Two new businesses are moving into the sprawling Boulder Street complex that developer Paul Tamburello has spent two decades turning into one of LoHi’s busiest dining and retail corridors. The Acadian, a Cajun restaurant from chef David Simpson, and The General Store, a gift shop expanding from Littleton, are set to fill storefronts steps from Little Man Ice Cream’s original scoop stand.
According to The Denver Post, Tamburello leased two retail units in his building at 1575 Boulder St. to the pair of new tenants. Tamburello, who also owns the retail and office building on the other side of Little Man and the parking lot across the street, told the Post that The Acadian will be “absolutely next level for LoHi.” The restaurant will occupy a 4,900-square-foot space that includes a second-story bar, a rooftop dining area, and an outdoor patio along Boulder Street, with a menu built around jambalaya, truffle tenderloin steak, and Louisiana-style braised short ribs.
Simpson brings some international credibility to the venture — the Denver native and Tulane University graduate runs a restaurant group in Bogotá, Colombia, where he co-founded Tremé, a Cajun and Creole restaurant set inside a 100-year-old colonial home in the Quinta Camacho neighborhood, as detailed by Infobae. That restaurant fused traditional Cajun recipes with Colombian ingredients, a template Simpson now brings back to his hometown.
A $700,000 Overhaul of a Former Sandwich Shop
The Acadian is taking over a space that most recently housed Dimestore Delibar, a hybrid sandwich shop, bar, and neighborhood bodega that closed in October 2025 after nearly six years in business, per the Post. A permit filed with the City and County of Denver in February put the renovation cost at $700,000, according to Developing Denver, with plans that include interior bar redesigns, kitchen hood upgrades, replacement rooftop pergolas, and new folding glass doors leading to the patio…