Paul Tamburello, owner of Little Man, recently leased out two retail units in a building he owns at 1575 Boulder St., adjacent to the ice cream jointap original location.
The General Store, a Littleton spot for gifts, knickknacks and small bites, will open its second location in the unit directly next door to the 26-foot-tall ice cream churn bucket. Around the corner on the other side of the building will be the Acadian, a Cajun restaurant.
“Itap going to be absolutely next level for LoHi,” Tamburello said of the restaurant. “I think the work and the design and the team he’s working with, itap going to blow people’s minds when itap done.”
David Simpson, who Tamburello said hails from Denver, is the chef behind the concept. He runs a restaurant group in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. Simpson did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Menu items will include jambalaya, truffle tenderloin steak and Louisiana-style braised short ribs, according to permitting documents. The 4,900-square-foot restaurant will have an outdoor patio along Boulder Street and a second-story bar and rooftop dining area. The space formerly was Dimestore Delibar, which closed in October 2025.
But while the Acadian will add to a long roster of swanky LoHi restaurants, its fellow new tenant in the General Store will solve a need in the neighborhood. The nearest convenience stores are in gas stations on the corner of Zuni Street and Speer Boulevard.
“They offer a little bit of everything you could possibly need,” Tamburello said.
The 3,000-square-foot storefront will sell everything from gifts to plants to frozen meals, shop owner Nicole Haas told BusinessDen. She’s considering occasionally selling produce and exploring getting a liquor license, but wants to get a pulse on the neighborhood before making any commitments.
“We’re trying to brainstorm to piggyback off the stuff that Little Man does and trying – not just for the sake of the business – to give back to the neighborhood,” she said.
The store will likely stay open until at least 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., Haas added. Little Man closes at midnight in the summer and regularly has lines wrapping around the block late into the night.
Haas bought the existing store in downtown Littleton eight years ago and has slowly grown the business. She declined to share revenue, but said her average sale is $24, and she will have 20,000 items in her inventory across both stores. That includes seasonal and specialty items that cycle through the shop when she needs them.
The Littleton location is half the size of her new LoHi spot, Haas said. She had been tinkering with the possibility of adding a second store, but it wasn’t until her daughter spotted the 1575 Boulder St. space that she jumped at the opportunity.
“I’m just waiting for the green light from the city. I’m two to four weeks from opening once I get the green light,” Haas said.
The store will replace the Scarlet Salon, which closed at the end of March. It had been open since 2007, a year before Little Man opened next door.
“Thatap where LoHi started. We named that the LoHi marketplace, which started the whole buzz of LoHi,” Tamburello said of the building at 1575 Boulder.
He purchased the 0.3-acre property from the Olinger Mortuary in late 2002 for $800,000, public records show. It includes the spot where Little Man operates today. He also owns the parking lot across the street and the retail/office building on the other side of Little Man.
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