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Denver cocktail bar Yoshi applies for liquor license, construction permit

As of September 2026: Seeking city approval; targeting early 2027 opening

A Denver bartender and his server wife have applied for a liquor license for their own place. City records now show a pending liquor license application and construction permit for Yoshi, the cocktail bar Scott and Shelby Ruggiero plan to open in Uptown.

Updated Sep 25

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My wife and I, we've been in this industry, to each a decade plus. I've always wanted to open something and have something of my own.

from Denver cocktail bar Yoshi applies for liquor license, construction permit · Updated Sep 25

Yoshi, it means to be good, to be loyal, we really stuck with what that meant and how we wanted to be portrayed as a bar and as business owners.

from Denver cocktail bar Yoshi applies for liquor license, construction permit · Updated Sep 25