For years, if you wanted new energy in Greenwood Village's food scene, you drove to the Landmark. Ocean Prime and Del Frisco's Grille anchored the sit-down end, Hapa Sushi handled the late-night crowd spilling out of Comedy Works, and Ted's Montana Grill filled in the middle. It was built to be the neighborhood's front door, a walkable retail-and-condo development designed to provide Greenwood Village with a downtown-style center.
This year, new restaurant activity extends beyond the Landmark. Two restaurants opened in Greenwood Village in 2026, and two more are planned for the Orchard shopping center along the Orchard Road and DTC Boulevard corridor.
What Actually Opened, and Where
Chicken Salad Chick opened its eighth Colorado location on March 4, 2026, at 5322 DTC Boulevard, in the heart of the Denver Tech Center rather than inside the Landmark's retail village. The company said at the time it saw Greenwood Village as a hub for innovation and enterprise worth building around.
A month later, Spice Trade Brewery opened at 8775 E Orchard Road, on the same general stretch. Both locations are in office-park retail settings along the Orchard Road and DTC Boulevard corridor, outside the Landmark's retail village.
The pattern continues with what's coming. The Orchard shopping center is set to add The Wilson, a farm-to-table concept, along with Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, an interactive tabletop-grilling spot. Neither is landing at the Landmark either.
| New or upcoming | Address | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken Salad Chick | 5322 DTC Boulevard | Opened March 4, 2026 |
| Spice Trade Brewery | 8775 E Orchard Road | Opened April 2026 |
| The Wilson (farm-to-table) | The Orchard shopping center | Expected 2026 |
| Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ | The Orchard shopping center | Expected 2026 |
The Landmark's restaurant row is still there and busy on a Friday night. This year's new restaurants opened elsewhere, along the Orchard Road and DTC Boulevard corridor. For residents near Belleview or toward Orchard and Yosemite, the new dinner options are closer to the DTC office towers than to the Landmark.
The Amphitheater Two Blocks Away Runs on a Different Clock
Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre sits inside Greenwood Village at 6350 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, and its 2026 season has been unusually dense. Excision played August 1, The Black Crowes with Whiskey Myers and Southall played August 2, and the pace hasn't let up since.
Here's what's left on the calendar for the rest of the month, according to the venue's announced schedule:
| Date | Show |
|---|---|
| Aug 15 | Mt. Joy |
| Aug 18 | Muse |
| Aug 21-22 | CAAMP (two nights) |
| Aug 28-29 | Dave Matthews Band (two nights) |
What's worth noticing isn't the names, it's the shape. Two of the four remaining entries are back-to-back two-night stands, which means the same traffic pattern repeats on consecutive evenings rather than clearing out after one show. Venue parking directions route arriving traffic off I-25 at the Orchard Road exit, west to Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, then south about a mile. That's the same interchange residents use for the DTC office corridor; Spice Trade Brewery is on Orchard Road, and Chicken Salad Chick is at its DTC Boulevard address. A two-night run doesn't just mean one bad commute home, it means two, back to back, and this August has two separate stretches like that in late August.
If you're timing errands, dinner reservations, or just a normal commute home along Orchard Road or Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, the 21st, 22nd, 28th, and 29th are the four evenings worth building slack into.
The One Night With a Free Alternative Nearby
August 15 happens to be the one night where the neighborhood offers a genuine alternative to the amphitheater crowd. The city's Arts & Humanities Council is hosting a free Movie in the Park screening of the Pixar film "Hoppers" at the Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 East Orchard Road, starting at sundown with popcorn served and blankets or low-back chairs encouraged. It's a few miles from Fiddler's Green on the same general Orchard Road corridor, but it draws a different crowd and doesn't compete for the same parking.
That means August 15 gives Greenwood Village two different ways to spend an evening: Mt. Joy at the amphitheater for people who bought tickets months ago, and a free family screening at Curtis Center for everyone else who'd rather not deal with amphitheater traffic at all. Curtis Center is on Orchard Road, and the amphitheater is on Greenwood Plaza Boulevard. Neither requires you to drive toward the Landmark.
What This Adds Up To
This year brings new restaurant activity and a full concert calendar to Greenwood Village. The new and planned restaurants described here are along the Orchard Road and DTC Boulevard corridor, while the Landmark remains a dining destination. Fiddler's Green's concerts and the Movie in the Park screening add to the local events calendar.
If you're new to the area or thinking about what daily life here actually looks like month to month, that kind of texture, knowing which corridor is quietly getting more interesting and which two weeks of August come with predictable traffic, is the sort of thing that only becomes obvious after you've lived here a while. It's also exactly the kind of detail our team pays attention to when we're helping someone get oriented to a new part of Denver.
If you or someone you know is weighing a move to Greenwood Village or anywhere else in the southern suburbs, J. Garland Thurman would be glad to talk through what the neighborhood actually feels like day to day. Let's Connect.
