Have You Been On Havana Street Recently?

On Havana Street runs 4.3 miles along Havana from 6th Avenue to Dartmouth Avenue. It offers unique experiences in shopping, dining and living. Over 40 of our businesses were voted "Best of the Best" in the "Aurora Hot Stuff" competition in 2010. Our Aurora restaurants alone came away with 29 awards for their authentic international cuisine. From delicious Ethiopian injera bread to Kim-Chee, we have it On Havana Street, check out our Aurora business directory and find out for yourself!

Unique experiences await you. Visit our many international specialty markets, meet up with friends at our coffee houses, go antiquing at Heirlooms Antique Mall, get in shape at Colorado’s Pro Gym, then shop for a snow board, some new golf clubs or the latest in high-tech bicycles On Havana Street. You can even learn the West Coast Swing at The Stampede Dance Emporium.

If you are looking for anything car related, the Havana Motor Mile is your complete Aurora auto sales and service destination. Rather than driving all around town, make your life easier by shopping the Havana Motor Mile's 30 dealerships and over 100 auto service businesses all in one location! The Havana Motor Mile is centrally located along Havana Street at the Denver/Aurora border, 10 minutes from the Denver Tech Center and 20 minutes from Downtown Denver. Best of all, when you are waiting for you car to be serviced or pondering a purchase, you can visit any of 82 restaurants or any of the many nearby shops.

So if you haven’t been On Havana Street in a while or have never been, come check it out! It is sure to have anything you need conveniently located on a short stretch, close to both Denver and the Tech Center.

CELEBRATE NATIONAL HAMBURGER MONTH ON HAVANA STREET IN MAY!

Our On Havana Street Restaurants will be celebrating National Hamburger Month the entire month of May. The restaurants will be offering their own burger specials all month, with some of the restaurants offering deeper discounts on weekdays. At The Stampede, if you buy a 1/2 pound burger any Saturday during May you will get a domestic beer for $1.

You can enter to win one of three $100 On Havana Street Restaurant Coupon Packages and the grand prize--A 4-burner gas grill! The drawings will take place on Friday afternoons May 7, 14, 21 and 28 with the winners notified by phone. All entries during the month will be thrown back in for the grand prize drawing on May 28. No purchase is necessary to enter the drawings.

The entry forms will be available at the participating restaurants, as well as on this web page starting May 1. We will run the entry form in our event ads in the free daily edition of the Aurora Sentinel in May, too. Watch this web page for more information about other special burger offers.


Participating restaurants include:
A&W, 1551 S Havana ST

Carl's Jr., 2211 S Havana ST
Denny's, 1505 S Havana ST
Dora's Mexican Restaurant, 2406 S Parker Road
Dumitri's Family Restaurant, 1911 S Havana ST
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers at The Gardens on Havana
Gibby's, 1555 S Havana ST, #W
Good Times, 1105 S Havana ST
Hamburger Stand, 938 S Havana ST
Johnny's Diner, 2323 S Havana ST
Le Peep, 2456 S Parker Rd
Los Toritos, 304 N Havana ST
McDonald's, 1444 S Havana ST
Old School Burgers, 1764 S Havana ST
Red Robin, 1491 S Havana ST
Sam's No. 3, 2580 S Havana ST
Stampede, 2430 S Havana ST
Cabin Bar, 2700 S Havana ST
Turn of the Century Bingo Cafe, 1921 S Havana ST
Viaggio, 10253 E Iliff Ave
Village Inn, 921 S Havana ST
Wendy's, 1255 S Havana ST
Whispers, 1930 S Havana ST #13
Woody's Wings, 313 N Havana ST

Restaurant phone numbers and hours are listed in the Business Directory on this website.

How to Prune Roses in Colorado

Saturday, May 1, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. at Qdoba Mexican Grill at The Gardens on Havana

We are recruiting volunteers to help tend the Lisa Strawn Memorial Rose Garden at The Gardens on Havana. We want our beautiful community rose garden to be in top shape this year for our summer rose garden concert series (see below for details about the concert series).


