Local News Historic Denver elementary school finds new life as café, beer garden
On the corner of 11th Street and Acoma Street in Denver, inside an old classroom of the former Evans Elementary School, bartenders are learning some new tricks.
It’s a soft service day inside what is known as the Schoolyard Cafe. No arithmetic courses here, but you’re likely to find a focus on mixology. Instead of social studies, think social spaces.
Historic Denver school reopens as a cafe and beer garden
A stately brick building that once served as a Denver elementary school, sat vacant for decades, and most recently housed artist studios, reopens today as a cafe and beer garden.
Schoolyard Beer Garden and Schoolyard Cafe, 1115 Acoma St., occupies the grounds, hallways and cafeteria of what was once the Evans School. Built in 1904, the school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in…
Long-dormant Evans School reopening with beer garden, cafe
For the first time in a half-century, school is in session at the Evans School in the Golden Triangle.
Only the classrooms are offices. The students have been replaced by millennials on their laptops. And the cafeteria is a beer garden.
Evans School Revitalization Brings Beer Garden
The historic Evans School, a Denver landmark at 1115 N Acoma St., is undergoing a transformative $26 million renovation. According to the Denver Post, there will be a beer garden added as part of the project.
