Henry’s Tavern at the Denver Pavilions features walls of garage doors and industrial chic. (Photo by Dave Burdick.)
Henry’s Tavern on the 16th Street Mall is already proving a popular lunch spot. A month after its opening, the place was packed. It’s got a fun, casual vibe.
Today, the great weather inspired people to eat outside on the patio, and inside, at the edges of the room near the walls – made of garage doors – that rolled up to create open-air dining.
They sat on leather couches, eating on coffee tables and talking with friends, or at tables near the full-service bar, enjoying the breeze and the urban scene outside. Even the bar was packed with lunch-hour diners eating and imbibing.
There are more than 100 beers on tap, continuing the tradition of Henry’s Tavern, which started in Portland as a salute to the Blitz-Weinhard Brewery that brewed on that site for more than 140 years.
This is the first location in Colorado for the chain, which has only three restaurants outside Portland – in Denver, Seattle, and Plano, Texas.
It will be the only location in Colorado for the duration of its 10-year lease at the – and its mix of local, regional, and specialty beers pairs perfectly with.
The beer menu includes hard ciders like Woodchuck Pear Cider and Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Cider; fruit and cream ales; lagers, wheats, and whites; amber and brown ales; and porters and stouts.
The lunch menu includes street tacos (such as Mesquite Smoked BBQ Pork for $10.95), signature burgers (the Mac & Cheese Burger, $14.95), artisan sandwiches (like the classic grilled chicken club, $13.95), and hand-pulled barley malt pizzas.
The dinner menu offers many of the same food items, but the urban scene outside changes as the day lengthens.
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