Over the weekend, we passed out care packages to our local Bluebird District businesses. Bags included gloves, masks, and hand sanitizer from IoVia. A small token of thanks for continuing to safely serve the community and providing a sense of normalcy during these uncertain times.
During these uncertain times, our local businesses need your support! We rounded up who’s offering takeout/delivery, who’s open, and who’s closed.
Last updated June 29th, 5:44pm. We’ll keep updating this list as more information becomes available. Business owners, email us at staff@bluebirddistrict.org if you need to be added to the list or update your status below.
As of May 27th, businesses can resume on-site dining at 50% capacity or 50 people, whichever is fewer. Businesses offering on-site dining are marked with an *asterisk. Many of our restaurants are equipped and ready to provide delicious meals via takeout and/or delivery. Order and tip the same amount that you would if you were dining in.
*Annie’s Cafe – takeout available Tuesday-Sunday between 8am-9pm, indoor and patio dining available
Asuka Ramen & Poke – takeout available
*Atomic Cowboy – on-site dining daily 8am-10pm; takeout and delivery
Bastien’s – takeout available from 1-8pm
*Cerebral Brewing – open for on-site consumption; pick-up available; order online
Chick-fil-a – pick-up and drive thru available
*Denver Biscuit Company – on-site dining, takeout and delivery available 8am-3pm
Enzo’s End Pizzeria – takeout and delivery available
*Fat Sully’s Pizza – on-site dining available; delivery and curbside pick-up 11am-8pm
*Fox Run Cafe – on-site dining and takeout available 8am-1pm Wednesday – Sunday
Good Times Burgers – takeout available
*Goosetown Tavern – onsite-dining and takeout available
GroundSwell Cannabis Boutique – curbside pick-up available; order online
*Hooked on Colfax – takeout available, patio seating available
Lula Rose General Store – takeout available 7am-12pm
*Machete – takeout and delivery available, patio open
*Mezcal – open daily 11am-8pm for onsite dining, also offering takeout/delivery
*Middleman – reservations encouraged; to-go cocktails available
Milkroll Creamery – open Thursday-Sunday
Misfits Snakbar (at Middleman) – takeout available from 5-9pm; call or text (201) 679-7079 to order
*Q House – on-site dining available – reservations encouraged; takeout and curbside pick-up available
*Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs – on-site dining, takeout and delivery available Mon-Fri 12-5pm, Sat 12-4pm
To the Wind Bistro – curbside pick-up available; menu posted daily
Tommy’s Thai – takeout and delivery available; 11am-3pm and 5-9pm (closed Sundays)
*Trattoria Stella – on-site dining available; takeout and delivery available; use code BLUEBIRD for 10% off when you order online!
These businesses are open for normal hours, by appointment, or have an online shop available. Don’t forget your face covering when visiting our businesses!
7-Eleven – open
Babooshka Salon – open for appointments
Bayon Liquors – open for normal business hours
Big Hairy Monster – open for appointments
Bishops – open for appointments
Certified Tattoo – open for appointments
Cherry Creek Automotive – operating by appointment only
Cindy’s Nails – open for normal business hours
City Park Dental Group – open for normal business hours
Coloradical – online shop open
Endorphin and Endorphin Ryders – limited classes and open gym available
Hollywood Nails – open for normal business hours
Kunicki Restoration – open for appointments
Lawrence and Larimer – store open – limited to five customers at a time; online shop also available
Monroe Discount Liquors – open for normal business hours
Petco Animal Supplies – open for normal business hours
Pleasures at the Park – open for normal business hours
Revolver Salon – open for appointments
Russ Salon – open for appointments
SloHi Bike City Park – operating by appointment only; for your caffeine needs, hours are – To-Go: Tu-Sa, 9am-2pm | Delivery: Tu-Sa, 2pm-4pm
SpiritWays – open 12-6pm Wednesday – Sunday
Sprouts Market – open for normal business hours
Tiger Kim’s Academy – classes resumed
Tough Mudder Bootcamp – open for workouts
You can still help out our businesses who are temporarily closed. Leave them a review on Yelp, or give them a shout-out on social media.
Bluebird Theater – temporarily closed
Colfax Guitar Shop – temporarily closed
Cricket Wireless – temporarily closed
Lost Lake Lounge – temporarily closed
PS Lounge – temporarily closed
St. Paul’s Tavern – temporarily closed
We’ve created a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Page with updates on all of the latest relief programs available, along with some ways to support our local businesses.
We will keep this page updated as more information becomes available.
Check it out at http://www.bluebirdbeat.com/covid-19/
The Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center and the Pikes Peak Workforce Center have collaborated to provide our small business community the latest information in small business emergency response. Sponsored by the Colorado Springs Business Journal.
We understand that as a small business, you may have already experienced economic injury. This panel will provide you with the latest resources and updates on small business support.
Panelists include:
– Jim Reid, Director of Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management
– Frances Padilla, District Director, Colorado Small Business Administration
– Steven White, Lead Lender Relations Specialist, Colorado Small Business Administration
– Karen Hoopes, Statewide Coordinator of Business Development/Rapid Response at the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
– Cory Arcarese, Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center, Lead Consultant, Disaster Relief Program
Moderators:
– Aikta Marcoulier, Executive Director, Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center
– Traci Marques, Executive Director, Pikes Peak Workforce Center
The wellness of our community is extremely important to us here at the Bluebird District. We want you to know that we’re monitoring all recommendations and updates from government officials surrounding the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The first priority for everyone is to take appropriate steps to limit the spread of COVID-19 and ensure our entire community remains healthy.
