East Colfax communities in Denver and Aurora seek help staying in area

Photographs line the walls, plants sit on windowsills and a Buddhist altar is arranged atop a dresser. Nearly every surface of the living room is covered by an item or memento collected by Thin Soe, Ye Ye Thin and their five children over the years in their three-bedroom apartment in Denver’s East Colfax neighborhood. Since … Read more

Chop Shop closing East Colfax location after 10 years

Chop Shop is ending its 10-year run on East Colfax Avenue. The casual urban eatery will hold its last day of service at its original location on Sunday, April 7. “We were at the end of our 10-year lease, and we had the option to renew at market value,” chef and co-owner Clint Wangsnes told … Read more

Cocktail and burger bar, The W, opening in South Park Hill

Carrie and Ernest Wigglesworth have lived in the South Park Hill neighborhood with their son for 11 years, watching “restaurants come and go,” Carrie said. One of those, The Elm, was a neighborhood watering hole for the couple and a particularly tough goodbye when it closed in Dec. 2020 after 16 years. The space at … Read more

Lady Justice Brewing moving from Aurora

Lady Justice Brewing, which has been a fixture of the Front Range beer scene since 2016, will close its Aurora taproom at the end of the month in anticipation of moving. According to an announcement on social media, the brewery has outgrown its current home at 9735 E. Colfax Ave. and plans to relocate to … Read more

Denver’s 12 hottest restaurant openings of 2023

There’s a buzz in the Denver air, and it’s not just the holiday spirit. The local restaurant scene has been riding high the past year, and new restaurants want to get a taste of the action. Of course, we’ve had some tough closures, but Denver chefs are still taking risks and offering exciting new happy … Read more

Denver City Council changes rules to future construction on East Colfax Avenue

Hundreds of properties along a 5-mile stretch of East Colfax Avenue will have to include active, ground-floor commercial space in any redevelopment plans after the Denver City Council on Monday approved new design guidelines for buildings clumped along the city’s most famous street. The council unanimously supported applying the pack of new rules, collectively known … Read more

An ode to Enzo’s, an old-school pizzeria in Denver

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems). Travel guides, transplants (and even this publication) have plenty of thoughts about Colorado’s best … Read more