"There's really not that many breakfast spots in Cherry Creek, especially with Syrup closed." Matt Joblon said that to the Denver Post in late August. He runs BMC Investments, the developer behind The Oasis apartment building on Milwaukee Street, and he was explaining why he signed a breakfast restaurant for its ground floor.
Four new morning spots are headed for Cherry Creek North between now and the end of 2027, and the format they share is the counter, the window and the pastry case. Weekday breakfast here is turning into something you pick up on foot. The long sit-down plate of pancakes is becoming a weekend thing.
What closed on Josephine Street
Syrup served its last breakfast at 300 Josephine St. on Sunday, August 16. The owners announced on Instagram that their lease was ending and that they had decided not to renew.
This was the original Syrup. Late founder Tim Doherty opened it in 2010, and over 16 years the brand grew to five locations, including downtown Denver, City Park, Capitol Hill and Edgewater, according to the Denver Post. The Cherry Creek closure leaves the mini-chain with four. The company said it would offer the location's 17 employees relocation to other Syrup restaurants.
So the brunch brand Cherry Creek North started is still around. It just isn't in Cherry Creek North anymore. For anyone who lived within walking distance of Josephine Street, the nearest stack of pancakes now takes a drive.
Who is pouring and plating right now
The district has not gone dark in the mornings. It just has fewer places with a full breakfast menu, so it helps to know which places offer what. All of these appear in the Cherry Creek North business directory:
- Urban Egg, 3033 E. 1st Ave. The clearest full breakfast left in the district: omelets, pancake flights, Benedicts, huevos rancheros, coffee and juice, served through brunch and lunch.
- Aviano Coffee, 244 Detroit St. Direct-trade coffee and organic teas.
- Aviano Coffee, 215 Saint Paul St. The same roaster's second district shop, near 2nd Avenue.
- The Pasty Republic, 2615 E. 3rd Ave. Pitches its handheld pasties as a quick breakfast.
- Starbucks at 2nd & Fillmore and at 3rd & Columbine, for the default order.
That leaves one true breakfast kitchen, on 1st Avenue at the eastern edge, and a handful of coffee and grab-and-go stops. Everything announced since Syrup closed builds on the grab-and-go side of that list.
December: a coffee bar in the lobby at 201 Fillmore
The Henry comes first. Fox Restaurant Concepts set a December 16 opening for its first Colorado location, inside the 201 Fillmore building, according to Mile High CRE. It is the brand's 13th restaurant nationwide. The same group already runs North Italia and Flower Child in Cherry Creek.
Mornings are built around one feature. "A walk-up coffee bar anchors the morning experience," per the opening announcement. It will serve breakfast daily with laminated French pastries made in-house every day, plus signature coffee and matcha drinks. The Henry will be open every day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Lunch and dinner are daily, happy hour runs on weekdays, and the full sit-down brunch is weekends only.
On a Tuesday, the morning product is a croissant and a latte from a counter. The booths, the green leather banquettes and the plated brunch wait for Saturday. The restaurant takes up 6,973 square feet, with 1,113 of them on the patio. A sister concept, Hank's Neighborhood Bar, opens next door in early 2027.
Spring: a second window off the Oasis courtyard
Two Hands, the Australian all-day café, is opening its second Denver-area location this spring on the ground floor of The Oasis. Founder and CEO Henry Roberts told BusinessDen the plans, and the Denver Post republished the story. The first is at 3985 Tennyson St. in Berkeley.
Two Hands is a full restaurant, and brunch is what it's known for. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from a menu that will largely match Tennyson. Roberts singled out the peach scramble, the Piri Piri Chicken and a cold-smoked salmon appetizer as strong sellers. The space covers 3,400 square feet with a fireplace and a 900-square-foot patio, and it comes with a 10-year lease.
The one change for Cherry Creek is an outside-facing coffee window opening onto the project's small courtyard. Only one other Two Hands has one, a store in Austin, Texas. So even the district's newest sit-down brunch spot adds a walk-up option it doesn't offer on Tennyson.
