Cafe Max in Denver delights, The Second Kitchen co-op opens in Boulder

Yonder, a cafeteria-style offshoot of the Southern staple Wishbone, opened earlier in the week at 5 S. Wabash. Staff is serving breakfast from 8-11 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.The team behind Mystic Celt on Southport quietly opened Monty Gaels, a "gastro sports pub," last month in the former Bowman's space at 4356 N. Leavitt. Dishes include Scotch egg, fried oysters, and Amish chicken wings; they have 20 beers on tap plus eight TVs.There's another new kiosk in the French Market, as Bebe's Kosher Deli opened up shop on Monday. Nosh on Kosher favorites including pastrami and corned beef sandwiches, hot dogs, knishes, matzah ball soup, and bagels and lox.

Ever had a manmosa? It's about time you did. Head to Cafe Max and place your order. If you are lucky, co-owner Maxwell Hopewell-Arizmendi will be the one who pours the Belgian beer —Orla Kiely nesting tins Blanche De Bruxelles — into the glass with the orange juice. It doesn't sound great, but it is. While you sip, you should chat with Hopewell-Arizmendi, who is a born raconteur. The New York native and his partner, Yukihiko Koyama, opened the charming, Euro-style cafe about six months ago, on a stretch of Colfax across from East High School that needs more places like Cafe Max. You can get fantastic coffee drinks — including lattes made with goat milk, if you want — or a glass of burgundy or a beer, along with pleasing little plates. I had a prosciutto panini with a fig spread. It came with a little tin of cornichons. How nice.

"I didn't want to open just a coffee shop," said Hopewell-Arizmendi on a recent afternoon. "I wanted a place where you could order a cappuccino, your friend could get a glass of wine, you could eat and read and talk."I found it awfully refreshing, a perfect little spot to just step away from the day and unwind without it being just a bar, or just a place packed with people glued to their Apple products and inquiring about the availability of almond milk. Hopewell-Arizmendi wants to hold music, film and other events at the spot, especially in the atmospheric, brick-walled basement.