Strolling Denver's 16th Street Mall During The Holidays

Although it is nothing like Chicago's Magnificent Mile during the holiday season, the City of Denver still does a good job of making the16th Street Mall pretty festive this time of year. The photograph on the left is of the Denver Pavilions Shopping Center, located on the upper part of the mall. Every year the city has what is called the Parade of Lights, and afterwards, the parade floats are parked all over the downtown area, several of which can be seen in the photo.

The photograph on the right shows the patio of a restaurant called West of Surrender (don't ask me why), which also seems to be decorating it's outside area with lights, although I don't know if they are a permanent feature or are just there for the holidays. This restaurant opened up in September of 2019, just in time for the coronavirus pandemic, although they are now back open, and appear to be doing well. They are located in what was once an upscale restaurant called Marlowe's, which closed after 36 years in business, due to competition from new bars and restaurants in LoDo, as well as the increased costs of running a restaurant downtown. That does not seem to bother the West of Surrender people. Good luck to them. Never surrender!