First Draft’s 40 taps saw “a steady decline since COVID,” its owner said.
Self-serve beer hall First Draft shutters after a decade in RiNo
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Broadway karaoke bar sings closing number after 18 months
“We borrowed our asses off and that’s ultimately what killed this,” said Ben Todd.
Dana Rodriguez taking over Englewood urban farm’s restaurant
It will be a second location of the acclaimed chef’s Work & Class, but serve breakfast and lunch as well.
She went looking for a wedding venue, and ended up with a winery, too
“I could drink wine like a champ, I love red wine,” the owner of Blendings Winery said. “But I had never made it before.”
Frank Day, Old Chicago founder and Boulder craft beer pioneer, dies at 93
The longtime restaurateur also created the Rock Bottom Brewery and Chophouse chains.
Year after moving from Denver, Troy Guard making changes to local restaurants
A new concept replaced Guard’s Los Chingones in Central Park this summer. And he’s rolling out waiterless ordering options.
Safieddine moving forward with plans for LoDo steakhouse
The restaurateur previously tried to sell 1525 Blake St. A spokeswoman called Noble “more elevated and upscale than anything that we’ve done.”
Patio a no-go for Quality Italian as council rejects below-curb dining
The discussion about the Cherry Creek restaurant’s hypothetical future patio was really about a previous patio.
Fort Collins cidery to keep operating through bankruptcy
Summit Hard Cider does most of its sales through its taproom, Scrumpy’s.
Owner of bottled cocktail brand opening bar in Wash Park
Uncle Tim’s Cocktails, founded by Tim Felkner in 2022, has its second Denver home after a Ruby Hill taproom closed in 2023.
