![]() That’s where the Tavern’s cocktails come in handy. However, one needs something to wash them down. They make the tots in house filled with all kinds of spices and fried to crunchy perfection. These little puffs of fried goodness were even featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives with Guy Fieri in 2013. Something the Highland Tavern is famous for are the tator tots, called Tavern Tots. All this time, the Highland Tavern kept true to its roots as a relaxed neighborhood bar, a place to hangout, play some ping pong and most importantly eat and drink. Home prices are up and art galleries, local theaters and funky eateries are on every corner. Today, the Highlands area north of downtown Denver is one of the city’s most desirable places to live. At that time the neighborhood was, shall we say, sketchy? However, these guys had a vision and they saw something in the neighborhood. They also like beer, so the guys put in 13 taps. The three guys who run the Tavern, Chef Jeremy McMinn and owners Brian Sommatino and Andy Stutz, wanted to take the finest ingredients Denver had to offer and use them in traditional scratch-made pub food items like sandwiches, burgers and wings. “We are excited to have a sister restaurant.When the Highland Tavern opened in 2006, it was on the edge of an area of Denver called the Highlands. “Ryan is committed to creating a space that offers the same high-quality product and experience that we offer here,” Stewart says. For his part, after two decades, Stewart feels the timing is finally right for the expansion of Brewer’s Art. The spot also features a 20-seat outdoor patio that Roth plans to convert into a beer garden.Īs the Howard County dining scene continues to grow with new concepts like The Turn House, Manor Hill Tavern, and Cured 18th & 21st, Roth is looking forward to adding yet another dining destination to the area. The goal is to tone down the horse country feel of the previous inhabitant to make way for a more inviting, warm interior. Though most of the building was equipped with proper plumbing and electrical systems, construction crews have been hard at work restaining woods, bringing in new furniture, and adding fresh coats of paint in advance of the early-April opening. “We want to offer some nice bottles that people can just walk over and buy for themselves after dinner if they’re so inclined,” he says. Executive chef Andrew Weinzirl will oversee both kitchens, bringing approachable staples like the rosemary-garlic fries, poutine with pickled chilis, and soft pretzels with Resurrection mustard to the new space.Īside from the local craft beer and cider, the beverage offerings will include a selection of house cocktails and a 180-bottle wine list that Roth is curating with the help of the staff at Highland Wine & Spirits next door. ![]() ![]() Vernon will carry over to the new tavern, which will dedicate six of its 14 taps to Brewer’s Art beers. Roth expects that 50 percent of the menu in Mt. He reached out to us about reopening his local bar with a new concept, and after a number of conversations, we thought it would be a great fit.” “Ryan was a fan of The Brewer’s Art, which all of the partners thought was pretty great. “It was kind of a serendipitous thing,” Stewart says. But after Roth became the new landlord in 2017 and later presented his expansion plans, it seemed like the right time to widen the footprint. Vernon restaurant’s fate when the building was up for sale a few years back. They’ve been doing the same thing for a long time, and it’s worked for them, but I think they saw the advantages and were excited about it pretty quickly.”īrewer’s Art co-owner Volker Stewart explains that the team was uncertain of the Mt. “And I figured, ‘Hey, these guys probably know a lot about running a restaurant.’ They’re a cautious group. “I was always a big fan of theirs,” he says. Roth-who estimates that he lives about 200 feet from the new restaurant-took over the lease last fall, and approached his Brewer’s Art tenants about teaming up to open a second location in the space soon after. “It’s a little more traditional, so we’re definitely going to keep it casual.”Īptly named The Brewer’s Art Tavern, the 85-seat sister spot will add some casual charm to the former home of the Twist and Turn Tavern, then Highland Tavern, off of Clarksville Pike. “It isn’t super modern out here in Western Howard County,” says Ryan Roth, a Highland resident who owns The Brewer’s Art building in Mt. For more than 20 years, city dwellers have gotten to know the The Brewer’s Art as a dimly lit, dichotomous destination for pairing house-brewed drafts of Resurrection and Beazly in both its posh upstairs setting and its cavernous basement below.Ĭome spring, a second location in Howard County will offer a middle ground between the two in the form of a rustic tavern in Highland.
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