“The pandemic really made us rethink our growth plans,” said Blue Island Oyster Bar owner Sean Huggard of expanding in Colorado instead of Miami.
Cherry Creek seafood restaurant spawns second location in Lone Tree
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Restaurant, butcher shop and speakeasy venture to fill Platte Street space
“It’s a dark, dingy basement. But we’re doing our best to make it an awesome space for people to sip and enjoy vintage cocktails,” said the owner.
Snarf’s sandwich chain adding shops in DTC, Cherry Creek, Broomfield
Owner Jimmy Seidel said they’ll open this summer, joining 24 current locations in Colorado, Missouri and Texas.
Denver’s 15 percent food delivery app commission cap ends in June
Councilwoman Kendra Black, who led the effort to enact a cap last fall, said the city will let it expire because COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants have been lifted.
RiNo chef opening LoHi bar to feature tequila and mezcal brand she created
Cantina Loca will showcase restaurateur Dana Rodriguez’s Doña Loca, which is produced and bottled by hand in Oaxaca, Mexico, and distributed in Colorado.
The Saucy Noodle ready to leave Bonnie Brae after 57 years
“It taught us we don’t need as big a space,” co-owner Erin Markham said of the coronavirus pandemic. “It taught us we need a patio.”
Little India owner doubling locations in 2021 to avoid employee furloughs
Citing a ‘rainy day’ mindset, Simeran Baidwan opened a third restaurant in West Highland in January and has signed a lease for a fourth in Central Park.
Owner of Gaetano’s buys its Highland property for $2.6M
The seller bought it for $751,000 in 2004 from the notorious Smaldone crime family, which made it a hub for gambling and bootlegging in the 1940s.
Juan Padro plans new concept for former Wash Park watering hole
The founder of Culinary Creative bought the Ogden Street South Sports Bar after it went up for sale in March but would not say what he has in mind for the space.
Chef Troy Guard closing Larimer Square restaurant
Guard opened TAG in 2009 and then launched a restaurant group that includes other concepts to which he’s shifting his focus.
