Proto's coming to Gunbarrel Center this summer

Gunbarrel Center, the new apartment community located at 5340 Gunbarrel Center Court in Gunbarrel, is welcoming Proto’s Pizzeria Napoletana (Proto’s) as the community’s first restaurant.

Proto’s, the popular, Boulder-based pizzeria founded by Pam Proto in 1999, will open an 1,800 square-foot restaurant at Gunbarrel Center this summer. Proto’s is the first commercial tenant to be announced at Gunbarrel Center. When complete, Gunbarrel’s new pedestrian-friendly Main Street will feature several local retailers and eateries.

“We’re very excited to welcome Proto’s to Gunbarrel Center,” Matt Perrin of The Wolff Company, developers of Gunbarrel Center, said in a recent press release. “The area is hungry for new, high-quality restaurants and Proto’s will be a great destination for the area’s many residents and workers. Pam [Proto] has five very successful locations in Colorado, and the pizza and full-bar concept she has planned for Gunbarrel will be a very popular addition to the community.”

Proto’s dining experience has been recognized in many local and national publications, including Bon Appetit, for authentic Neapolitan style pizza, in-house made cannolis and sit-down service with linen napkins and a full bar.

“Gunbarrel Center is the perfect location for Proto’s and we could not be looking more forward to opening our doors,” Proprietor Pam Proto said in a news release. “The location is in walking distance to more than 6,000 homes, 600 new apartments and several of Boulder’s largest employers. We anticipate being very busy and look forward to becoming the gathering place in Boulder’s fastest growing neighborhood.”

It has not been determined when Proto’s will open during the summer at Gunbarrel Center, but residents and community members will have something to look forward to in the coming months.