Englewood Second Saturday: October on South Broadway
October 8, 2026
October 8, 2026
"I love that we're in Englewood because I love the South Broadway area," Meg Garcia-Jahrman told the Littleton Independent when her shop opened. "I come here for thrift shopping, vintage shopping, go to bars down here, do all that fun stuff, and eat down here too, because there's some really good food." She lives in Morrison and chose Englewood anyway. Her romance-only bookstore and cafe, Good Girl Cafe and Bookstore at 2807 S. Broadway, opened Sept. 13. Construction issues and a permitting oversight had pushed it back from a planned July opening.
Saturday, Oct. 10 is the shop's first Second Saturday. It falls on a corridor where two projects are running side by side. The arts community has spent the past year and a half growing a monthly event across galleries that sit too far apart to walk between. In the same stretch, the city is in the final months of rebuilding South Broadway's bus stops, sidewalks and medians, and it is adding a bike route on South Sherman. The people organizing Second Saturday and the crews pouring concrete are solving the same problem: how people get from one stop to the next.
These events are listed on the Downtown Englewood and City of Englewood calendars for Oct. 10. Live calendars can change, so check each one before heading out.
Good Girl stays open until 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, so its hours cover everything above except the Gothic show. The cafe menu takes its names from romance tropes. "The Slap Shot" is a chai latte with espresso, and "The Black Cat" is a London fog with lavender syrup.
Second Saturday began in March 2025. In June 2026 Korbe told Colorado Public Radio that a recent artists' reception had drawn about 175 people. She moved her gallery to Englewood from Denver about 18 months before that interview. The downtown calendar says that move brought NKollectiv from the Santa Fe Art District to Downtown Englewood.
Santa Fe Drive is a gallery strip you can cover on foot. Englewood's galleries are spread out. CPR described what the organizers ran into: visiting a few spaces meant driving, parking, going in, then driving to the next one. Korbe, Schneider and Timothea Biermann of Blue Tile Gallery asked the Cultural Arts Commission, the Downtown Development Authority and the Economic Development Department to fund a free bus.
The city agreed. Starting in June, an extra bus from Englewood's free bert system was set to run a Second Saturday loop on Broadway, S. Navajo and S. Kalamath between Belleview Avenue and W. Floyd Avenue. The plan called for seven signed stops and service from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The bus is wheelchair accessible and holds 36 people. It was also set to stop at the Englewood and Malley Recreation Centers and at Belleview Park.
"In Englewood, it's just a bit more spread out. So the bert bus is really going to help us with that." Nicole Korbe, to Colorado Public Radio
The research for this post found no confirmation that the shuttle is still running in October. Will Slate, the city's Economic Development manager, told CPR the funding was extra money available "this year." Check the EASEL page or the city's downtown calendar before you plan your Saturday around it.
The Second Saturday bus runs on Broadway, and Broadway between Belleview and Hampden is in the last stretch of the South Broadway Complete Streets project. Construction started Jan. 12, 2026, with Essential Contractors, Inc., and is expected to finish in December 2026. The project's estimated cost is about $7.54 million. Federal funds cover 88% of it, and the city's share is $905,000. The city describes the goal as safer, more accessible and more attractive walking and transit along South Broadway.
The city's Oct. 5 update lists this month's work. It focuses on finishing several bus stops, and some work has been rescheduled around stormwater improvements:
Some stops are already finished. In July, the northbound Oxford, southbound Mansfield and northbound Kenyon stops reopened after renovation, and crews installed ADA ramps, fencing and concrete planters at Oxford.
Cyclists get a separate route. The city plans South Sherman Street as the bike corridor, with on-street bike facilities and traffic calming meant to move bike traffic off Broadway. The Aug. 3 update said work would start at W. Chenango and move north, with bike lanes in both directions in late September to early October. The Oct. 5 update doesn't say whether the Sherman lanes have started, so riders heading to the market should check the street before counting on them.
Weekend visitors will run into less of the construction than weekday commuters do. Construction hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with limited night or weekend work only in special cases. If a sidewalk segment has to close, the city has committed to alternate routes so people can still reach Broadway businesses.
Three restaurants opened in March on the 3200 to 3400 blocks: The Barn South Broadway at 3299 S. Broadway, Sukiya Ramen at 3401 and Wapos Cantina at 3495, according to Westword's March roundup. They opened weeks after the median work began, and October is their first fall on the street. Good Girl is the newest arrival. Garcia-Jahrman told the Littleton Independent she picked the location partly because its parking lot has an accessible space. She plans book clubs, including LGBTQIA+, Disability, Dark Romance and Fantasy groups.
Two longtime spots appeared on Westword's closure lists this fall. Beirut Grill, at 203 W. Hampden Ave. near the market lot, was listed in August. Western Sky Bar & Taproom at 4361 S. Broadway was listed in September. Western Sky's calendar billed a Sept. 26 show as its last live music.
The vintage market ends its season on Oct. 10, but Second Saturday keeps going on Nov. 14 and Dec. 12. Before November's date, the city holds a ribbon cutting at Emerson Park on Oct. 17. The Sept. 21 project update said the new play features, trees, widened sidewalk and landscaping were mostly in place, with only the pergola left. Trunk or Treat Express is on the city calendar for Oct. 24.
Nov. 7 has two events. The Merry Mercantile Market is on the city calendar, and the "Duets" artist talk runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at CitySpark. The Turkey Feast follows on Nov. 20.
December is busier. EASEL's Winter Art Market opens Dec. 3 and runs through Jan. 24, 2027. On Dec. 5, the Holiday Market runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Civic Center, and the Holiday Tree Lighting follows there from 3 to 6 p.m., with the lighting at 5:15. The Englewood Holiday Express runs at the Farm & Train in Belleview Park, 1111 W. Belleview Ave., Dec. 4–5 and Dec. 11–12 from 3 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. Resident sales open today, Oct. 5, and nonresident sales open Oct. 7. Dec. 12 is both the year's last Second Saturday and EASEL's two-year anniversary in Downtown Englewood, with a celebration and holiday party. If the city's schedule holds, the new medians, shelters and planters on South Broadway should be finished by then.
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