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Paperboy is coming to Colorado.

The Austin-based breakfast restaurant will open a location in the West Highlands neighborhood, Paperboy announced Monday. It’ll be the restaurant’s first location outside of Texas. 

The restaurant will open March 24 at 3940 W. 32nd Ave. 

Paperboy was founded by Ryan Harms in 2015 out of a food trailer in Austin. It has two restaurants in Austin and its Denver location will be its third. The company’s leadership team has strong ties to Denver as his business partner Robert Brown has been a local for nearly 10 years and Executive Chef Pat Jackson, who is also located in the metro Denver area, will lead the new kitchen.

Brown wanted Paperboy to come to Denver, specifically the West Highlands, because of its proximity to downtown and its relaxed community atmosphere, a news release said.

“People know their neighbors, they show up to community events, they’re invested in this place in a way that feels increasingly rare,” Brown said. “That sense of connection is something Paperboy has always tried to foster, and we’re honored to be a part of it here in Denver.”

The Denver restaurant will be in a 3,000-square-foot space and will have 75 seats indoors and 20 seats on its patio.

The menu will include breakfast items such as chicken and biscuits with spicy honey, a Texas hash, cheddar hashbrowns, cinnamon toast and a cornmeal pancake. It also serves coffee drinks, mocktails and alcoholic beverages like the Paperboy Paloma and the Uncle Jesse, which is a rum-forward pour with orange, pineapple, orgeat, and Crème de Banana. 

It will be open every day at 8 a.m. It will close at 2 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays and 3 p.m. on Fridays to Sundays.

FOOD HALL AT MCGREGOR SQUARE REBRANDS

McGregor Square has a new food hall taking over MilePost Zero with a new rebrand and renovation.

The food hall under new management will be called McGregor Square Food & Drink. It’s set to open on March 27. It will feature several returning vendors such as Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta, TaCo! and Tora Ramen. New additions include Boulder-based C Burger, which specializes in regenerative meat from Colorado-raised beef, G-Que BBQ and High Point Creamery. 

It will open just in time for the first Colorado Rockies game on March 27. The food hall will have a self-pour tap wall with a lineup of 35 beers, wines and cider. Happy hour will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Monday to Friday.

It will open daily at 11 a.m. at 1601 19th St. in Lower Downtown.

WILDFIRE PREVENTION COMPANY RELOCATES HQ TO DENVER AREA

A company specializing in wildfire prevention has moved its headquarters to Denver. 

Last week, CitroTech announced it relocated its headquarters to Greenwood Village, a corporate business neighborhood south of Denver. It’s located right next to Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre.

CitroTech is one of two publicly traded wildfire prevention and protection companies on the New York Stock Exchange and “signals a new chapter in how our region contributes to solving critical challenges,” said Christine Shapard, senior director of economic development at Denver South, in a news release.

The company relocated from Oceanside, Calif., where it will keep its existing manufacturing operations, CitroTech said.

CitroTech noted Colorado as one of the most wildfire-prone states and said the move would place the company in an area that supports “mission-driven companies,” the new release said. The company also cited the region’s talent pool, proximity to partners like utility and technology providers and transit options as reasons for the move. 

“Denver South isn’t just where we’re locating our headquarters. It’s a launchpad for forming powerful global partnerships, where innovation and impact reinforce each other,” CitroTech CEO Wes Bolsen said in the release. “The region’s infrastructure, talent, and connectivity give us the fuel to advance product development and deploy safer wildfire defense solutions across a wide range of at-risk environments.”

The company saw its net losses grow in the first nine months of 2025 from the year before, according to the most recent company filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

CitroTech’s lost $30 million between January and Sept. 30, an increase from $5 million in the same period as 2024. Its revenues grew to just short of $2 million in 2025 from $740,000 in 2024.