Pick N Tap: Indoor Pickleball, Golf, and a Restaurant Are Coming to Parker
By Connor Tien, DougCo Social
I swung by this empty lot off Chambers Road a while back, curious about what was going in. At the time, the word around Parker was that it might become a Chicken N Pickle. That never panned out here, but the site is finally getting a use, and it is a similar idea: the Town of Parker has approved Pick N Tap, a restaurant built around indoor pickleball courts and golf simulators.
What Pick N Tap is
Documents submitted to the Town of Parker show a roughly 19,960-square-foot building with 8,815 square feet of indoor pickleball courts and a 772-square-foot game area with golf simulators and darts, plus a main indoor dining room of about 3,630 square feet. Plans also call for the flexibility to convert some courts for badminton and other paddle sports, along with a batting cage, arcade games, a full-service restaurant, taproom, and outdoor patio. The owner has said it is built to host leagues, tournaments, trivia, karaoke, and live music right alongside regular dining.
Where it's going
The site sits at 11735 Disha Drive, at the southwest corner of Disha Drive and Murrelet Street, near the intersection of South Chambers Road and Double Angel Road. Pick N Tap Co. purchased the roughly 2.83-acre parcel for about $1.5 million, and the plan connects to the nearby Newlin Gulch trail.
The Town of Parker has approved the site plan. Construction drawings and building permits still need to be finalized before construction begins, and an opening date hasn't been announced.
The Chicken N Pickle of it all
For a few years, Parker has buzzed about getting a Chicken N Pickle, the national pickleball-and-food chain. Those plans didn't come together, and for a while this Chambers Road parcel was one of the spots locals figured it might land, which is exactly what I'd heard when I stopped by.
Pick N Tap is a separate, locally proposed concept, but it scratches the same itch, and it lands just as Parker's pickleball scene is booming. The Town is also adding 17 new pickleball courts at Salisbury Park as part of a Phase 2 expansion, so between the two, court time in Parker is about to get a lot easier to find.
Sources: 9News; Denver Business Journal; WhatNow Denver; Hoodline; Town of Parker site plan SP25-176. Reported by Connor Tien for DougCo Social.