Jim Pittenger, who founded the unique Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs in 2005 before leaving the company in July due to a dispute with the majority investor, has opened a new pop-up restaurant in the Denver Milk Market, a market hall in Lower Downtown.

Bikers & Bakers will sell “a variety of signature hot dogs” Thursday through Saturday, “including elk jalapeno cheddar sausage, wild boar sausage and a bacon cheddar bratwurst, with toppings ranging from classics to cream cheese and caramelized onions,” according to a statement from Sage Hospitality.

These are some of the flavors Pittenger once made at Biker Jim’s.

On Saturday mornings, Pittenger serves lemon ricotta pancakes, sour cream waffles and other breakfast foods from Lou’s Hot & Naked food stand at the market.

Pittenger started Biker Jim’s as a food truck at the Sixteenth Street Mall and eventually opened a standalone restaurant at 2148 Larimer St. The company later licensed its name and food to kiosks at Coors Field, Empower Field at Mile High and Ball Arena. In 2021, Pittenger sold the company to his then-friend Andrew Soulakis in exchange for shares in Soulakis’ holding company. However, he stayed on as president.

But in July, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, owner of Ball Arena, sued Biker Jim’s for unpaid fees and evicted the concession stand, prompting Pittenger to leave the company he founded and criticize how it is currently run.