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The Source opened its doors in late August 2013 for customers of its first restaurant, Comida Cantina. A month later Acorn set up shop, joined by a warehouse full of other businesses, many of which peddle fresh-made or packaged specialty food and beverages — think coffee, beer, bread and beef. Videographer Andrew Batemen went to the source — developer Kyle Zeppelin — as well as a few of the shop owners to get their opinions about the Source’s first year in business, which was officially celebrated this past weekend.
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Although several offices and retail services have made the Source home, the majority of the vendors offer a variety of artisan eats and drinks: Crooked Stave‘s tap room, the Proper Pour liquor store, Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe, Boxcar Coffee, Babette’s Artisan Breads and Mondo Market.
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And with the RiNo Yacht Club opening in the Source’s central bar, the retails spaces at the industrial-chic shopping center are now full up, making it one of Denver’s hottest food and beverage destinations.
The Yacht Club serves creative cocktails and a carefully curated wine and beer list, along with a menu of small plates provided by Acorn. Also new is the light sculpture by artist Evan Mann above the bar: a computer-controlled matrix of 1,400 LED lights hung in a grid that can display three-dimensional moving images.