Jim Pittenger, who based the one-of-a-kind Biker Jim’s Gourmand Canines in 2005 sooner than exiting the corporate in July right through a dispute with its majority investor, has opened a brand new popup eating place inside of Denver Milk Marketplace, a Decrease Downtown meals corridor.
Bikers & Bakers will promote “various signature sizzling canine,” Thursday thru Saturday, “together with Elk Jalapeno Cheddar Sausage, Wild Boar Sausage, and a publisher 1st baron verulam Cheddar Brat, with toppings starting from classics to cream cheese and caramelized onions,” in keeping with a commentary from Sage Hospitality.
The ones are one of the most similar flavors Pittenger as soon as made at Biker Jim’s.
On Saturday mornings, Pittenger will dish out lemon ricotta pancakes, bitter cream waffles and different breakfast pieces from the Lou’s Sizzling & Bare meals stall available in the market.
Pittenger began Biker Jim’s as a meals cart at the 16th Side road Mall, in the end opening a standalone eating place at 2148 Larimer St. The corporate later authorized its identify and meals for kiosks at Coors Box, Empower Box at Mile Prime and Ball Area. In 2021, Pittenger bought the corporate to then-friend Andrew Soulakis in go back for stocks in Soulakis’ preserving corporate. However he stayed on because the president.
However in July, Ball Area proprietor Kroenke Sports activities & Leisure sued Biker Jim’s for unpaid charges and evicted its meals stall. That brought on Pittenger to go away the corporate he based and criticize how it’s lately being operated.
Denver Milk Marketplace, which is a part of the Dairy Block, 1800 Wazee St., additionally mentioned Friday that it has created two new meals ideas and added a recreation room (with loose Skee-ball, a shuffleboard desk, PAC-MAN and extra) as a part of an general “refresh.” The brand new meals ideas are Bos Butcher & Deli, providing burgers and Mediterranean meals, and Fuso, a pizza a pasta store.
The meals corridor used to be based in 2018 via longtime native restaurateur Frank Bonanno (Mizuna, Osteria Marco, Vesper Front room, Salt & Grinder). He bought the operation to Sage Hospitality in September 2023, although, announcing the aftermath of the pandemic had decimated foot site visitors.
Denver-based Sage owns a lot of inns, eating places and bars in Denver and in different places, together with the Cruise Room, Polka Lola Social Membership, Milepost 0, Name Me Pearl, Kachina Cantina, the Oxford Lodge, the Maven Lodge, the Rally Lodge and the Crawford Lodge.
Bikers & Bakers will probably be open at Denver Milk Marketplace each Thursday and Friday, from 5 p.m. to near, and on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to one p.m.
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