During this time of changes in events, work schedules, and travel, we encourage you to remember our many small, independent businesses throughout our community and to continue supporting them even if you can’t visit them physically.
Here are a few ways you can support our local businesses – including many that don’t involve leaving your house!
First and foremost, prioritize and take all health and safety precautions for yourself and others in our community. Our health as a whole depends on working together, and our local businesses are the heartbeat of our community. We want to make sure they continue to thrive while maintaining appropriate public health safety measures.
Questions? Concerns? Contact us at staff@bluebirddistrict.org.
Note: A version of these recommendations originated from Downtown Raleigh Alliance and are being shared through the International Downtown Association.
Attention, Colfax poets! Ever wanted to see your art on Colfax? Your chance is coming in March.
We’re excited to be a sponsor of a Denver Arts & Venues PS You Are Here grant winner, Bluebird Haiku.
The project will collect poems from the public, selecting 20 in total based on creativity and how they capture the essence and history of Colfax Avenue. Then, students from East High School will cut the stencils and apply them to neighborhood sidewalks.
Submissions will be accepted from March 1-21 via bluebirdhaiku.com. Good luck!
We’re so excited to be the sponsor of a grant winner from Denver Arts & Venues’ “P.S. You Are Here” (PSYAH) program. This funding will bring more public art and creativity to the Bluebird District.
The project, Bluebird Haiku, will collect poems from the public, selecting 20 in total based on creativity and how they capture the essence and history of Colfax Avenue. Then, students from East High School will cut the stencils and apply them to neighborhood sidewalks.
Read more here.
The 2019 Annual Boo n’ Brew on Saturday, October 26th was a huge success. An estimated 300 kiddos took to the streets of E. Colfax between Colorado Blvd. and Josephine, to trick or treat in a safe, fun, family friendly environment.
The sun was shining on an unseasonably warm October day as our favorite street came alive, with an incredible, eclectic collection of businesses opening their doors and their candy bowls to the costume’d kiddos (and adult friends too!). Over 35 businesses participated with everything from salons and tattoo parlors, to Tough Mudder and Bishops, Twist and Shout, to many of our favorite dining establishments and watering holes, to the neighborhood anchor itself – the Bluebird Theater – there was no shortage of candy and treats for the kids that came out to celebrate the 13th annual Colfax tradition.
Live music, pumpkin decorating, hair painting and a prize wheel with Bishops, a Haunted House at Hooked on Colfax, face painting at Machete, a photo opportunity with Tough Mudder, obstacle course at Tiger Kim’s Academy, and of course SO MANY AMAZING COSTUMES rounded out the afternoon.
The evening brought Trivia Night at Annie’s, a scavenger hunt, drink specials galore, a free show at Lost Lake Lounge, a kids after party at Tiger Kim’s, an anniversary party at St. Paul’s Tavern and some amazing costumes of course.
Thank you to all of the incredible businesses that participated and to everyone that made Boo n’ Brew a part of your weekend plans. Check out some photos from the day below. We hope to see you next year!
A very special thank you to Tiger Kim’s Academy, Bishops, Hooked on Colfax, Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, Middleman, Annie’s, AEG/Bluebird Theater, and Trattoria Stella’s for their extra support for Boo n’ Brew!
On July 23, Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, the Bluebird District, and WalkDenver co-hosted a temporary Vision Zero traffic calming demonstration event during the 11th Annual Tasty Colfax event.
The Colfax & Madison intersection is home to an increasing number of popular restaurants, bars, and other neighborhood destinations and has seen a corresponding increase in pedestrian traffic in recent years. Anyone familiar with trying to navigate Colfax outside of a car knows how difficult and at times dangerous it can be.
With a Bus Rapid Transit project being planned for Colfax that would include adding more safe crossing locations, the pop-up traffic calming demonstration was a great opportunity to reimagine Colfax as a more people-friendly street in the future.
Click here for the full report from WalkDenver and make sure you check out the video recap here!
The 13th annual Boo n’ Brew, hosted by the Bluebird Business Improvement District, will once again take over Colfax Avenue between Josephine and Colorado Blvd. on Saturday, October 26th.
The event is two parts – one-part Kids and Family fun and one-part Adult self-led Halloween bar crawl. From 1-4pm, Colfax will come alive with the cutest costumed kiddos, a family-friendly block party, complete with trick-or-treating at more than 20 Colfax businesses, live music, pumpkin decorating, face painting, food and drink specials and MORE! It is an opportunity to meet, greet, celebrate fall and say hi to neighbors and business owners alike!
The first 100 kiddos to check-in will receive a one-of-a-kind Boo n’ Brew pillow case to fill with all of the LOOT! Come see what’s happening in the neighborhood and join in the festivities.
Later that day, Boo n’ Brew welcomes back the adults (or maybe just don’t ever leave?!), for a spooktacular bar/restaurant crawl. Participating businesses will offer the best drink specials in town, live music, costume contests and more.
Participating crawlers will be entered to win a grand prize! The hunt winner will be selected on Sunday October 27th and announced on the Boo n’ Brew Facebook page.
Stay tuned for a list of participating businesses, event schedule, scavenger hunt score card and details coming soon at www.bluebirdbeat.com.
To volunteer for the event please sign up. For general inquiries or sponsorship information please email cody@collaborativeevents.com.