Big Red F Closing the Post in LoHi

December 7 will be a sad day in LoHi. That's because the restaurant space that's been occupied by the Big Red F group almost since the day this Northside neighborhood got the LoHi nickname will be empty.

The original Big Red F tenant at 1575 Boulder Street was Lola, the groundbreaking coastal Mexican restaurant that moved to the former Olinger mortuary building from South Pearl Street in 2006, bringing its great margaritas and mysteriously good chicken-fried steak (from a coastal Mexican restaurant!) along with it.

But interest in more high-level Mexican cuisine dried up a few years ago during the pandemic — ironic, since Alma Fonda Fina is now finding great success right around the corner — and in early 2022, Big Red F switched the spot over to a concept that had proven itself in several other locations: The Post Chicken & Beer, which got its start in an old VFW post in Lafayette. Adding to the fun was the Groovy Bar that Big Red F opened in the basement space.

But Big Red F's twenty-year run in LoHi is coming to an end this weekend, when the Post will fly the coop on Saturday. "There is never a good time to close a restaurant," says founder Dave Query. "This is ours. We’re looking for a brick-and-mortar location for our bad-ass new ButterPunk Cookies and are also scouting additional locations for the Post Chicken & Beer outside of Denver proper. In the meantime, come visit us at the Post in LoHi before we close, or hit our sister Post on South Broadway when you’re needing your chicken fix."

Query promises that the staff from the LoHi location will be placed at one of Big Red F's other eateries or at another restaurant whose owner has been alerted to the upcoming closure, "so that our folks don’t miss a beat."

But we'll definitely miss this Post.

There's no word yet on what will replace the restaurant...but it won't be another Big Red F concept.