{"id":3866,"date":"2026-08-18T14:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3866"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:06:58","slug":"two-more-rock-bottoms-shutter-leaving-one-brewpub-left-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3866","title":{"rendered":"Two more Rock Bottoms shutter, leaving one brewpub left in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Rock Bottom Restaurant &amp; Brewery is finding its rock bottom.<\/p>\n<p>The national chain, which started along the 16th Street Mall 35 years ago, closed two more locations, in Centennial and Highlands Ranch, in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3864\">Former aide sues Colorado state Rep. Sheila Lieder, accuses lawmaker of forced campaign work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Centennial outpost had been there for nearly 30 years, opening in 1997. Rock Bottom opened in Highlands Ranch in the late 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the only recent closure for the chain, whose website still lists locations in Loveland; Boston, Massachusetts; and a Chicago, Illinois, suburb.<\/p>\n<p>The original downtown Denver store, which kicked off national brand expansion in the 1990s before contracting in the 2000s, shuttered in June on the ground floor of Independence Plaza. That move followed Rock Bottom closing a Colorado Springs location in April.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3862\">Denver school board gets vulnerable, works to restore trust during daylong retreat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>California-based Kelly Cos., which bought the chain in late 2024, and its CEO Michael Kelly did not respond to requests for comment from BusinessDen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more from our partner, BusinessDen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to our new food newsletter, Stuffed, to get Denver food and drink news sent straight to your inbox. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3860\">Mission Foods shuttering its Pueblo tortilla plant<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock Bottom Restaurant &#038; Brewery, which started in Denver 35 years ago, closed two more locations, in Centennial and Highlands Ranch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-restaurants-food-and-drink","category-things-to-do"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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