{"id":917,"date":"2025-08-13T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/?p=917"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:21:29","slug":"sports-bar-breakfast-restaurant-opening-in-denver-taking-former-sartos-space-in-jefferson-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/sports-bar-breakfast-restaurant-opening-in-denver-taking-former-sartos-space-in-jefferson-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports bar-breakfast restaurant opening in Denver, taking former Sarto\u2019s space in Jefferson Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Reyes is finally making good on his dream.<\/p>\n<p>Next month, the local wedding venue owner will open JP Restaurant and Lounge in the former Sarto\u2019s space in Jefferson Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 10 years ago \u2026 I thought opening a restaurant would be a great idea,\u201d the former McDonald\u2019s manager said.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes, not to be confused with the short-lived Rockies shortstop, said he ran several locations of the fast-food chain and flipped \u201ca bunch\u201d from in the red to profitability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut just a restaurant sometimes is tough,\u201d he continued, noting that the timing wasn\u2019t right then. \u201cSo what could be something that people always have money for? If it\u2019s just a restaurant they might say, \u2018I\u2019ll eat at home.\u2019 But people always want to drink and watch sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes\u2019 3,000-square-foot spot at 2900 W. 25th Ave., which has two outdoor patios, will serve typical bar fare amid a suite of TVs, where patrons can enjoy the latest game. Wings, tenders and burgers will be served along with some Mexican dishes, such as tacos.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes will also serve breakfast and brunch. That portion of the menu will also feature both American staples \u2014 omelets, French toast, Eggs Benedicts\u00a0 \u2014 and things like chilaquiles, a Reyes favorite that features egg-topped tortilla chips fried in a brothy sauce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this neighborhood, there\u2019s really nothing for American breakfast. And all the bars around here open after 3 p.m.,\u201d he said. \u201cEarly, it\u2019ll be a lounge-y vibe with some bottomless mimosas, and between 2 and 3 p.m. we\u2019ll switch to a sports bar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes signed a 10-year lease in mid-June for the spot, which has been sitting vacant since Sarto\u2019s Italian eatery\u00a0left unceremoniously\u00a0in late-2020.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes is happy to be in the second-generation space. All he had to do was fill it with tables, chairs, appliances and a fresh coat of paint. He hopes to open the building\u2019s brick-walled basement with pool tables and a bar sometime in the future \u2014 a process that Sarto\u2019s started before it closed, he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/castle-pines-mcdonalds-development-ruling\/\" title=\"Judge rules Castle Pines can block McDonald\u2019s restaurant development\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tJudge rules Castle Pines can block McDonald\u2019s restaurant development\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/restaurant-loans-16th-street-denver\/\" title=\"$1.4 million in loans for ice cream, tea shops hint at a future for 16th Street\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t$1.4 million in loans for ice cream, tea shops hint at a future for 16th Street\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/07\/pub-on-pearl-closing\/\" title=\"Pub on Pearl, a longtime Wash Park dive bar, will close permanently Sunday\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tPub on Pearl, a longtime Wash Park dive bar, will close permanently Sunday\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/05\/hornet-restaurant-broadway-denver-closing\/\" title=\"30-year-old Broadway brunch spot to close this weekend\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t30-year-old Broadway brunch spot to close this weekend\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/rocca-rossa-steakhouse-opens-morrison\/\" title=\"Italian steakhouse opens on Morrison\u2019s main street\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tItalian steakhouse opens on Morrison\u2019s main street\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After Reyes left McDonald\u2019s several years ago, he went into the auto industry, working in the finance department for local Buick and Nissan dealer Alpine. About a year and a half ago, he said, he opened Royal Event Center in Thornton, which hosts quincea\u00f1eras and weddings.<\/p>\n<p>For the restaurant, Reyes said he looked around the metro area before settling on Jefferson Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all over the place, but here it was more neighborhood and family oriented, more community. It was more interesting,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cThis checks all the needs that I had from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Schneider of Axio Commercial represented landlord Jefferson Park LLC, whose operating manager is local businessman Ken Wolf. Marin Dornseif of Kaufman Hagan represented the tenant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessden.com\/\">Read more at our partner, BusinessDen.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Reyes is finally making good on his dream. Next month, the local wedding venue owner will open JP Restaurant and Lounge in the former Sarto\u2019s space in Jefferson Park. \u201cAbout 10 years ago \u2026 I thought opening a restaurant would be a great idea,\u201d the former McDonald\u2019s manager said. Reyes, not to be confused&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}