The Oasis has a second morning tenant. PopUp Bagels, the chain founded by Adam Goldberg, has leased space at 299 Milwaukee St., the Denver Post reported in September. The brand calls its service model "grip, rip and dip": warm bagels you tear apart and dunk in a schmear. Nothing about it says sit down. No opening date has been announced.
BMC announced on September 23 that the Oasis retail lineup is fully leased with Arhaus, Two Hands and PopUp Bagels. The first tenants are expected in the first quarter and the rest through 2027, per Mile High CRE. The Post story places Two Hands at 221 N. Milwaukee St., while BMC lists the Oasis retail at 299 Milwaukee St. Either way, it is the same building.
2027: Detroit Street gets a pastry case next to its coffee
The smallest arrival may matter most to anyone whose morning already runs through Detroit Street. Diana Flores, a Honduras native who has been in Denver for a decade, plans to open Butterdrop Bakeshop at 250 Detroit St. next year. It will be her first brick-and-mortar shop, and it sits right next to Aviano Coffee, according to BusinessDen.
"We want to keep tradition and make you feel like you're eating something your mom or grandma made," Flores told BusinessDen.
Put a bakery next to a coffee shop that already has a following and that half-block of Detroit Street becomes a complete walk-up breakfast. Nobody had to build a new kitchen with table service to make it happen.
The order of arrival
| What | Where | Morning format | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Henry | 201 Fillmore St. | Daily walk-up coffee bar with in-house pastries; weekend brunch | Opens Dec. 16 |
| Two Hands | The Oasis, Milwaukee St. | All-day café known for brunch, plus an outdoor coffee window | This spring, per the founder |
| PopUp Bagels | 299 Milwaukee St. | Grab-and-go bagels and schmear | Leased; no date announced |
| Butterdrop Bakeshop | 250 Detroit St. | Neighborhood bakery beside Aviano Coffee | Next year |
Count the windows and counters. Three of the four lead with walk-up service, and the fourth adds a window it doesn't have elsewhere. Only Two Hands and The Henry's weekend service bring back a breakfast you sit down for, and Two Hands is still months away.
Where the long brunch lives until then
For now, a weekend brunch that lasts past the second coffee means booking at one of the dinner restaurants that open earlier on weekends. Eater Denver's Cherry Creek guide, last updated in November 2025, lists three options:
- Quality Italian, 241 Columbine St., for brunch with bottomless Bellinis.
- La Merise, 2700 E. 3rd Ave., for brunch crepes, including on the patio.
- Toro at Hotel Clio, 150 Clayton Lane, for a weekend bottomless brunch.
Check current hours before you go. Brunch service at dinner restaurants tends to shift with the season.
These are the places that already treat brunch as a weekend event, which is how The Henry plans to run it too. On weekdays you grab something at a counter. The plated meal happens on weekends, mostly at restaurants better known for dinner.
Holiday mornings on Fillmore Plaza
One more morning destination arrives before The Henry does. The Cherry Creek Holiday Market opens on Fillmore Plaza, 105 Fillmore St., on November 19 and runs through December 24, with local makers, live music and the Mistletoe Lounge, according to the Cherry Creek North district. The Giving Machines stand at the market entrance at 2nd Avenue and Fillmore Street and run 24/7 from November 19 through January 4, 2027. Small Business Weekend runs across the district November 27 through 30.
That puts a coffee from Aviano on Saint Paul, a lap through the market stalls, and on any day after December 16 a pastry from The Henry's counter at 201 Fillmore within a few blocks of each other.
New openings like these shape what buyers notice on a block, and that becomes part of how a home is valued and presented. If you'd like to see how The Henry, The Oasis and a new bakery on Detroit Street figure into your home's story, Ashton White can walk you through it. Get Your Home Value, and we'll show you what your corner of Cherry Creek North is worth heading into 2027.