5280 Magazine

5280 is a city magazine based in Denver, Colorado, produced by 5280 Publishing, Inc. The magazine's name comes from Denver's altitude of 5,280 feet (or 1 mile) above sea level. It is released every month and has an audited circulation of 77,027, which makes it the most widely circulated local magazine in Colorado. Additionally, it is part of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).

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Try a Child Killer Sandwich at Westwood’s New Salvadoran Pupuseria

4 days ago | 5280.com | Mark Antonation

There are signs of life at the former home of longtime soup dumpling favorite Lao Wang Noodle House, which closed on South Federal Boulevard in February after a 25-year run. You won’t find xiaolongbao or dan dan noodles, though. Instead, a new restaurant called El Pulgarcito de Bukele is now serving pupusas and other Salvadoran specialties.
What We Know About the Attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall

4 days ago | 5280.com | Maren Horjus

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. At least eight people were injured Sunday afternoon when a man threw incendiary devices into a crowd of people near the Boulder County Historic Courthouse on Pearl Street. A suspect is in custody, according to Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn.
The 15 Best Lakes Around Denver

5 days ago | 5280.com | Maren Horjus

With all due respect to God and his handiwork, man has created marvels in Colorado. Hundreds of humanmade reservoirs dot the Front Range, providing drinking water, irrigation, and your launchpad for the best summer ever. Rally your crew, pack your floaties, and load your cooler. Here, our 15 favorite close-to-home escapes for mile-high lake days. The Best Lakes for BoatingAt Horsetooth Reservoir, 57 miles of trails crisscross the foothills beyond the western shore.
Coloradans Will Love These 6 Summer Travel Destinations

1 week ago | 5280.com | Jessica Giles

The problem is, we live where a lot of people vacation, so we’re forced to share our precious Centennial State with the masses—especially in the summer. But rather than hike to Hanging Lake in a conga line or fight for parking on a Saturday at Chatfield Reservoir, why not consider trying your favorite Colorado activities in a new place? We’ve rounded up six travel destinations for Denverites who want to live the mile-high lifestyle while enjoying a change of scenery.
A Four-Year-Old’s Review of the Children’s Museum’s New Catawampus Exhibit

1 week ago | 5280.com | Jessica LaRusso

When most people hear that the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus’ new exhibit, Catawampus, is dark—illuminated primarily by googly-eyed monsters that glow in black lights and the lanterns that swing from tiny visitors’ hands—they might think it would be too scary for kids. Most people, however, don’t live with four-year-olds. Or, at least, they don’t live with my four-year-old.
Why Did Sarah Parady Vote No on the New NWSL Stadium Proposal?

2 weeks ago | 5280.com | Jessica LaRusso

In mid-May, every City Council member but one—at-large council member Sarah Parady—voted to advance a proposal that would commit up to $70 million in public funding toward a new stadium for a professional women’s soccer team in Denver. The 14,500-seat venue, planned for the Santa Fe Yards site near I-25 and Broadway, would be among the first purpose-built stadiums for a National Women’s Soccer League franchise and would open in 2028.
Inside Denver’s Cookie Factory Turned Art Gallery

2 weeks ago | 5280.com | Jessica LaRusso

Once a fortune cookie mill, a 1940s building in Baker is reopening this weekend as an art space called, fittingly, the Cookie Factory. Visitors who crack open its doors will find something better than a proverb or lucky numbers: a 5,000-square-foot gallery, a sculpture garden, and video-screening rooms where motion arts play. The brainchild of real estate developer and philanthropist Amanda J. Precourt, who lives above the gallery, Cookie Factory is free and open to the public.
Bobby Stuckey of Boulder’s Frasca Food and Wine Earns Julia Child Award

2 weeks ago | 5280.com | Mark Antonation

Awards have been abundant for Frasca Food and Wine and its founders, Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan McKinnon-Patterson, since the Boulder restaurant’s launch in 2004. The James Beard Foundation has been particularly generous (Frasca is a finalist in this year’s Outstanding Restaurant category and has won three previous awards), and there are also the Michelin star it received in 2023 and 2024.
Can One of Colorado’s Rarest Birds Survive the Trump Administration?

2 weeks ago | 5280.com | Rose Cahalan

At least an hour before dawn, birders start to arrive at a remote site seven miles southeast of the tiny town of Parlin, in southwestern Colorado. Bundled up against the cold, the visitors unload spotting scopes, binoculars, cameras with bulky zoom lenses, and steaming thermoses of coffee. They are cautioned to shut car doors as slowly and quietly as possible and to avoid making any other noises that could spook the birds.
How the Colorado Rockies Embarrassed Denver This Week

3 weeks ago | 5280.com | Maren Horjus

As of mid-May, the Colorado Rockies are on track to break the single-season record for losses by 13 games. To honor the club’s pursuit of history, 5280 is compiling a living record of their season—so that future generations of Denverites might someday be able to look back and understand their ancestors’ shame. May 10-16, 2025Current record: 7-36 (.163)Current pace: 26-136It’s been so long since the Colorado Rockies mattered. The club’s lone World Series appearance came in 2007.