That camaraderie has helped the Dallas bar succeed. Trey's is in the libations department while his dad does the finances, "it’s fun to work with my dad because he’s my best friend.” Trey says he works well with his dad Tyler they both have their strengths. There is a DJ booth with plans to have drag entertainment for brunch. The bar will have plenty of cocktails to choose from and a yet-to-be-determined brunch and dinner menu. Its 4,500 square footage will get design help from designer David Schaich. Initially, Sir will have a schedule on weekdays from 4 pm to 2 am, and open at 11 am on Saturdays. So, I definitely didn’t want to flop on that aspect.” “It’s also important to me to have some good food with the previous tenant being such an iconic space for a really good restaurant. “My dad owned some restaurants when I was growing up, so we know how fun food can be and how much Denver loves food,” Trey said. And with his new love of Denver, the visionary thought it would be a perfect spot. He suddenly came up with the idea to open his own. Often going on filming excursions with "The Real Housewives of Dallas" as cast member Stephanie Hollman's assistant, Trey noticed that some restaurants would refuse to let them film. But there isn’t an LGBTQ bar downtown, and there’s a great community looking for a home here.” “There are lots of other great bars there. “We spent the last year studying the area and the people and figuring out what the Denver LGBTQ community is missing that I can provide,” Trey Stewart said. Those roots included LGBTQ inclusion something Trey is a part of. Also coming soon to the space: a haunted gay pirate ship-themed tiki bar called Hell or High Water that will open in the mezzanine.They bonded with the city and realized, according to The Denver Post, they wanted to "plant roots" there. It’s serving slopper sliders, loaded grinders and plenty of Pueblo-sourced cheese, charcuterie and produce including - yes - lots of Pueblo green chiles. In LoDo, the Pueblo-themed Fuel & Iron opened in the historic building that was most recently Brass Tacks. Joshua Pollack, the owner of Rosenberg’s Bagels, Famous Original J’s and Lou’s Italian Specialties, has expanded his Bridge & Tunnel Restaurant Group with the addition of a second outpost of Sherry’s Soda Shoppe in Boulder. It’s still waiting for its liquor license, but will soon be serving margaritas alongside its lineup of Mexican eats. The menu includes dishes that are hard to find in the metro area, including lechon kewali (deep fried pork belly), kare kare (a Filipino stew with thick peanut sauce) made with either beef brisket and tripe or oxtail, and dinuguan (pork belly and offal in a blood stew).Īfter being forced out of its former Littleton location when its building was bought by AutoNation, Old Santa Fe Express Mexican Grill is back in a new spot in the Woodlawn Shopping Center. In Aurora, Filipino restaurant Manila Bay is now open in a building that was once a Village Inn. The Gallery has a strict set of safety procedures in place to prevent patrons from vising the range after imbibing at the Barrel Room. The Barrel Room at the Gallery Sportsman’s Club and Range in Lakewood serves fare such as nachos and cheese curds along with boozy offerings - though mixing shooting with alcoholic beverages is not on the menu. Thank you for your continued support.”įive new spots debuted this week, including the first bar and restaurant within a shooting range complex in the state. The only sign of the closure so far is a message on the Ale House website that reads, “We are temporarily closed while we regroup.
Adds Trey Stewart: “We listened to the feedback that we got in Denver, learned a lot along the way and hope to make a comeback in the future with a better understanding of what Denver needs.”Īlso unexpected: the temporary closure of Ale House in the Highland neighborhood - especially considering how restaurants with rooftop bars typically draw crowds in the warmer months, and My Neighbor Felix just down Central Street is always hopping. Misster with his father, Travis. Sir may not be the last venture from the Stewarts in Colorado, though. “We quickly realized that the needs of the Denver community were different from what we knew about the Dallas community,” says co-owner Trey Stewart, who also owns a gay bar in Dallas called Mr. The week began with an unexpected closure when Sir, the gay bar that opened just three months ago in the former Vesta space in LoDo, announced that it had shuttered.