Troy Guard to open taqueria in RiNo

Xan Creative is designing a new building for Troy Guard's new venture at the edge of Denver's RiNo neighborhood.

Guard, Chef and Owner of TAG and TAG Raw Bar and Operating Partner at TAG Burger Bar, is planning a taqueria and dessert restaurant at Broadway and Larimer Street and has selected Xan to create the space.

The taqueria will be 2,400 square feet and the dessert restaurant, to be operated by Pastry Chef Noah French, will have 1,000 square feet, says Xan’s Stephanie Friday. It also will include a rooftop deck. Xan will design a different look and feel for each side of the establishment.

"We call it space branding," Friday says. 

Among Xan's other projects are Snooze A.M. Eatery, Ace Eat Serve, Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza and Great Divide Brewing Co. Xan also designs space for creative companies such as Pure Brand Communications, a Denver-based advertising and marketing agency with offices in the Ballpark neighborhood.

Xan is teaming up with Boulder-based architecture and construction firm Tres Birds Workshop on Guard's project. 

The yet-unnamed establishment, behind Billy’s Hot Dogs on what is now a parking lot, is scheduled to open in the fall.

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