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Just minutes from downtown, this multicultural neighborhood features the largest concentration of art galleries (more than forty!) in Denver. This unique art and cultural district hosts the very popular First Friday Art Walk (5-9 p.m. monthly) and Second Saturdays on Santa Fe (1-4 p.m. monthly), when the galleries have an open house-ambiance to promote their contemporary, emerging and traditional art to crowds of mingling and mixing people. The district also is home to distinctive restaurants (several don’t-miss cafes with authentic Latino fare) and shops galore.
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Open since 2005, Belvedere’s of Cherry Creek is a small European-style chocolate shop. Its sumptuous pralines, offered in some 70 different flavors, are handmade daily by a Belgian chocolatier in a small Colorado town. The chocolates are made with all natural ingredients without the use of preservatives or waxes. Belvedere’s of Cherry Creek is one of three independent and family-owned Belvedere Belgian Chocolate Shops in Colorado. The shop also features a wine bar and tasting room from DeBeque Canyon winery. Wine and chocolate tasting sessions are held in the store throughout the week and by appointment.
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This Grand Junction, Colorado-based firm created the famed Enstrom's almond toffee - a tempting combination of butter, sugar, paper shell California almonds and rich Guittard chocolate. Here, in the Cherry Creek location, you’ll also find a large collection of other candies made with such quality ingredients as Madagascar vanilla, Meyer lemons, Ceylon cinnamon, home-made ice cream and coffee beverages. Touted by the Washington Post as “the best we have ever tried,” and the New York Times as “the gold standard,” Enstrom’s almond toffee is truly a Colorado gem.
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John Atencio is one of the nation’s most successful and respected jewelry designers with over 100 direct employees, a design studio and three production facilities. The company’s first retail store was opened in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1976, but moved the flagship store to Denver in 1978. The retail network currently comprises nine stores (five in Colorado, one in Arizona and three in California). Throughout the ‘80s John Atencio established an important national reputation with his unique combination of bold, geometric shapes, precious metals, distinctive and inspired design, and superb craftsmanship, winning several awards and international recognition. Visit one of the locations to see what the buzz is about.
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Colorado's renowned nature photographer has been selling his fine art nature photographs for 25 years, but he opened his first gallery just four years ago in the Cherry Creek Mall. At the new location on Santa Fe Drive (see Arts District of Santa Fe above) the store is a John Fielder oasis, where the photographer interacts with his patrons, teaching his art and giving lectures. Dozens of Fielder's framed fine art prints are on display. All of John's 28 books, calendars, greeting cards, and a new collection of posters are sold in the store. Fielder is frequently on premises.
To find that perfect photograph for your home, use a Touch Screen monitor and select whatever subject you desire, such as. wildflowers, animals, sunrises, etc, and then order an immediate copy for purchase. To find that perfect photograph for your home, use a Touch Screen monitor and select whatever subject you desire, such as. wildflowers, animals, sunrises, etc, and then order an immediate copy for purchase.
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Kazoo & Company is a full-service toy store located in the Cherry Creek North shopping area. Since 1980, Kazoo has been providing parents, teachers, and children with one of the country's largest selections of quality toys, games, puzzles and creative and educational playthings from all over the world. Stressing natural materials and fine workmanship, this is the place for the kind of toys you knew as a child – not for plastic action figures that will self-destruct before you get to the car. At Kazoo & Company, your kids won’t want to ever leave, and you’ll wish you were a child again too!
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A Denver original, fashion pioneer Papa Jack Weil invented the western snap-button shirt and opened shop back in 1946. He sold his shirts to presidents and rock stars alike including Eric Clapton and Bruce Springsteen. Stop by the flagship store and museum to browse the incredible selection of western-style shirts, hats and accessories. Papa Jack passed away at the grand old age of 107 in 2008, but his Mile High City Spirit lives on at this great Denver store.
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Founded in 1997 by two sisters, SOL is one of the cornerstones of the trendy Cherry Creek North shopping district, known for its independent, eclectic boutiques. With its romantic, sexy, oh-so-feminine collection of lingerie including pajamas, loungewear, robes, camisoles, bras and panties, SOL designers include Hanky Panky, Marie Jo, Prima Donna, Natori, Fernando Sanchez as well as other distinctive pieces designed exclusively for SOL. The shop frequently hosts lingerie showings.
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Tattered Cover Book Store is a legend – one of the city’s most famous and beloved destinations for tourists and residents alike. An independent community bookstore launched in 1974 as a small bookshop in Denver‘s Cherry Creek North district, today’s Tattered Cover Book Store is actually a grouping of three locations in the metro area. It offers an extensive selection of titles, and a free special event nearly every day. Known and loved for its cozy setting, full of comfy chairs and good reading lamps, some shoppers stay for hours – and they are most welcome to do so. If they’re hungry or thirsty, each store has a coffee bar. Renowned for its unwavering integrity and commitment to the customer and the community, Tattered Cover is touted as a bookstore with Book Sense: Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds.
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The Wizard’s Chest has graced the tony Cherry Creek North shopping area since 1983, when this not-just-a-costume-store burst onto the neighborhood with its mystical, magical feel. Originally inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, the store capitalized on the idea of an imaginary world in a place called Middle Earth. The Wizard’s Chest’s two-story, 8,000+ square foot, multi-sensory, fantasy-inspired castle greets customers with a metal sculpture wizard and a drawbridge. Inside, another wizard stands adorned in purple velvet holding a staff tipped with a crystal ball, leading all who enter into the exquisite fantasy décor.
The entire second floor of the castle is devoted to hundreds of costumes, make-up and accessories. Young children and renaissance costume devotees can have a ball here, as well as aspiring ballerinas, princesses, knights and super heroes. The store promotes hands-on play, with chessboards set out, often inspiring friendly games between customers and the staff. New games are open for perusal, as well as magic tricks, windup toys, books, jigsaw puzzles, puppets, stuffed animals and science toys. In-store tournaments for collectible cards games such as Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh are held weekly, while juggling and yo-yo enthusiasts also hold tournaments and club meetings at the Wizard’s Chest, drawing hundreds of spectators.