Though it’s not technically a food hall per se, this new development in Old Town Fort Collins features several restaurants and food stands that have been built into recycled shipping containers arranged around a central pedestrian plaza. Options include Churn Ice Cream from the Little Man team, FoCo Donut Company, chicken and waffles at Chick’nCone, and spirits from CopperMuse Distillery.

A-gate flyers have something new to eat on their travels; this second outpost of Denver Central Market opened at Denver International Airport in late 2018. This small, traveler-friendly version of the RiNo food hall and marketplace features four of its big brother’s more popular food options: Sushi-Rama, Vero Italian (pizza and pasta), SK Provisions (rotisserie meats and sides), and Culture Meat & Cheese.

Conveniently located at the 38th and Blake light rail stop, Zeppelin Station features a selection of international food vendors centered around the commuter-themed bar called Kiss + Ride. Vendors include Vinh Xuong Bakery, Aloha Poke, Norm’s Deli, a fried chicken stall called The Bundlong, and Dandy Lion Coffee. There is also an upstairs bar called Big Trouble.

A collection of seven regularly changing food stalls, Avanti offers new restaurants a chance to test the market before opening their brick and mortars. As of October 2019, the food hall options include Quiero Arepas, casual French fare at Bistro Georgette, a stall called Street Feud that serves a a mashup of street food, and the Quickfish poke bar. Avanti’s rooftop bar also offers some of the best views of the Denver skyline.

Larimer Street’s Denver Central Market is a combination food hall and marketplace with a fish market, a butcher, an ice cream counter, a coffee shop, a chocolate shop, a bakery, a charcuterie counter, and a a retail section. The bar, Curio, serves beer, wine, and craft cocktails. Curio’s name refers to the original use of the market’s 1928 building: H.H. Tammen’s Curio Co., which sold souvenir curiosities.

This behemoth LoDo food hall from restaurateur Frank Bonanno’s houses 13 restaurants, three bars, and an artisan food market — and Bonanno is behind them all. Most are a combination of a restaurant and market counter, offering some goods and prepared dishes. Albina by the Sea is a seafood counter that also serves prepared dishes like fish and chips and calamari along with fish sandwiches. Among the other stations are Lou’s Hot and Naked (fried chicken), Cornicello (gelato), and Fem (French crepes).

At this sprawling airplane-hangar-turned-food-hall-and-marketplace in Aurora, visitors will find the award-winning restaurant Annette and a Mexican street food restaurant called Comida Cantina. There is also a beer hall and brewery, and outposts of Rosenberg’s Bagels Deli, Maria Empanada, the Glazed & Confused donut shop, the Infinite Monkey Theorem urban winery, and Sweet Cow ice cream. Stanley Marketplace also hosts a number of community events, from races to dance performances.

Located in the Golden Triangle neighborhood, Broadway Market is owned by the founders of Stanley Marketplace and features several of the same offerings, including Maria Empanada and the chocolate shop Miette e Chocolate. The market also includes a few original restaurants such as Pizzeria Coperta, a Roman pizza counter, and Mother Tongue, a Turkish kebab stand. The sushi at Misaki (pictured) is a highlight.

Located a block of the Pearl Street mall, this “European-style hall” will feature all-new stalls owned by 10 chefs and restaurateurs, including some from well-known figures. Among those big names is Old Major founder Justin Brunson, whose Folsom Foods hall will focus on sandwiches, meats, and cheeses. Other options will include casual French at Confit, Roman-style pizza at La Tigella and pastries from a patisserie called Petit Fleur. The hall, which is expected to open on Friday, October 11, will also include a 48-seat oval bar in the main hall as well as a rooftop bar with views of Boulder (and a raw bar).

The food hall frenzy arrived in Douglas County earlier this summer with the opening of Ecclesia Hall in Castle Rock. The hall’s setting inside an old church makes it a unique spot for noshing on street tacos from Romo’s and Spanish and German cuisine from Lante Brau Casa. The hall also includes a cocktail bar, a coffee bar and a bookstore, as well as a specialty foods shop called Farmgirl Foods.