Tennyson Street's Holiday Passport Turns 37 Storefronts Into One Weekend Store

On Nov. 28 and 29, a single passport will be good at 37 businesses along Tennyson Street and the Berkeley blocks around it. The 13th Annual Tennyson/Berkeley Small Business Holiday Passport Crawl runs both days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It's free, and Jolly Goods and Explore Tennyson are presenting it this year.

The participant list puts a candle shop, a barbecue joint, a salon and a brewery on the same stamp card, so for one weekend the street's retailers and bars work as a single route. A handful of newer addresses sit between the stops, and one well-known corner is still closed.

One Card, Every Kind of Counter

The rules are simple, and they shape the whole day. According to the Visit Denver event listing, here's how it works:

• Pick up a passport at any participating shop on the morning of the crawl.
• Collect a stamp with every purchase.
• Each stamp counts as one entry for a gift basket made up of items from all the participating businesses.

Since every purchase earns a stamp, a draft beer at Berkeley Inn counts the same as a ring from Sarah O Jewelry. That's why the list is so mixed. About a third of the 37 participants serve food or drinks, and their offers are mostly buy-one-get-one deals. They work as rest stops on the route, and each one still adds an entry to the basket.

Here are the 2026 offers, grouped by what each business does:

Saturday Gets Its Own Short List

Most offers run both days, but two only apply on Saturday, Nov. 28: the free soft tacos at Tacos Jalisco and the one-item discount at Miller Lane Mercantile. If you're only going one day, Saturday covers the whole list, and that includes Fern & Bloom's flower and plant discount, which runs all weekend but only in the store.

Several of the participants have been on the street for years. Post Oak Barbecue opened at 4000 Tennyson in late June 2019, Westword reported at the time. Hey Kiddo opened at 4337 Tennyson in January 2023, according to Axios Denver. Blackbelly Market's Denver location opened in March 2024, just off Tennyson in the former Il Porcellino Salumi retail space, per Westword. Together these three give the food side of the passport its long-standing anchors.

The Street Has Gained New Addresses Between the Stops

Three businesses that opened in the past fifteen months aren't on this year's passport, and a fourth is on its way. They're still part of the walk, since they sit within a few doors of crawl stops. By street number:

1. American Lore, 3965 Tennyson. Westword's January 2026 roundup listed it among that month's openings. Denverite describes it as a bar and hat shop, where part of the space is a workshop for shaping and designing your own hat.
2. Bao Tennyson, 3973 Tennyson. Westword's August 2025 roundup listed it among that month's openings.
3. Eloise, 4315 Tennyson. This Japanese sando spot opened Dec. 6, 2025, the Denver Post reported. That was about a week after last year's Small Business Saturday.
4. Park Pass Coffee, 4491 Tennyson. This is the first brick-and-mortar café from a local specialty coffee company whose coffee bags are named after national parks. Co-owner Sam Schippel told What Now Denver in September that the company was aiming to open in mid-to-late November. The plan calls for an occupancy of 25, a full specialty coffee and matcha menu, and pastries.

Park Pass is already familiar in the neighborhood. Schippel told What Now that the founders came to know the Berkeley and Highlands area through community events and the Highlands farmers market before they signed the lease. According to the same report, the company partners with organizations that support the national parks and has donated more than $8,250 so far.

4401 Tennyson Is Being Rebuilt

The one major gap on the street this holiday season is at 4401 Tennyson. Parisi and the downstairs Parisi Sotto have been closed since a fire on May 12, 2026, Westword reported.

Owner Christine Parisi gives updates on the restaurant's own site. She writes that the fire itself did little damage outside the crawl space under the roof. The water used to put it out did more, and the public spaces have been opened down to the studs. She describes the closure as temporary and says the restaurant is being remediated and rebuilt. The rebuild will add online ordering and waitlisting so guests no longer stand in line. On timing, her site says: "Very early to say but fall 2027 possibly."

This means the passport's food stops cluster at the 3900 and 4000 blocks around Post Oak and at Hey Kiddo in the 4300 block. If you walk north past 4401, you'll pass a rebuild before you reach the new café going in at 4491.

Highland Square Takes the Following Saturday

Highland Square's holiday event lands one week later. Holiday in the Highlands runs Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It features a holiday market with local artisans and makers, food and drinks, and kids' activities.

From noon to 3 p.m., Santa will be at Nostalgic Homes, 3737 W. 32nd Ave. Families can get a free professional photo with Santa, and dogs are welcome in the photos too. Horse-drawn wagon rides through Historic Highlands also run during those hours, according to the Highland Square merchant site.

Between the two events, the Highlands area gets two holiday Saturdays in a row: first a two-day stamp card on Tennyson, then a one-day market and Santa visit on 32nd Avenue.

Over the years, Stuart Crowell has followed how storefronts like these shape the value of the homes a few blocks away. If you own near Tennyson or Highland Square and want to know what the street's changes mean for your property, request a private market valuation.