Blue Sparrow Coffee quietly debuted its second location at 1615 Platte Street last weekend. The first Blue Sparrow, which opened at 3070 Blake Street in 2017, measures in at a cozy 470 square feet. The new shop occupies almost double the space — about 800 square feet — in the main level of the newly constructed Circa […]
Queens Eleven Is At the Forefront of Denver’s Minimum Wage Increase
The one-month-old cocktail bar/cafe is paying its employees the higher 2022 mandated wage—and serving affordable craft cocktails. There are many noteworthy aspects to Queens Eleven, a new cafe/cocktail bar inside the Hub building at 36th and Walnut streets, but we’ll start with the two most atypical.
New Project: 3030 Welton Hostel
A new hostel may be built across the street from the 30th and Downing transit station in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Denver-based Mainspring Development is planning to develop a five-story hostel (potentially named Cabarita House) at 3030 Welton, currently an empty lot. The site is located across Welton from RTD’s light rail station on the […]
Backyard on Blake developer looks to build hostel in Five Points
The developer of RiNo retail complex Backyard on Blake wants to build a hostel in Five Points. Mainspring, led by Fiona Arnold, submitted a site-development plan to the city last week proposing the five-story project at 3030 Welton St. “We’ve been referring to it as a hotelito, because it’s really a cross between a hotel […]
Places We Love: Backyard on Blake
The mixed-use development in RiNo is urban renewal done right. When Denver’s Mainspring Developers bought a parcel of land saddled with an old brick warehouse at 3040 Blake Street in RiNo, the easy approach would have been to level the faded relic and start fresh. Instead, a savvy renovate-and-reuse initiative resulted in Backyard on Blake, a hip retail […]
Street Cred || Blue Sparrow Coffee
This little spot is nestled in the RiNo district and is another shining example of why this area is fricking cool. Feast your eyes, and try to contain your jealousy if you aren’t based in Denver. Between the wooden cafe chairs, exposed brick, subway tile backsplash, and kraft paper roll menu, Blue Sparrow Coffee has me […]
