Every Opening and Closing This Week: Casey Jones and Everyday Pizza Have Shuttered

July started with a wave of pizza-related news, including the closure of two very different spots. One of our go-to's for slices, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-themed bar Casey Jones, at 24 Broadway, has shuttered after being sold by Handsome Boys Hospitality to another, unnamed group. Handsome Boys owner Josh Schmitz says the group is shifting focus to the concepts it recently opened on Market Street.

A few blocks from that Market Street block, the vegan Everyday Pizza, which landed on our 2023 list of the best pizza places in Denver, has closed its doors at 2165 Larimer Street. Sam and Tricia Maher, who also own Somebody People on South Broadway, have other plans in mind for the space. In an Instagram post announcing the news, they wrote, "As we've settled in and learned more about our neighborhood over the past year, we've realized that we need to grow and extend our concept beyond the daily offerings of a restaurant. Like the many iterations of David Bowie, we need to break out of our cocoon and spread our wings into a new concept; one that celebrates music, community, people, events and parties."
Fans of Detroit-style pies now have another option with the debut of Red Tops Rendezvous, one of several new concepts from the Culinary Creative Group, which also added the rum-forward cocktail bar Ay Papi in Cherry Creek on July 4.

Sugar cane juice is becoming more popular in the United States; Vita Cane, a popular franchise in California and Texas, just opened its first Colorado outpost.

Korean fried chicken is another popular import, but there's been some shuffling in Denver's scene. Wing Wok's original location on South University Boulevard is now the newest outpost of Mono Mono, the fast-growing chain from local restaurateur J.W. Lee. Wing Wok still has one location on East Arapahoe Road, which debuted in late May.

In other openings-and-closings news:

• Wolf + Wildflower, a women-owned wine bar, opens in Wheat Ridge July 8.
• The Miami-born Yardbird will debut its massive Denver location in RiNo on July 19.
• Pizzeria Locale's parent company, Chipotle, announced that it will close all five locations of the concept on July 10.

Here's the complete list of restaurants and bars that opened this week:
Bars and restaurants that opened this week:*

Ay Papi, 248 Detroit Street
Mono Mono, 7530 South University Boulevard, Centennial
Red Tops Rendezvous, 2917 West 25th Avenue
Vita Cane, 1000 South Federal Boulevard
Wing Wok, 7939 East Arapahoe Road, Greenwood Village

Bars and restaurants that closed this week:*

Casey Jones, 24 Broadway
Everyday Pizza, 2162 Larimer Street

*Or earlier and not previously reported.

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