Rugby Scott Brings Local Meat to Denver’s Bonnie Brae Neighborhood

“It’s about building a community base,” says Ryan “Tuck” Tuchscherer, who, along with business partner Dan Brown, has brought the first Rugby Scott retail location to 731 South University Boulevard, in the Bonnie Brae neighborhood.

Occupying part of the former Saucy Noodle space, Rugby Scott has been in soft-opening mode but will celebrate its grand-opening weekend starting today, September 8. While the retail shop is new, it has deep roots.

In 1884, Tuchscherer’s great-great-grandfather homesteaded in Rugby, North Carolina, and began a generations-long tradition of raising livestock. Tuchscherer grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas, where that tradition expanded. The business name is an homage to the family’s history in both places, where descendants still have ranches today.

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