This Chic New Hotel Is Opening in Denver in a Gilded Age Mansion — With an Outpost of Brooklyn's Favorite Pizza Joint

T+L got a first look inside the newest Urban Cowboy hotel, which will open in Denver's Capital Hill district later this year.

Urban Cowboy may have started as a small bed-and-breakfast in Brooklyn, New York, but the modern Western-inspired hospitality brand, owned by Lyon Porter and Jersey Banks, is finally headed west — to Denver. In late 2023, the company will open a chic, 16-room boutique hotel in Denver's historic Capitol Hill district, housed in a meticulously renovated 1880s mansion that once belonged to a German-born hat tycoon-turned-politician. The property, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, stands out with its ornate Queen Anne–style façade and old carriage house, which has been transformed into a two-story restaurant and bar, Urban Cowboy Public House, serving eats from the beloved Brooklyn-based restaurant Roberta's.

"The people who lived in this house rode horses to get there, and people who visited would take their horse buggy or ride their horse into Denver, wearing their stately, elegant Gilded Age outfits and hats. And we took a lot from that Gilded Age aesthetic," Porter told Travel + Leisure. 

But the property isn't only about Old World elegance and nostalgia. Porter has done an excellent job preserving many of the building's original interior features and making them work in the context of Urban Cowboy's signature maximalist aesthetic. That means custom wall coverings, hand-picked decor items sourced from all over the country, and striking hand-hammered soaking claw bathtubs, found in each guest rooms. The result is eclectic decor rooted in the past with plenty of modern references, tied together through the prism of the brand's Western Americana style.

In the Penthouse Suite, located in the mansion's "onion" tower cupola, Porter designed a custom shimmering gold wallpaper inspired by a 1700s block-print pattern that perfectly complements the redesigned original stained-glass windows.

Porter and Banks looked to Denver's saloon culture from the 1880s to design the Public House, a bar and restaurant they developed serving food by Roberta’s.

"Though distinct in our offerings, Roberta's and Urban Cowboy share a real kinship rooted in community-focused hospitality. There's a real 'frontier spirit' and genuine reverence that both our brands have for cultivating unique spaces and experiences to bring people together," Brandon Hoy, Roberta's co-founder, explained.

The menu will feature a rotating selection of seasonal pizzas, local market vegetables, wood-fired-oven dishes, and Roberta's staples like house-made bread and stracciatella, according to executive chef Carlo Mirarchi.

Room service, luxury bath products, and a winter gear storage room ("We know that people are going to be coming through on the way to the mountains," added Banks, who grew up in Denver) are some of the other on-site amenities.

Urban Cowboy Denver will open in late 2023, and nightly rates start at $295.

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