Volunteer Lunch & Learn Training Session--The Details:

When: Saturday, May 1, 2010, meet at Qdoba Mexican Grill on Garden Drive at The Gardens on Havana at 11:30 a.m.. The training will last until approximately 1:30 p.m.

What: After a light lunch at Qdoba, members of The Denver Rose Society will be on hand to give a pruning demonstration and volunteer training. We will then walk down Garden Drive to the rose garden and for hands-on training in the rose garden. We will be doing general rose garden clean-up, learn how to prune out dead canes and how to prune to shape the water-wise shrub roses and climbing roses in the garden. You will be required to sign a waiver to work in the rose garden. Rose Garden volunteers will receive a planting map showing the names and locations of the roses in the garden, as well as pruning instructional sheets. We will come up with a volunteer schedule for rose care for 2010.

Cost: This is a free training session. Those attending this training session will receive a free lunch courtesy of Miller Weingarten Realty, the owner of The Gardens on Havana.

To Register : Space is limited to the first 25 people. Please call or email Gayle if you would like to attend: 303-360-7505 or Gayle@OnHavanaStreet.com

What to bring: Please bring a sturdy pair of gloves and pruning shears, if you have then. Inclement weather note: If we are rained or snowed out on May 1, this Lunch & Learn will be rescheduled for Saturday, May 8. If we do need to cancel this training on May 1 due to weather, we will post the cancellation notice on the Home Page of this website the morning of May 1.

We are On Havana Street, a 4.3 miles stretch Havana from 6th Avenue to Dartmouth Avenue. We offer unique experiences in shopping, dining and living.

Over 50 of our businesses were voted "Best of the Best" in the "Aurora Hot Stuff" competition in 2009. Our restaurants alone came away with 29 awards for their authentic international cuisine.

From delicious Ethiopian injera bread to Kim-Chee, we have it On Havana Street. Chick-Fil-A, Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers and Sprouts Farmers Market are open for business at The Gardens on Havana.

We are now on Facebook! Click on the Facebook logo on the right hand side of this screen to log-in to become a fan and have On Havana Street news, events and pictures posted to your personal Facebook page.

The new models have arrived in the new car dealership showrooms On Havana Street. Our used car dealerships have replenished their lots with many newer, dependable vehicles. The On Havana Street car dealerships are partnering to offer huge 29-dealership combined sales events. The first combined sale for 2010 will be in conjunction Cruzin' Havana, starting on June 19 and running through June 30. Stop in for some great deals on wheels!

To help you discover fun new things to do and make your life more interesting, we are hosting one event a month On Havana Street. Watch for more details about our 2010 events on the Upcoming Events page.

Our new business directory contains listings for over 400 of our merchants, including contact information, hours, pictures and links to Google maps for each business.

Be sure to sign up for our monthly eNewsletter by clicking the button on the right side of this home page. Each month you will find articles including Merchant of the Month, food and recipe news, upcoming event, and a special tidbits section. Past issues of the Life On Havana Street E-Newsletter are posted in the press room under the articles section on this website. Shop, Eat, Explore on Havana Street!

What is On Havana Street?

The Havana Business Improvement District (BID) d.b.a. On Havana Street, is a special district in Colorado created in 2007 by business and neighborhood leaders and Aurora city staff working together to build a stronger, better community. We really are making a difference by focusing on unique, culturally diverse events and fun new things to do to make the lives of our residents and visitors more interesting, at the same time as adopting the goals of clean, safe and beautiful for our new business district.

In November 2007, the commercial property and business owners voted to tax themselves 4.5 mills in real property tax to fund the new business district. The margin of support was 80% yes to 20% no. The stakeholders are committed to promoting commerce and community On Havana Street. There are 196 real commercial properties and approximately 500 businesses. A 9-member board, made up of all sizes and types of businesses from different sections of Havana Street, oversees district programming. Gayle Jetchick, Executive Director, is the only staff member and is responsible for day-to-day activities On Havana Street.