Tennyson Street, where old Denver cottages blend in with under-construction apartments, is . There’s almost always something new to point out on the main Berkeley neighborhood drag, especially when it comes to restaurants and retail. The six-block stretch between 38th and 44th avenues already has at least seven new restaurants that have either opened or are getting ready to this summer.
At the corner of 41st Avenue and Tennyson, RUE, a Dallas-based real estate firm, renovated the old , a thrift shop that shuttered after a fire in 2016. RUE, which refers to the property as The Lantern, has brought on three new tenants: Sweetgreen, Two Hands and The Salty Donut. “The neighborhood continues to evolve and become more vibrant, and I just think the ecosystem of the Berkeley neighborhood is incredible and only continues to get better,” said RUE’s founder Jeremy Zidell.
Sweetgreen, the L.A.-based salad chain, opened its seventh Denver location at 3985 Tennyson St.
in February. , which originally opened in New York in 2014 and now has nine locations around the country, is an Australian-inspired coffee shop and restaurant focused on fresh ingredients from local farmers and ranchers. The eatery plans to open its first Colorado location next to Sweetgreen this June, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, including salmon quinoa bowls, pan-roasted half chicken and seasonal scrambles.
“The first time I walked down Tennyson Street, I knew it was going to be a perfect place for Two H.
