Opening today: Junction Food & Drink is Denver’s newest food hall

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Junction Food & Drink features 10 food stalls, a Sonder Coffee and Tea location and a 40-foot bar. (Photos courtesy of JLH in Design)

Denver’s newest food hall opens Wednesday after a pandemic delay.

Junction Food & Drink, which originally planned to open in April, consists of a coffee shop, a 40-foot indoor and outdoor bar and 10 food stalls, although some won’t open until next month.

It’s at 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., within Lincoln Property Co.’s Colorado Center, an office and retail complex that counts Dave & Buster’s among its tenants.

National Food Hall Solutions, a Texas-based company founded in 2018 that operates food halls, has been working on the 12,220-square-foot location for two years. The company took a step back when the pandemic foiled its spring opening, deciding to wait until traffic returned to the area.

“The pandemic really threw a wrench in our plans,” said Pat Garza, CEO of National Food Hall Solutions. “It’s still a little uncertain, however, Dave & Buster’s has reopened in the Colorado Center; the movie theater reopened, and we’re starting to see people come back to the building that surrounds us, so we thought this was a great time.”

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Ebisu Ramen and Sushi, which is owned by Sushi Den’s head chef, opened Wednesday.

Six tenants, as well as Sonder Coffee and Tea, open their doors Wednesday:

  • Big Wave Taco Shop, a concept from Denver-based TAG Restaurant Group, founded by Chef Troy Guard

Ebisu Ramen and Sushi, offering small plates, sushi rolls, sushi bowls and ramen

Mr. Miner’s Meat and Cheese, which offers sandwiches and charcuterie boards at Golden’s Tributary Food Hall

Paciugo Gelato, a chain offering gelato and sorbets

Pete’s-A-Pie of Denver, serving chef-driven New Haven-style pizza

Shawarma Shack, offering slow-cooked meats roasted on spits, as well as vegetarian and vegan options

The remaining four stalls are set to open in November:

Bird on a Wire Southern Chick’n, fried chicken sandwiches with sides such as mac & cheese and fried pickles

Grind and Grill Burger, offering “unique twists to traditional burgers”

Lazo Empanadas, which has three locations in the Denver area

Smok Barbeque, which already operates in RiNo food hall The Source

Bird on a Wire, Grind and Grill, and Shawarma Shack all currently operate at National Food Hall Solutions’ food hall near Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

“When you open a food hall, you essentially have 12 different owners under one roof, so we have to be cognizant of our stall operators,” Garza said. “Some already have operations up and running, like Troy Guard and Lazo Empanadas, so they were a bit easier to convince to wait, but then you have some others who are ready to open and make a living.”

He added, “We wanted to let some of the new stalls open up first and get enough business in this limited capacity scenario before opening up all of them at once.”

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Junction Food & Drink has a 4,000-square-foot patio.

Junction Food & Drink also features a 4,000-square-foot outdoor patio, which can hold up to 160 guests once restrictions are lifted. In addition to dine-in services, the food hall offers curbside pickup and delivery through DoorDash and Grubhub.

“This space is perfect for a food hall,” Garza said. “Colorado Center has four towers around it, a Dave & Buster’s that’s been bringing in tremendous volume for well over 30 years, and a movie theater right across the parking lot. Then you have the RTD Colorado Center Station right behind you, which was a bustling hub pre-COVID. So we really wanted to take advantage of this bustling daytime center of activity in arguably one of the busiest intersections in Denver.”

The food hall will initially be open Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Prior to 11 a.m., only the coffee shop will be open.

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Junction Food & Drink features 10 food stalls, a Sonder Coffee and Tea location and a 40-foot bar. (Photos courtesy of JLH in Design)

Denver’s newest food hall opens Wednesday after a pandemic delay.

Junction Food & Drink, which originally planned to open in April, consists of a coffee shop, a 40-foot indoor and outdoor bar and 10 food stalls, although some won’t open until next month.

It’s at 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., within Lincoln Property Co.’s Colorado Center, an office and retail complex that counts Dave & Buster’s among its tenants.

National Food Hall Solutions, a Texas-based company founded in 2018 that operates food halls, has been working on the 12,220-square-foot location for two years. The company took a step back when the pandemic foiled its spring opening, deciding to wait until traffic returned to the area.

“The pandemic really threw a wrench in our plans,” said Pat Garza, CEO of National Food Hall Solutions. “It’s still a little uncertain, however, Dave & Buster’s has reopened in the Colorado Center; the movie theater reopened, and we’re starting to see people come back to the building that surrounds us, so we thought this was a great time.”

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Ebisu Ramen and Sushi, which is owned by Sushi Den’s head chef, opened Wednesday.

Six tenants, as well as Sonder Coffee and Tea, open their doors Wednesday:

  • Big Wave Taco Shop, a concept from Denver-based TAG Restaurant Group, founded by Chef Troy Guard

Ebisu Ramen and Sushi, offering small plates, sushi rolls, sushi bowls and ramen

Mr. Miner’s Meat and Cheese, which offers sandwiches and charcuterie boards at Golden’s Tributary Food Hall

Paciugo Gelato, a chain offering gelato and sorbets

Pete’s-A-Pie of Denver, serving chef-driven New Haven-style pizza

Shawarma Shack, offering slow-cooked meats roasted on spits, as well as vegetarian and vegan options

The remaining four stalls are set to open in November:

Bird on a Wire Southern Chick’n, fried chicken sandwiches with sides such as mac & cheese and fried pickles

Grind and Grill Burger, offering “unique twists to traditional burgers”

Lazo Empanadas, which has three locations in the Denver area

Smok Barbeque, which already operates in RiNo food hall The Source

Bird on a Wire, Grind and Grill, and Shawarma Shack all currently operate at National Food Hall Solutions’ food hall near Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

“When you open a food hall, you essentially have 12 different owners under one roof, so we have to be cognizant of our stall operators,” Garza said. “Some already have operations up and running, like Troy Guard and Lazo Empanadas, so they were a bit easier to convince to wait, but then you have some others who are ready to open and make a living.”

He added, “We wanted to let some of the new stalls open up first and get enough business in this limited capacity scenario before opening up all of them at once.”

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Junction Food & Drink has a 4,000-square-foot patio.

Junction Food & Drink also features a 4,000-square-foot outdoor patio, which can hold up to 160 guests once restrictions are lifted. In addition to dine-in services, the food hall offers curbside pickup and delivery through DoorDash and Grubhub.

“This space is perfect for a food hall,” Garza said. “Colorado Center has four towers around it, a Dave & Buster’s that’s been bringing in tremendous volume for well over 30 years, and a movie theater right across the parking lot. Then you have the RTD Colorado Center Station right behind you, which was a bustling hub pre-COVID. So we really wanted to take advantage of this bustling daytime center of activity in arguably one of the busiest intersections in Denver.”

The food hall will initially be open Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Prior to 11 a.m., only the coffee shop will be open.

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