Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery closes in Colorado Springs
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery has permanently closed the doors on its only Colorado Springs location.
“Unfortunately, we have permanently closed. Thank you for allowing us to serve the Colorado Springs community,” read a notice taped to the doors and windows of the restaurant at 3316 Cinema Point on Thursday.
The restaurant was located in the First & Main Town Center on the city’s east side.
The company did not immediately respond to requests for more information from The Gazette.
Rock Bottom’s closure in Colorado Springs is the latest among several casual eateries that have shuttered their doors across the city over the last year.
Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom has closed all but one of its Springs locations, which is still open at 1579 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd. Old Chicago’s Houston-based parent company, SPB Hospitality, previously also owned Rock Bottom; the restaurant operator sold Rock Bottom and four other brands in December 2024 to Kelly Companies of Southern California.
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, a Longmont-based restaurant, craft beer brewer and music venue that had operated in downtown Colorado Springs since 2017, closed in late December.
Hamburger fast-food chain Wendy’s closed multiple locations throughout the city, the company confirmed in mid-March.
Hops n Drops, a casual sit-down burger chain, closed its sole Colorado Springs location in Stetson Hills last April, and Hooters, known for its chicken wings and scantily clad waitresses, closed its location inside The Citadel mall last March.
Known for its house-brewed craft beers and seltzers handcrafted by local brewmasters, as well as its gastropub-style menu offering a variety of pizzas, pasta, soups, salads, ribs, fish and chips, desserts and more, Rock Bottom was founded in downtown Denver in 1991. It opened in Colorado Springs in 2005.
A list of locations on the restaurant’s website show there are four locations throughout Colorado: in Denver, Highlands Ranch and Loveland. Rock Bottom also has one location each in Illinois and Massachusetts, the website shows.