Denver Restaurant Openings & Closings: July 2026

July started with Denver losing two certified legends and ended up being a weirdly quiet month for closures otherwise. Port Side said goodbye to RiNo on July 5, and Table 6 poured its last glass in Alamo Placita on July 9, both closing on their own terms after a decade (and 22 years) of service. That's the kind of one-two punch that makes you want to eat your feelings, except the places doing the feeding just left.

But the rest of the month leaned more hopeful than sad. Federal Boulevard got a genuinely great story when the daughters of New Saigon's founders reopened the same building as Rễ Tre, keeping that address in family hands since 1987. Broadway picked up a second dumpling spot, Santa Fe Drive got its pizza back, and Edgewater's food hall added another stall worth a detour. Meanwhile, the restaurant everyone's been waiting on, Frank Bonanno's Rōmyō, slipped its "mid-July" target to August, so file that one under patience required.

Here's everything we could confirm actually opened, actually closed, or is actually coming, straight from the people covering it.

Now Open

Rễ Tre (630 S. Federal Blvd.) is the modern Vietnamese restaurant that just took over the old New Saigon space, and the backstory is the whole reason to go: it's run by the daughters of New Saigon's former owners, meaning the location has stayed in the same family's hands since 1987, per Westword. That's the kind of continuity you don't see much anymore on Federal.

King Dumpling II (2160 S. Broadway) landed in the old Bacon Social House space this month. Owner Yuki Jiang opened the original King Dumpling up in Louisville two years ago, where it built a reputation for quality hand-made dumplings folded fresh daily, according to Westword, and now Broadway gets its own outpost.

Melt n Dip (2320 S. Parker Road) also opened this month, per Westword's weekly roundup. Details are still thin, but it's on our radar for a full visit.

Sandomi (Edgewater Public Market, 5505 W. 20th Ave.) brought Japanese sandwiches into the food hall rotation, a solid grab-and-go option if you're already at Edgewater for something else.

The PZA (644 Santa Fe Drive) reopened this month after a stretch of "closed for maintenance" signage. Good news for the Santa Fe Arts District pizza crowd who were nervously checking Instagram.

Closed

Port Side (2500 Larimer St., RiNo) served its last breakfast sandwich on July 5. Chef and owner Chris Bell, who'd been on the line for over two decades between this spot and his previous job, decided not to re-sign the lease and go out on his terms, on top, in a good place, he told Westword. Ten years of daily burritos and boozy brunch, gone by choice, not by force.

Table 6 (609 Corona St., Alamo Placita) closed July 9 after 22 years. Owner/chef Aniedra Nichols told Westword that "Table 6 had an incredible 22-year run," and that she's stepping back after 29 years in the industry. No drama, no financial collapse, just a chef deciding the story had a good ending.

Funny Plus (2779 S. Parker Road, Aurora), the long-time, late-night staple for Korean fried chicken near Aurora's H-Mart, closed quietly last weekend with little fanfare, per Westword. If you know, you know how big of a loss this is for the after-shift chef crowd.

Coming Soon

Frank Bonanno's Rōmyō (1401 Larimer St.) was supposed to hit Larimer Square by mid-July in the old Ted's Montana Grill space, but Westword's latest summer preview now has it eyeing an August opening instead. The Italian-Japanese fusion concept has been previewing its menu, porcini fusilli with uni garlic emulsion included, through pop-up dinners at Bonanno's flagship Mizuna while the buildout wraps.

Also still on the horizon for late summer: Risica, chef Andrea Frizzi's budget-friendly Italian spot in RiNo's Edit building, which hopes to finally open at the end of August, per Westword.

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