One of Denver’s longest-running neighborhood restaurants is serving its final meals today (Thursday July 9).
Table 6, the American bistro at 609 Corona Street in Denver’s Alamo Placita neighborhood, is closing after 22 years in business. Its final day adds to a difficult month for Colorado dining, as two beloved Colorado restaurants are closing in July.
For longtime Denver diners, Table 6 was more than a restaurant. It was one of the places that helped shape the city’s modern dining scene before Denver became a national food destination.
A restaurant that started with a national moment
Table 6 opened in 2004 under chef Scott Whitcomb and made an immediate national impression. Shortly after opening, the restaurant landed on Esquire’s list of the year’s 21 Best New Restaurants — a major accolade that helped announce Denver as a city with a serious culinary identity, at a time when the rest of the country had not quite caught on.
Aaron Forman became owner in 2006 following Whitcomb’s departure and ran Table 6 for nearly 17 years, becoming one of the most quietly beloved figures in Denver’s restaurant community. His sudden death in February 2023 sent a wave of grief through the city’s dining scene and left a real question about what would happen to the restaurant.
The answer came in May 2023, when general manager Amanda Davis and chef Aniedra Nichols announced they had taken over as co-owners. Nichols had been leading the kitchen since late 2020. Their message at the time: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
It was not broke. And for two more years, they kept it going.
What made Table 6 special
The restaurant was polished without feeling stiff, creative without feeling cold, and comfortable enough to become the kind of place people returned to for years.
Table 6’s dining room off East Sixth Avenue felt like someone’s well-decorated, well-lived-in home. The menu — American comfort food with an eclectic, seasonal twist, rooted in local farms and suppliers — changed with the seasons but never lost the feeling that made regulars keep coming back. The house-made tots became a quiet institution. So did Sunday brunch, with live music and a crowd that treated it like a weekly ritual.
Over 22 years, Table 6 became tied to birthdays, anniversaries, first dates, promotions, family dinners and ordinary Tuesday nights that somehow turned into memories.
“What I am most proud of isn’t that Table 6 has lasted 22 years,” Nichols told Westword. “I am proud that for 22 years we stayed true to who we are. We just tried to take really good care of people. We built a neighborhood restaurant with heart, intention and consistency. There aren’t many places left that can say that.”
Why today is the last day
Nichols describes the decision to close as Table 6 having “run its beautiful course.” Business was not the problem — the restaurant remained beloved. This is a different kind of goodbye.
“This is just a story of knowing when something has run its beautiful course,” Nichols said. “Table 6 had an incredible 22-year run. It became exactly what we hoped it would be — a neighborhood institution where people celebrated first dates, anniversaries, birthdays, promotions and ordinary Tuesday nights that somehow became unforgettable. That’s a legacy I am incredibly proud of.”
For Nichols, stepping away from Table 6 also means stepping away from a career that spans 29 years in the restaurant industry. That deserves its own acknowledgment.
“For the first time in almost three decades, I don’t want to jump into another kitchen,” she told Westword. “I would like to take a vacation, sit somewhere and take a long exhale for a minute and give myself some space to think about what the next chapter of my life looks like. Because I still love this business, I always will. But after 29 years of giving this industry everything I have, I owe it to myself to be thoughtful instead of reactive.”
What happens to the space
Nichols has sold the restaurant to new owners, but the space will no longer be Table 6. That means the address may continue as a restaurant under a new concept, but the place regulars knew is saying goodbye today.
That distinction matters. Restaurants are not just rooms with tables. They are built from the people who run them, the food they serve, the memories customers bring back and the feeling that forms over time.
Table 6 had that feeling for 22 years.
It survived four presidential administrations, the rise of social media, the 2008 recession, a global pandemic, the explosion of Denver’s restaurant scene, and the sudden loss of the owner who had shaped it for nearly two decades. It outlasted trends, neighborhoods changing around it and every wave of new restaurants that arrived to challenge the city’s established favorites.
It was not the loudest restaurant in Denver. It did not need to be. Its strength was staying power, hospitality and the rare ability to make a neighborhood restaurant feel special year after year.
The last chance to say goodbye
For customers, today is the final opportunity to visit before the name disappears from Denver’s dining map. The restaurant has been serving dinner Tuesday through Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m., through today’s last service. In the weeks since the closure was announced, Happy Hour and Prix Fixe menus were discontinued — allowing the kitchen to focus fully on the à la carte dinner menu and the dishes that best represent what Table 6 has always been.
After 22 years, Table 6 is closing its doors.
And Denver is losing one of the restaurants that helped make the city’s food scene what it is today.
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