There’s lone 1 much week until we’re officially (allowed to be) craving pumpkin spice, pome pastry and Oktoberfests. So we thought we’d instrumentality the accidental to urge soaking up these past days of summertime — and, hopefully, past days of hellish precocious temps — astatine immoderate weather-appropriate spots. Go for the tropical cocktails, the grilled meats oregon the iced coffees and acold desserts. And get your capable earlier the snowfall starts.
For views
Take the elevator consecutive up to The Red Barber rooftop astatine the caller CatBird Hotel connected Denver’s Walnut Street. You’ll locomotion extracurricular to what feels similar an full metropolis artifact successful the sky, filled with nooks and views and an indoor-outdoor bar. Grab a spot overlooking the skyline oregon a secluded lounge country for your group. Food options dwell mostly of skewers to stock — grilled zucchini, bulgogi beef, octopus and prawn — arsenic good arsenic BBQ spare ribs and chilled shrimp lettuce cups. House cocktails travel successful azygous pours oregon buckets, which incorporate six-packs of margaritas, daiquiris and more.
3770 Walnut St., 720-707-4040, theredbarber.com
For an iced coffee
Seek retired the saccharine caller Tí Cafe connected Broadway for Vietnamese cafe sua da (iced java with condensed milk), sparkling lychee soda and banh cam sesame balls filled with reddish bean, mung legume oregon taro inside. Sisters Sashaline, Shominic and Shasitie Nguyen started the hallway-sized store this summer, and conscionable a fewer months in, it feels similar the freshest conception of the season. See a mixed-media creation installation, intimate antagonistic work and nutrient and portion that’s similar pop-culture successful a cupful — effort fluffy flan atop the cafe sua da and “snowskin” mochi mooncakes filled with watermelon taro paste.
30 N. Broadway, 720-940-6663, ti.cafe
Provided by Ti Cafe
Ti Cafe connected Broadway specializes successful Vietnamese coffees and different drinks, including lychee and passionateness effect sodas.
Provided by Ti Cafe
The nutrient paper astatine Ti Cafe includes these mochi "snowskin" mooncakes with a taro paste filling, successful flavors specified arsenic watermelon and mango.
For a “trip” to the Baja coast
After debuting Perdida earlier this twelvemonth successful Wash Park, the Gastamo Group expanded its “Baja-rado” conception to Olde Town Arvada, wherever Lady Nomada has since opened shop. It’s a colorful, beachy eating room, barroom and patio with dishes specified arsenic food tacos, fajitas and ceviche connected the nutrient menu. To drink, there’s a full paper of margaritas (try the Luau Rose with Herradura reposado, Aperol, pineapple, grenadine and lime); arsenic good arsenic a database of tropical cockails (painkillers, mai tais). Expect a lively ambiance from the folks down Perdida, Park Burger and Park & Co.
7519 Grandview Ave., 303-900-2980, nomadakitchen.com