi Mexican Bistro, 3298 South Broadway, Englewood
Noodles Express, 703 South Colorado Boulevard
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2907 Huron Street

Closings

Casa Don Juan, 5106 Washington Street
Cerveceria Colorado, 1635 Platte Street
Etai's Bakery Cafe, 101 East 70th Avenue
Great Divide, 2201 Arapahoe Street and 1812 35th Street
Meet and Eat Bistro, 11021 East Hampden Avenue
Middleman, 3401 East Colfax Avenue
Misfit Snack Bar, 3401 East Colfax Avenue
Noisette, 3254 Navajo Street
Queens Eleven, 3603 Walnut Street
Santo Remedio, 3900 Tennyson Street
Scooters Sports Bar & Grill, 13698 East Alameda Avenue, Aurora

*Or earlier, and not reported in a previous Restaurant Roll Call. See our Restaurant Roll Call for May.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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