Aurora's Culinary Scene Is Lighting Up in Colorado

"On Dallas Street, a 1950s aviation manufacturing facility is now home to Stanley Marketplace, a buzzy community gathering place with more than 50 local businesses including Caroline Glover’s James Beard Award-winning Annette and her newest venture, Traveling Mercies. Start upstairs at the latter for fresh-from-the-sea oysters and a glass of bubbles, then decide on dinner from Annette’s small but focused menu of shared plates including chicken liver pâté with cherry mostarda and charred cucumber succotash. Wind down the evening with live music and a Lowrider Mexican Lager at Latin-owned Cheluna. Physician Javier Pérez traded lab equipment for brewing barrels and with his wife Jennifer, a former school counselor, opened the art-filled space in 2016. Cheluna has been awarded bronze, silver, and gold medals at The Great American Beer Festival for their carefully crafted brews." - Cynthia Barnes