Campobaja pop- up, Revelry moves and more
If you can’t make it to Mexico City’s hip Roma neighborhood over the next couple of months for dinner, you might try heading to Denver’s RiNo instead.
From June 14 to Aug. 14, Campobaja, a seafood restaurant based in Mexico’s capital, will open an American outpost at Zeppelin Station. It’s part of the food hall’s Made in a City pop- up. ( Earlier this year, a restaurant and artists from Reykjavik, Iceland, took over part of the food and retail space.)
At Made in Mexico City, Campobaja chef Alejandro Zarate will make Denverites tacos and tostadas with octopus, shrimp aguachile, scallops and some meat and vegetable options. Joining the restaurant for the summer is Licorería Limantour, named the best bar in Latin America by the World’s 50 Best list.
Limantour is making a special cocktail menu for the occasion and also coming to Denver for a bar takeover July 12- 14. There are more things Made in Mexico City — knitwear, graphic tees, home goods — and some things made in Colorado, like Fortuna chocolate, coming along, too.
The summer- long event kicks off June 15 from 7 p. m. to midnight with a free- toattend launch party including mezcal and tequila tastings.
The North Denver brunch destination Revelry Kitchen has closed on 38th Avenue, but it won’t be gone for good. According to its Facebook page, the 4year- old restaurant is moving and will reopen after a “short lapse in service.”
Revelry opened in the summer of 2015 at the corner of West 38th Avenue and Raleigh Street. The Denver Post reviewed it that fall, calling chef Enrique Socarras’ Northside Rancheros — corn tortillas stacked with refritos and asadero cheese, then smothered in eggs and chile rojo — one of the best breakfast dishes of the year.
Five Colorado cities are among the top 20 in the nation in breweries per capita, according to a study released this week by C+ R Research.
The marketing firm ranked more than 500 cities across the United States by their number of breweries, and Boulder, Fort Collins, Loveland, Denver and Longmont all made the top 20.
The city with the most breweries per capita was Portland, Maine.
More surprising, perhaps, than Colorado’s representation — with more cities than any other state in the top 25 — are the “most popular” breweries in each place based on Google searches.
In Colorado’s five top brewing cities, the mostsearched breweries are
Sanitas Brewing ( Boulder), New Belgium Brewing ( Fort Collins), Loveland Aleworks ( Loveland), Breckenridge
Brewery ( Denver) and Wibby Brewing ( Longmont).
Sanitas, Loveland and Wibby are all considered micro breweries by the B. A. So three breweries that make less than 15,000 barrels of beer a year are some of the most popular in the state.
Whether or not you know what New Haven, Conn.- style pizza is, you can head to White Pie in Uptown to try it now for lunch, in addition to dinner.
The purveyor of thincrust, wood- fired Neapolitan pizza is offering $ 10 lunch pie specials and buyoneget- one lunch sandwiches ( for the first 50 lunch guests each day) through the month of June.
Highlights from the new daytime menu include the # 11 Lil Sal’s grinder with prosciutto, sopressata, mortadella and mozzarella; and the Caesar salad with bagna cauda, bread crumbs and an unimaginable amount of Parmesan.
1702 Humboldt St., 303862- 5323; whitepie. com; lunch from 11 a. m.- 3 p. m. daily One option for Father’s Day ( this Sunday, in case you forgot): Take your dad to to the grand opening of Voodoo Doughnut on South Broadway.
This second Denver location of the Portland- based sweet shop will provide dad with a free doughnut ( limit one per father) as well as a magic show, stilt walking, balloon animals and a wedding vows renewal ceremony.
You can renew your marriage, or just eat some doughnuts, starting at 10 a. m. on Sunday.
98 S. Broadway; voodoodoughnut. com; opening festivities from 10 a. m.- 6 p. m. Sunday, June 16
Cherry Creek’s idea of luxury continues to veer further away from reality.
A new cocktail bar preciously called Cherish has opened on Detroit Street, promoting itself as a destination in the likes of Singapore, Dubai and Las Vegas nightclubs.
“Cherish is an interactive, extravagant journey you won’t find anywhere else in Denver, where inventive cocktails and shareable plates are prepared near the guests as they relax and cherish every moment with friends, loved ones and/ or business associates,” Bart DeLorenzo, Cherish Spirits Lounge owner, said in a press release.
Inside the bar, you’ll find lots of leather and mirrors and walnut wood. A Spirits Master ™ will mix your drinks, and a Tender ™ wearing an imported apron will bring them to you.
221 Detroit St., 303- 2437474; cherishlounge. com; 4 p. m.- midnight Tuesday and Wednesday, until 1: 30 a. m. Thursday through Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday
Avanti Food & Beverage in the Highland has a new fried chicken stall, open only for the summer.
Chicken Rebel debuted at the food hall late last week, serving fried chicken sandwiches, salads and tater tots. The pop- up restaurant will operate through September. Its owners are opening a brick- and- mortar shop on Tejon Steet later this summer.
Rebel replaced American Grind , which is about to open its own brick- andmortar spot in Wash Park.
3200 Pecos St., 720- 2694778; avantifandb. com/ restaurants/ chicken- rebel; 11 a. m.- 9 p. m. Sunday through Wednesday, 11 a. m.- 10 p. m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday
A new mini- golf course is under construction in Stapleton, and it starts and finishes at an outdoor bar. How convenient.
Punch Bowl Social’s Putt
Club tees off on June 20. It’s an 18- hole course located behind the restaurant, arcade and bowling alley, in the backyard and underneath the old air traffic control tower.
A round will cost $ 16 for adults and $ 12 for kids 12 and under ($ 9/$ 7 for nine holes).
3120 Uinta St., 720- 5003788; punchbowlsocial. com; 11 a. m.- 11 p. m. Monday through Wednesday, until midnight Thursday, 1 a. m. Friday, from 9 a. m.- 1 a. m. Saturday and 9 a. m.- 10 p. m. Sunday RiNo’s sushi sensation,
Uchi, is starting a collaboration dinner series this month that will bring some big- name chefs to Denver.
Founder and executive chef Tyson Cole is hosting the series that continues through October. He’ll cook the first one himself on June 25. For the second event on July 30, he’s inviting chefs from Uchi restaurants in Dallas, Houston and Austin ( the restaurant group is Texas- based). Alon Shaya of Safta in Denver and Saba in New Orleans will cook on Aug. 27.
New Orleans- based chef Donald Link ( Herbsaint and Cochon restaurants, among others) will come to Colorado for a dinner on Sept. 17. And Denver’s Tommy Lee of Uncle and Hop Alley will join the Uchi crew at a to- be- determined date in October.
Tickets to each dinner cost $ 150.
2500 Lawrence St., 303444- 1922; uchidenver. com; collaboration dinners 7- 9 p. m.