The Newk’s Eatery Colorado Invasion Starts Now

Newk’s Eatery

Address: 7450 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada

Phone: 303-422-1490

Status: Open daily form 10 a.m. to 9 pm. and until 10 p.m on Friday and Saturday.

Operating more than 100 restaurants across 13 states, Colorado is now home to the westernmost outpost of Newk’s Eatery, filling a substantial 4,300-square-foot space at 7450 W. 52nd Ave. at the Arvada Marketplace. With room enough inside for 138 guests and 28 seats out on the patio, Newk’s promises “quality ingredients” and made-from-scratch dishes.

Fast casual in approach, customers order at the counter, but the twist is an open kitchen to watch the food being prepared and servers bringing food to the table. Another Newk’s novelty is the roundtable collection of condiments, allowing diners to load up and enhance their meals with extra crackers, capers, pickles, garlic, peppers, croutons, breadsticks, sauces, Parmesan and olive oil

On the comfort-inspired menu, sandwiches, salads, soups, California-style pizzas, mac and cheese, and desserts such as the pumpkin cream cheese whoopie pie.

Next for Colorado, a slightly larger location in Lone Tree, at 10012 Commons St. at the Lincoln Commons retail center. A Sept. 11 opening day has been announced.

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