Glen and Dee Anspach moved from Bozeman, Montana to Lafayette in 1955, and Glen Anspach opened his jewelry store in a 300-square-foot space that doubled as home. The family-owned business now spans four generations with current owner Graig Anspach and grandson Ty Kuppinger continuing the legacy.

I started with a very small space to keep our overhead low and allow us to see how the world would respond to our beers, Nichols explained. He hunted for nearly a year, examining over fifty properties in Boulder before discovering the ideal location in Lafayette, a former Denver Post storage facility. The brewery specializes in farmhouse ales.

Lafayette's Button Rock Bakery has been sold to Julien Renaut, owner of La Belle French Bakery. Renaut, a French-born chef, founded the Thornton-based La Belle French Bakery which supplies to over 100 local coffee shops, cafes, and dining spots throughout the Boulder County area.

Owner Kyle Gutierrez opened Cannon Street Ceramics in March 2019 in his garage, offering pottery classes, workshops, and an art gallery. The community-oriented studio is known for monthly charity raffles and free community events.

It's a very special opportunity to be able to witness some of these performers in very intimate spaces, McGuire said about the 120-seat venue. McGuire compared the experience to sitting in a living room with the artist, describing it as an intimate, personal encounter. The Center for Musical Arts represents a wide range of musical styles from opera and jazz to classical and chamber performances.

We all love the thrill of the find, that process of finding a piece of junk and making it into something new, said Brett Hill, who manages Due South with his mother, wife, mother-in-law, best friend and many other close friends. The lifestyle store began at the Lafayette Flea Market before opening their permanent location.

We're very much a neighborhood pub and we invest a lot of ourselves into our local community.

The space functions as both a boutique and an interactive tasting room, allowing visitors to sample oils and vinegars while learning how different varieties, harvests, and infusions can transform a dish.

Penny's Pie Shop is a cottage bakery based in Lafayette, Colorado, run by Jocelyn, a mama to a toddler and a medical speech language pathologist by day and an aspiring baker by night. The business started during the pandemic in 2020 as a way to bring people together and create moments of joy through baking. Jocelyn bakes from the heart and finds inspiration from childhood flavors, with her favorite creations being any sort of laminated flakey pastries, especially fruit pies. Penny's Pie Shop attends the Lafayette Farmers Market every other week, where Jocelyn shares her handcrafted pies and pastries with the community. The shop also takes orders for special gatherings, baby showers, birthdays, and gender reveals, creating custom baked goods for life's celebrations. As a cottage bakery, Penny's Pie Shop brings artisanal baking directly to Lafayette customers through farmers market appearances and custom orders, combining professional speech pathology work with passionate after-hours baking that celebrates traditional techniques and nostalgic flavors.

Customers who manage to find the front door to Cherry’s Cheesecakes & Delights discover a source of artisan baked goods. They’re also lucky enough to encounter Cherry Shuler, the shop’s owner and guiding light.