Restaurateur Bryan Dayton—the force behind Colorado’s acclaimed restaurants, including Corrida, OAK at Fourteenth, BriDer, Acorn, Bellota, C Burger, and C Bar— will open a flagship steakhouse, The Stockton, inside The Exchange, the historic heart of the National Western Center. Set to debut in summer 2026, the restaurant will bring Colorado’s cattle heritage to the table with unmatched craft and care.
Built in 1898, the Livestock Exchange Building was once the Rocky Mountain region’s premier hub for cattle trade, linking Denver to ranches across the West. Today, it is being reimagined as The Exchange, a landmark that will once again serve as a civic crossroads for agriculture, ranching, technology, and Western enterprise. Dayton’s steakhouse will anchor this vision, bringing people back to the historic center of Colorado’s cattle economy.
“This restaurant could only belong here—in this building, on this campus, in this city,” said Bryan Dayton, founder of Half Eaten Cookie Hospitality. “Denver’s cattle history is part of who we are, and I feel lucky to carry that story forward in a way that supports our ranchers, our land, and our community.”…