Over the past fourteen months, three storefronts on downtown Evergreen's stretch of Highway 74 have changed hands. Each one went to a business that was already operating somewhere in the foothills. No outside newcomer moved in. Local businesses moved over a few doors, came down from Marshdale, or came up from Morrison, and those moves mostly explain the new layout of the street.
The chain started with one closing. Colorado Community Media reported that Baskin-Robbins, "a staple of the town for decades," closed on July 27, 2025. Hary Teitelbaum, the shop's original owner, told the paper the location had opened in 1981 and said, "I am sad to see it go." The moves that followed played out over the next year.
Kiki's Moved a Few Doors Down
The first tenant to claim the empty ice cream shop had been a few doors away for years. Kiki's Fresh Bowls, the Hawaiian-inspired acai and poke shop, announced it would move "a few doors down Evergreen's main street to the former Baskin-Robbins space," according to the Canyon Courier report carried by Colorado Community Media. BusinessDen reported that Kiki's had served Evergreen since August 2020.
Kiki's own site now gives its Evergreen address as 28206 Highway 74, open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., with online ordering. Older write-ups that list a 10 a.m. opening are out of date.
Kiki's is owned by Evergreen restaurateurs Tiffani and Rand Packer. When the move was announced, the paper reported that the couple also ran The Muddy Buck Cafe, Murphy's Mountain Grill and Evoke 1923, and that they owned the building Kiki's was leaving. At the time, the Packers couldn't be reached to say what would replace Kiki's in that space.
Kiki's Old Storefront Went to a Bakery From Marshdale
That answer came earlier this year. Suz Cookie Jar Rescue, the mother-and-daughter bakery run by Sue Mueller and Jacquie Cook, moved from Marshdale into the boardwalk storefront Kiki's had left. The bakery now lists its address as 27975 Highway 74.
Before Evergreen, the bakery spent two years in Bailey and then moved to Marshdale. The business itself started in cookie jars at area farmers' markets after the family returned to Colorado in 2017 and Mueller got a cottage kitchen license. In other words, it came to the boardwalk after nearly a decade of working its way through the foothills.
Mueller told the Canyon Courier how the lease came together:
"This just fit. I really like the landlord, and it all fell into place as if it was meant to be."
The new space has a side room with a community board, cookie jars looking for new homes, and some retail. Cook was also recently named Young Professional of the Year at the Evergreen Chamber's "A Night with our Stars" banquet. Ten days later, the Conifer Chamber named her its Ambassador of the Year.
Maya's Cantina's Space Went to The Cow From Morrison
The third change on this stretch of street came from down the hill. The Evergreen location of The Cow opened on August 7, 2025, in the space that used to be Maya's Cantina. The Downtown Evergreen business directory lists it as The Cow / An Eatery at 28215 Highway 74.
The space is nearly three times the size of the original Cow in Morrison. It has a fireplace, a separate bar, and garage doors that open onto the main street. Owners Dave and Sherri Lind announced the Evergreen plan in April 2024 and aimed to open in late summer or fall of that year, but a series of unexpected problems pushed the opening back about a year. Their daughter Samantha Haas manages the Evergreen restaurant. The building belongs to the Ross-Lewis Trust, a family-run company that helped with the renovation. Ross Bradley of the trust said of the Linds, "They're a good family and they know how to run a restaurant."
The Main Street Spaces, Then and Now
| Address on Highway 74 | Before | Now | Where the new tenant came from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28206 | Baskin-Robbins, open since 1981, closed July 27, 2025 | Kiki's Fresh Bowls | A few doors down the same street |
| 27975 | Kiki's Fresh Bowls | Suz Cookie Jar Rescue | Marshdale, and before that Bailey |
| 28215 | Maya's Cantina | The Cow / An Eatery, opened Aug. 7, 2025 | Morrison |
Off the Main Street, an Established Brewery Opened a Lounge
The newest addition away from the lake follows the same pattern. The Frame Shop Lounge opened in 2026 in a small space inside the Evergreen Brewery building at 2962 Evergreen Parkway. The brewery shares in its ownership and management. According to the brewery's page for the lounge, it serves rotating cocktails and seasonal shareable bites Thursday through Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m., separate from the taproom upstairs.
At the Taste of Evergreen on Sept. 15 at the Evergreen Lake House, The Frame Shop's butterscotch-style pudding, topped with berries and pistachios, took first place in the "sweet bites" category from the judges and in the popular vote. The Canyon Courier's coverage quoted one longtime local who said she had tried almost every restaurant in Evergreen and didn't know this one existed.
The Same Operators Keep Showing Up
The Taste brought together 18 Evergreen Chamber of Commerce members. The places people discovered there weren't all newly opened. Two attendees told the paper they were surprised by Murphy's Mountain Grill and Evoke 1923, and one of them said, "We thought we'd been almost everywhere, but clearly not." Both restaurants belong to the Packers, the same couple behind Kiki's.
Murphy's Mountain Grill says it was established in 2016. It's a casual, family-owned restaurant at 27906 Highway 74, open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, until 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and closed Tuesday. Evoke 1923 is the fine-dining room at 27376 Spruce Lane, open for dinner Wednesday through Monday, 5 to 9 p.m. It lists happy hour Sunday through Thursday, 4:30 to 6 p.m. The restaurant says its building was built in 1923 as the Rocky Mountain Tea Room. 303 Magazine adds that the building has since been a ranch and a practice room for the Colorado Philharmonic, and that it first became a restaurant in the 1970s.
Rand Packer, a chef trained at the California Culinary Academy, told 303 Magazine that he and Tiffani moved to Evergreen in 2016. Since then they have opened Murphy's, The Muddy Buck Cafe and Roasterie, Kiki's and Espresso Evergreen. In 2025 they expanded down the hill, opening La Rocca Rossa in Morrison on July 31 in the former Prague Cafe space. One family running that many places, and owning at least one of the buildings, helps explain how a closure on the boardwalk could be filled by a move between neighboring storefronts.
The trend reaches drinks too. Notka, an alcohol-free spirit company based in Floyd Hill, joined the Taste for the first time this year. It placed second in the judged "sips" category and won people's choice for its Butterfly Pea Lavender Lemondrops. Mixologist Rachel Lewin said the name came from a joke at lunch at The Lazy Butcher in Evergreen, when someone suggested an alcohol-free Bloody Mary made with "notka" instead of vodka. The group trademarked it the following week. Even the new brands on the street are starting at local tables.
Hours to Keep Handy This Fall
- Kiki's Fresh Bowls, 28206 Hwy 74: daily, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Murphy's Mountain Grill, 27906 Hwy 74: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. most days, until 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, closed Tuesday
- Evoke 1923, 27376 Spruce Ln.: dinner Wednesday through Monday, 5 to 9 p.m.
- The Frame Shop Lounge, 2962 Evergreen Pkwy: Thursday through Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m.
Hours can change, so each business's own site is the best place to check before you go. Suz Cookie Jar Rescue posts its details at scjrbakery.com. The Cow is listed in the Downtown Evergreen directory.
When storefronts on a street like Highway 74 change hands among people who already know the town, the value of the homes nearby depends on that same kind of local knowledge. Dawn Zalfa follows these changes block by block across Evergreen and the foothills. If you'd like to know how your home's value looks today, Request a Confidential Home Valuation.
