Berkeley Donuts closing to make way for Hops & Pie’s new patio

Hops & Pie is placing its potato-doughnut idea on pause.

The northwest Denver pizza joint and beer bar, 3920 Tennyson St., will formally cease service for Berkeley Donuts on Sunday, March 19, homeowners Leah and Drew Watson introduced.

“We are going to want all our accessible area within the kitchen – in addition to our employees – to go in direction of accommodating the elevated seating from our new bigger patio,” the announcement reads

Hops & Pie is at the moment renovating what had been a makeshift, pandemic-induced patio of their car parking zone right into a everlasting and expansive out of doors space, which they plan to debut subsequent week.

The Watsons began Berkeley Donuts inside Hops & Pie in Feb. 2020, serving New England-style potato doughnuts, a cult favourite made with potatoes and flour to make them extra fluffy and tender. The doughnuts had been so common that traces would kind early within the morning, particularly through the pandemic when Hops & Pie may promote them from the doorway to go.

“We don’t take this flippantly — it has been a very great expertise serving you all, particularly with so a lot of you turning into regulars and being a well-recognized face within the mornings’ early hours,” the Watsons mentioned. However additionally they hope to carry again Berkeley Donuts in some capability and are contemplating searching for a espresso store to host its doughnut operations.

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