Award-winning Denver Chef Elise Wiggins has opened Cattivella, a wood-fired Italian restaurant, in the Stapleton neighborhood’s Eastbridge Town Center.
Located on the southwest corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Galena Street, Cattivella joins upcoming chef-driven restaurants from Troy Guard, Lon Symensma, and the Kitchen Next Door.
“This is my ’hood, and I can’t wait to welcome my neighbors and friends into Cattivella,” Wiggins says. “This project is a dream come true for me.”
Wiggins brings decades of experience to Cattivella, including a 12-year stint as executive chef of Panzano. Cattivella’s menu is influenced by Wiggins’ many trips to Italy.
The focus of attention is the exhibition kitchen featuring an Acunto wood-burning pizza oven and a wood-burning grill from J&R Manufacturing. There is seating at the pastificio (pasta table) section of the chef’s counter where all pastas are house-made. There also are views of the Butchers’ Corner.
The wine program lists more than a dozen Italian wines by the glass. Big Bottle Mondays will showcase magnum and larger bottles of specially selected wines poured by the glass. A Coravin dispensing system will allow guests to purchase a taste of highly rated Brunellos, Barbarescos, Super Tuscans and others that might be too pricey by the bottle.
Cattivella will be open daily for happy hour and dinner, as well as brunch on the weekends.
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