You can say so long to Napoleon, but a Taylor Swift tea and Bridgerton dinner are about to check in.
Which could come in handy if you're a fan of that era, since you will no longer be able to"dine amongst Napoleonic artifacts and elevated decor" at the Palace Arms. That's because the elegant, 74-year-old restaurant at the historic hotel isThe Palace Arms' Napoleonic-era military prints and antiques — including a set of dueling pistols once carried by Napoleon himself — had been acquired in post-World War II France at the request of then-owner Claude “C.K.
When Smith arrived at the Brown just under a year ago, the Palace Arms was open five days a week...and business was"dismal," she recalls. She cut it down to three days, but business remained dismal."Fine dining is more of a luxury than a necessity," she says."We're hearing it from our sister properties as well. The good news is we kept everyone on the team and were able to fit them into another spot.
Smith says the hotel is working on the sound, and in the meantime is looking to introduce other events at Ellyngton's, which is again offering its Sunday brunch spread but could add live music some evenings as well. The Brown Palace dates back to 1893 and has gone through several owners since Boettcher. In 2018, Crescent Real Estate bought the hotel for $125 million and appointed HEI Hotels & Resorts to run the place. Since then, other parts of the Brown have been updated, including many of the suites and public meeting rooms.
Take that, Napoleon. As Taylor would tell you: "Now they're screaming at the palace front gates, used to chant my name."has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver — and we'd like to keep it that way. Our members allow us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls., the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977.
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