The winner of our SuperPub Poll™, Crimson and Gold Tavern, suddenly shuttered last week. A note on the door said C&G would re-open for this upcoming weekend’s hockey series against Niagara, Unfortunately, the closure will impact one of the busiest times of the year for the bar business, Halloween.
Continue reading Crimson & Gold Tavern Liquor License Suspended
A construction boom, sky high home prices ($600k/avg.) and a relatively low unemployment rate (3.0%) mask many of the crimes that many of us never hear about unless we keep a keen eye on the news. Based on Spirling’s Best Places to Live, Denver proper is still the most dangerous major city in Colorado – yes, more than Aurora. On a scale of 1 (low) to 100 (High), Denver’s violent crimes are rated at 30.7 vs. a national average of 22.7 and property crimes are 50.8 in Denver – 15 points higher than the US average. Essentially, Denver is a large metropolitan area with all the associated big city problems.
What are we to think, especially residents of the University and University Park neighborhoods? Continue reading How Safe is the University of Denver Neighborhood this Year?
It looks like a space station or a giant broken egg. It’s also a historic landmark. If you have driven south on Broadway at Old Hampden, you will see the Charles Deaton-designed ovoid Community Banks building at 3501 S. Broadway. Continue reading South Broadway Makeover for Local Landmark
They’re coming. The iconic California-based burger chain, In-N-Out Burger, will be building a distribution facility and office and breaking ground on restaurant sites along the front range. They are starting in Colorado Springs but have secured a restaurant site in nearby Park Meadows. Still, no sites on the drawing board for the Denver City limits – yet. But Colorado Boulevard and Broadway locations can’t be far behind, can they?
California icon In-N-Out Burgers submits proposal for second Colorado location near Park Meadows in Lone Tree. https://t.co/qBmUKrC0rV
— Rocky Mountain Group (@RockyMtnGroup) August 26, 2019
So, how will the In-N-Out Burgers entry into Colorado impact you? Participate in our poll below:
Loading ...The new ‘old version’ of the Campus Lounge reopened in the fall of 2018. After a return to the original sports themed bar and restaurant, local patrons were greeted with a hastily written note on the front door – “Closed Until Further Notice.”
The Bonnie Brae mainstay has now closed for a third time in three years after a long run under former DU hockey playing alum Jim Wiste, beginning in the 70’s. Continue reading Lights Out – Strike Three for the Campus Lounge
With all the changes taking place in the University Park neighborhood, on and off campus, we wanted to feature three long-standing restaurants that have survived the test of time. Two did it by hardly changing a thing. The other did it by changing to meet changing consumer tastes. The others? Well, they’re gone.
The retail restaurant business is already difficult enough without being near a college, in this case the University of Denver. With clientele turning over every four years and the bulk of classes on campus for only 30 out of 52 weeks, you have to be creative – and/or provide a rock solid offer. But, Mustard’s Last Stand, Jerusalem Restaurant and Spanky’s Roadhouse got there following different paths. Continue reading Three restaurants defy turbulent University Park changes
We recently reported about the closing of Fermaentra, a craft brewery located at 1715 East Evans Avenue – just west of the DU campus. At the time, it was thought that another microbrewery would occupy the space and replace the University of Denver’s only walkable microbrewery.
The cost of rent was cited by Westword as the cause for the closing of Fermaentra and a new brewpub was expected to come in its place. To our surprise, several days ago the building was transformed into the Art Hookah Lounge. Still, it is hard for many to believe that the new Art Hookah Lounge will generate much more traffic and business than its predecessor – but we could be wrong. Continue reading From Hops to Hookah – University Park going up in a puff of smoke
