retail collective · $$ · since 2019
Free Market
Corner shop of small Colorado brands, with a Michelin counter behind it
A shared storefront on the Blake Street corner of the Dairy Block, stocking a rotating group of small Colorado makers under one roof: apparel, ceramics, jewelry, pantry goods. It doubles as the front door to Brutø, the eighteen-seat tasting counter tucked in the back, which is the detail most people walking past never register. Good for twenty minutes of browsing before dinner, and one of the few places downtown where you can buy something made within a couple hundred miles.
Why go. It is the easiest place downtown to pick up something made in Colorado without leaving the block.
Walk to the back and you are standing at the entrance to Brutø, so time a browse right before a reservation.
A short walk from Free Market
Brutø
$$$$Eighteen seats around a hearth, one Michelin star, hidden behind a shop
LoDo · 1801 Blake Street
Run For The Roses
$$$Underground horse-racing bar you reach by following roses to an elevator
LoDo · 1801 Blake Street
Love Weld
$$Solid-gold chain welded onto your wrist while you stand there
LoDo · 1801 Blake Street
Grace Loves Lace
$$$Australian bridal label with a by-appointment showroom on Blake Street
LoDo · 1821 Blake Street
Huckleberry Roasters (Dairy Block)
$Denver's Huckleberry roasters, in a corner of the Dairy Block alley.
LoDo · 1800 Wazee Street (Dairy Block)
Cornicello
$Eight-flavor scoop counter by the Dairy Block alley door of Milk Market.
LoDo · 1800 Wazee Street