Weekly Eats · Monday, August 17, 2026 · First edition
Eat now · RiNo
Adley brought Marigold’s short-order snap to RiNo: oysters beside chipolata, a heritage cou nu chicken on the rotisserie, huevos rotos with morels. Eater Denver’s homepage is stale — 5280 and Westword are carrying the August desk.
Source: 5280, August/September 2026
Photo: Sarah Banks / 5280
Weekend markets are over: Riverfront Saturday morning, the Larimer bazaar, Urban Market’s last Saturday and Sunday. Food + Wine is the 26th. Two serious rooms — Rōmyō and Risica — are still promising August without a door date.
The month, at a table
August 2026 — marked days have a seat at the table
Eater Denver’s public homepage is not publishing 2026 local openings — latest maps are 2025. 5280’s Heretík page was Cloudflare-challenged on a first fetch; the og:image and review copy still loaded. La Vie En Rose has no firm date (Westword: still in rough-in). MAKfam II has no date. Harvey Park Farmers Market was only on a vendor page. Terruño’s BusinessDen piece circulated via a reprint URL.
Riverfront · Saturday
Weekly through Sept. 26 (dark July 18). 16th Street closes 7 a.m.–2 p.m. at the intersection. Official LoDo listing.
Source: LoDo / lodo.org
Larimer Square · Saturday
Third-Saturday makers’ market, June through October: 30-plus vendors, dog-friendly. Same square where Rōmyō is still aiming at an August opening.
Source: LoDo / lodo.org
Union Station · last weekend
Visit Denver lists the season as May 30–Aug. 16. Produce, meat, dairy, baked goods, and crafts on the plaza — the last weekend of the 2026 run.
Source: Visit Denver farmers’ markets
Central Park · Sunday
Jarman and Co. weekly: Colorado-grown produce, baked goods, meats. Official MCA calendar.
Source: Central Park MCA
RiNo
Theo Adley (Marigold, Lyons) in the old Koko Ni room: oysters next to chipolata, rotisserie cou nu chicken, a “simple” herb salad that isn’t, crab Spanish tortilla, matrimonio, huevos rotos with morels. 5280’s summer “new places” pick.
Source: 5280
Cheesman Park
The old Secret Garden, now a European cafe: sandwiches, toastettes, Novo coffee, Black Box pastries, wine and beer you can walk into the park. Indoor cocktail bar is phase two, slated for September. Westword logged the line on day one.
Sources: Denver Gazette, Aug. 6, Westword
Highland
The butcher shop’s bar next door: mixed charcuterie, a peach-and-tomato salad, WD burger, Cottonwood Creek pork chop, and a Daily Carne with chimichurri. Westword’s food photo was a team portrait — not used.
Source: Westword
Baker / Broadway
Once Concept Group’s first restaurant is open again on the same list as Carriage House, Enzo’s on Colfax, and Wooden Spoon’s reopening. A reopening, not a new concept.
Source: Westword openings/closings
Auraria · Aug. 26–29
Colorado Restaurant Foundation and Southern Glazer’s. Westword’s “this week” planner lists it; Humanitix is selling the four-day pass. Grand Tasting: 50-plus restaurants.
Sources: Westword, Humanitix / Colorado Restaurant Foundation
Capitol Hill · Saturday, Aug. 22
Westword’s planner: Bonanno’s flagship hits 25 with a block-party bash the same month Rōmyō is supposed to open in Larimer Square.
Source: Westword events list
Closings
Westword flagged both on the same openings/closings desk. Gateaux is a 30-year run.
Source: Westword
Larimer Square · August
Frank Bonanno’s Italian-Japanese room in the old Ted’s Montana Grill, previewed at Mizuna: porcini fusilli lunghi with uni garlic emulsion; miso-roasted salmon on polenta. Westword still says “eyeing an August opening” — not a locked date.
Source: Westword summer openings
RiNo · end of August
Andrea Frizzi (Il Posto, Vero) with pizzas, charcuterie, and small plates designed to land at $20 or less, plus portafoglio sandwiches. Same building as the forthcoming MAKfam expansion, which has no date.
Source: Westword
LoDo · later this month
Bere Vallarino, Miguel Salgado, and Fabiola Castillo: central Mexican food with tequila, mezcal, and rarer spirits, 11 a.m.–11 p.m., plus a 7 a.m.–1 p.m. grab-and-go cafe. BusinessDen, Aug. 5 — no calendar day attached.
Source: BusinessDen via reprint, Aug. 5
RiNo · September
East Village pasta-and-natural-wine bar (four Michelin Bibs) takes the old Super Mega Bien. Jon Robbins (Bistro Barbes) as chef de cuisine. Westword’s summer list.
Source: Westword