NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT

#NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT Words and photos by Danny Bradley We live in a time when we are all craving social connection. While the desire OUT FRONT Editor Addison HerronWheeler and I gained the opportunity to tour and taste a sample of Number inspirations from the best kitchens in the Rockies, and the space for Colorado’s music scene to showcase to connect is strong, many of us are Thirty Eight’s offerings in hospitality themselves. attempting to channel and hone those wishes into the anticipatory feelings of reunions. I know I am, and when I visited Number Thirty Eight, I added this large, event-specialized restaurant onto my bucket list of places to take my friends when things ‘normalize.’ and dining. Number Thirty Eight provides street-food style cuisine and live entertainment every night while not requiring guests to pay into a cover. If you’re like me and wish to save when we are post-COVID-19, cover costs are always something I look to first when there is an event occurring in Denver. Number Thirty Eight wants guests to see their Colorado State of Mind, and they do that utilizing aesthetics and influencing the atmosphere with a mixture of interior and exterior design. The upscale, interior design is a stand-out feature of Number Thirty OK, so first off, what’s up with the Eight restaurant. Number Thirty Eight name? Well, Number Thirty Eight is a Number Thirty Eight wants its space finds its aesthetic inspiration from the restaurant concept that acknowledges to be a space in which tourists who ski and lodge culture of this very state. Colorado’s status as the 38th state to love Colorado would want to visit. The The restaurant replicates Colorado enter the union of the United States marketing for Number Thirty Eight ski culture by channeling the après of America. The owners of Number takes appeals to potential tourists who lifestyle enjoyed in a cabin or enjoying Thirty Eight are proud to provide an would want to have an experience that the non-urban outdoor setting after a experience that is all about give guests fulfills the expectations of Colorado. day on the mountain. the essence of Colorado—whether they be tourists looking to have a good time while visiting the state or locals on a Saturday night who are ‘dying to live.’ Taprooms, camping, campfires and red hot skillets, and stampedes of wild horses are all attributes Number Thirty Eight identifies with. Number Thirty Eight strives to capture the essence When we visited Number Thirty Eight, the first thing I observed was the size of the large venue. However, perhaps ‘large’ is not the proper adjective to use Number Thirty Eight opened up at of what makes Colorado our home to give to Number Thirty Eight. It was 3560 Chestnut Place within Denver’s by providing beer from 24 taprooms giant! With an indoor size of 12,000 RiNo Neighborhood on October 8, and throughout the state, the best food square feet and an outdoor size of

18,000, this gives the restaurant a total of 30,000 square feet to use to organize social events within the local community. The interior to Number Thirty Eight is expansive and spacious, with very high ceilings and very open and natural lighting, but the tour quickly found itself in the outside space where I found myself forgetting we were at a restaurant. The outside space felt very open and had the capacity for team sports to be played. I would say by far, Number Thirty Eight’s greatest focal point would be this outside dining space which can host a multitude of events for corporate parties or live musical events, and Number Thirty Eight envisions a focus on musical entertainment.

Once the pandemic is over, I foresee Number Thirty Eight becoming a space in which Colorado’s local music scene can flourish. While we were touring Number Thirty Eight, we were able to enjoy a band sound checking and rehearsing in the performance space. The staging area of Number Thirty Eight is inspired by Red Rocks and ‘bar-ifying’ it. On their website, Number Thirty Eight describes their staging area as being “where Red Rocks meets your favorite corner bar. One night it may feature that local band you’ve never heard before, and next, it’s home to that big-name act you’ve been dying to hear. You never know who you’ll find on stage at Number Thirty Eight.” The food at Number Thirty Eight has been meticulously chosen by celebrated Chef Merlin Verrier who hails from the central coast of California. I learned that Chef Merlin takes much of his food crafting inspirations from Asian pantries and

Mexican cuisine from his local home base in California. Chef Merlin spent over a half a decade cooking in Summit County after attending school in Portland, OR.

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