East & Co. Market Hall Opens at Boulder’s Flatiron Park
Working Title Food Group, in partnership with BioMed Realty and EVG Hospitality, has officially opened East & Co., a new market hall, dining destination, and community gathering space located at Flatiron Park in Boulder. Situated at 2100 Central Avenue within BioMed Realty’s Flatiron Park campus, the new venue is designed to serve as a central hub for the surrounding business community, residents, and visitors.
East & Co. combines multiple concepts into a single hospitality-focused destination, including an all-day café, restaurant, retail market, social lounge, and event venue. The project reflects growing demand for mixed-use community spaces that support flexible work environments, social interaction, and locally driven food experiences.
The opening also highlights continued investment in Boulder’s evolving innovation and technology corridor, particularly within Flatiron Park, which is home to a large concentration of life science, health technology, and research-focused companies. Project partners say East & Co. was specifically created to meet the needs of the area’s expanding workforce while also strengthening connections with the broader Boulder community.
According to Josh Dinar, the vision for East & Co. centers around creating an inviting, adaptable gathering place for East Boulder.
“We want East & Co. to be the central gathering place for East Boulder, especially for the tech and health-focused workforce based in Flatiron Park,” Dinar said. “We’ve got a delicious all-day menu and a variety of spaces designed for how people live, work, eat, and drink.”
The venue places a strong emphasis on locally sourced ingredients and partnerships with regional producers. A key component of the concept is its collaboration with the Boulder County Farmers Market, which supplies seasonal produce and helps connect East & Co. with local food artisans, growers, and specialty brands featured throughout the market space.
The culinary program at East & Co. is designed to operate throughout the day, beginning with breakfast and coffee service in the morning and transitioning into lunch, dinner, cocktails, and evening social experiences later in the day.
The space opens daily at 7 a.m. with a full-service coffee and breakfast program. Guests can order coffee from OZO Coffee alongside pastries supplied by Black Box Bakery. Breakfast offerings include bagels from Moe’s Bagels, rotating cream cheese selections, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast burritos, and smoothie bowls inspired by Rocky Mountain ingredients.
The smoothie and juice bar also features a variety of house-made beverages intended to support both quick morning visits and longer work-focused stays. Designers intentionally created flexible seating arrangements to accommodate remote work, informal meetings, and casual gatherings throughout the day.
At lunchtime, the menu shifts toward seasonal sandwiches, grab-and-go meals, and market-inspired dishes built around fresh local ingredients. Rotating sandwich selections are served on breads from Kinship Bread and include options such as roasted chicken with herb aioli, butter lettuce, and radish, as well as eggplant caponata paired with house-made ricotta and basil.
Additional daytime offerings include prepared burritos, sandwiches, and salads available for both dine-in and takeaway customers. East & Co. offers both counter service and traditional table service depending on guest preference and dining style.
Dinner service focuses on seasonally driven dishes inspired by global flavors while incorporating locally sourced Colorado ingredients. Signature menu items include a burger featuring Colorado grass-fed beef smash patties with smoked gouda, steak sandwiches, buttermilk fried chicken sandwiches, and clam po’ boys.
The menu also includes a selection of shareable small plates and appetizers designed for social dining experiences. Highlights include whipped feta, lamb kofta skewers, house-fried chips, Jacob’s mushroom croquettes, and chorizo-stuffed dates.
In addition to on-site dining, East & Co. is introducing take-home meal options intended to simplify dinner preparation for busy professionals and families. The venue plans to offer rotating take-and-heat sheet tray meals featuring fully prepared dishes that customers can finish at home.
These weekly offerings may include meals such as braised short ribs with Robuchon potatoes and seasonal vegetables or roast chicken paired with asparagus, grilled lemon, and specialty potato preparations. The retail section of the market hall will also offer curated wines, pantry staples, and locally inspired grocery items.
The beverage program is overseen by Volkan Olmez, formerly associated with the bar program at the Halcyon Hotel in Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood.
Olmez has developed a cocktail menu that reinterprets classic drinks with contemporary touches while maintaining an approachable and balanced style. The beverage lineup includes a vesper martini, seasonal margaritas, spritzes, and a signature house Negroni, alongside wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverage selections.
“Our bar program complements the many ways we expect people will enjoy East & Co.,” Olmez said. “We’re excited to meet our regulars and to see what people respond to, which will help direct how our program evolves over time.”
Beyond food and beverage offerings, East & Co. was intentionally designed as a flexible multi-purpose environment capable of supporting a wide range of activities throughout the day. The venue includes lounge seating near a large fireplace, work-friendly coffee areas, restaurant-style booths and tables, outdoor gathering spaces, and private event facilities.
Guests can also access a community lawn, game room, outdoor terrace, and conference room designed for both private and semi-private gatherings. The adaptable layout allows the space to host everything from morning business meetings and remote work sessions to evening cocktail receptions and social events.
Greg Topel said the design philosophy focused heavily on how people naturally move through different parts of their daily routines.
“Every part of East & Co. was designed with how people actually move through their day in mind,” Topel explained. “The same space that holds a 7 a.m. coffee meeting has to feel right for a working lunch, a glass of wine before a private dinner, and cocktail hour with friends. It was built so each of those moments feels like it belongs.”
Meanwhile, Jon Bergschneider noted that East & Co. reflects a broader vision for creating environments that support both workplace culture and community engagement within innovation-focused campuses.
“We heard clearly that Flatiron Park was missing a central place to gather, connect, and recharge,” Bergschneider said. “East & Co. is our response: a hospitality-driven destination designed to meet that need and bring new energy to the campus while supporting local Colorado businesses.”
As Flatiron Park continues evolving into a larger mixed-use innovation district, East & Co. is expected to serve as both a hospitality anchor and a community centerpiece for the surrounding East Boulder area.
Source Link:https://www.businesswire.com/
