Three Colorado restaurants recently served their last meals. The closures affected Denver, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins, and each spot had built a following around a different kind of menu.
The Greenwich ended service in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood
The Greenwich served its final meal on October 18, 2026, after five years in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood. Delores Tronco opened the independently owned restaurant in 2021 as a New American restaurant inspired by New York, and later shifted the menu toward Italian cooking and sourdough pizza.
The restaurant became known for tomato-braised meatballs, vegetable-forward small plates, and pizzas with toppings such as pepperoni and hot honey. Other combinations included garlic, ricotta, and smoked mozzarella, which helped define the restaurant’s later identity in RiNo.
In its closing announcement, the restaurant thanked the people who ate, celebrated, and shared stories there. That farewell matched the role The Greenwich played in Denver, where its dining room was known as a place for lingering dinners over pizza and small plates.
Base Camp Restaurant closed after about a year and a half
Base Camp Restaurant closed on October 4, 2026, in Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs. Chef-owner Matt Maher had opened the restaurant roughly a year and a half earlier with a “fine food, not fine dining” approach centered on Colorado ingredients…