4/11/2023 0 Comments Blue sparrow coffee![]() “It’s going to be the kind of place where you come for drinks but you won’t be disappointed if you don’t have dinner plans afterward,” Arnold said. But while the bar will aim to have a cocktail for everyone, Knott and Arnold say they are particularly excited about their martini.Īlthough not a restaurant per se, Room for Milly will also offer a selection of small plates, including Waldorf salad bites and a bite sized version of Beef Wellington made with chorizo. However, it was also offer about a dozen beers and limited selection of wines that Arnold said will be “highly-curated” to fit the space. Room for Milly’s menu will, naturally, be focused on cocktails, with an average price of about $13 or $14. “We are proud to pay our employees well and think it will help us to attract great talent and keep them around.” The pair increased the minimum wage for tipped employees at Blue Sparrow and Queens Eleven at the start of the year after surveying their customers and finding they would accept paying higher prices for drinks if it meant the business’s employees could be paid better. When it opens in February, Room for Milly will also be the latest proving ground for Knott and Arnold’s effort to pay all tipped employees $12.85 an hour, two years before the city is requiring all restaurants and bars to pay their tipped employees that amount. Why not? It’s different,” Knott said.) If 3:33 doesn’t grab you, $12.85 might. ![]() open time is for real: “We want to be open on the early side early enough to catch the happy hour crowd so we were thinking 3:00 or 3:30 and we opted for 3:33. “There’s just a lot of layers and I think it’s going to be very unexpected for people.” “We’ve got gorgeous wood and high-end wallpaper and then art on the wallpaper and velvet seating with pillows and cushions,” said Jeffrey Knott, Arnold’s partner. Parker’s influence will also be felt in the décor, which Arnold said is heavy on colors, high-gloss paints, hanging art and varied fabrics. Room for Milly takes its name and inspiration from Milly Parker, an adventurous woman whom co-owner Fiona Arnold describes as being ahead of her time in terms of her desire to push boundaries and seek out interesting people and experiences while traveling the world during the years between the world wars. “So, we said let’s do a really high-quality cocktail bar that’s really well designed and comfortable to be in, but where you don’t have to make a reservation.” “In Denver it seems like you either have to make a reservation or it’s a speakeasy or it’s a bar at a restaurant and it’s full of people eating,” she said. The bar will be located next door to the second location of Blue Sparrow Coffee, which opened in the building earlier this month.Īlthough the Mile High City’s nightlife options are perhaps more varied than they’ve ever been, co-owner Fiona Arnold says there’s at least one area where the city is falling short: “A really strong happy-hour culture.”Īrnold, who is also co-owner of Blue Sparrow Coffee and the Queens Eleven cocktail pub at 36th and Walnut Streets, says the problem is a lack of bars that are conducive to the kind of casual cocktail drinking that thrives in other major cities. ![]() Room for Milly, a small 30-something seat bar with a “casual lux feel,” will aim to be a destination for high-quality cocktails, inventive small plates, and conversation. We now know when a new cocktail bar will be opening in the Circa Building at 1615 Platte St. By Paul Albani-Burgio, Special to Denverite
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