Austin’s cult-favorite brunch spot Paperboy is packing up its pancakes and migas and heading for the Mile High City, with its first out-of-state restaurant set to open in Denver’s West Highland on Tuesday, March 24.
The roughly 3,000-square-foot, light-filled space will sit on West 32nd Avenue and is designed as a neighborhood hub for breakfast, lunch, coffee and daytime cocktails. The Denver restaurant will be Paperboy’s third brick-and-mortar location, joining two existing spots back home in Austin.
According to Paperboy, the Denver outpost will open on March 24 at 3940 West 32nd Ave. The restaurant lists daily opening at 8 a.m., weekday closing at 2 p.m., and extended service on weekends through 3 p.m.
What to expect
The space will seat about 75 diners indoors, plus a 20-seat patio, and checks in at roughly 3,000 square feet, according to the Denver Gazette. The outlet also highlights menu headliners like chicken-and-biscuits, a Texas hash, coffee-forward drinks and a roster of signature cocktails.
From truck to table
Paperboy’s road to Denver started humbly, as a food trailer launched in 2015 before evolving into brick-and-mortar restaurants in Austin, a progression documented by Eater Austin. The Denver restaurant will be the brand’s first location outside Texas, as reported by the Chron.
Who’s behind it
Paperboy operates under Daybreak Hospitality, which lists Paperboy and Loudmouth among its concepts and describes its focus as neighborhood-driven daytime spots, according to Daybreak Hospitality. The Denver Gazette reports that partner Robert Brown has lived in Denver for nearly a decade, and Executive Chef Pat Jackson will relocate to lead the new kitchen. “People know their neighbors, they show up to community events, they’re invested in this place in a way that feels increasingly rare,” Brown said, according to the outlet.
Local context
Coverage in other outlets frames Paperboy’s move as part of a broader wave of Texas restaurant groups testing Denver’s higher-income dining market while local operators weigh the city’s business climate. Some restaurateurs have eyed out-of-state expansion or are reshuffling amid local market pressures, as noted by the Chron.
