Denver-based
Semple Brown Design has teamed up with
The Kitchen and its offshoots Next Door and Upstairs to design four new restaurants.
Two of the restaurants will be located in metro Denver -- Next Door Union Station and Next Door Glendale City Set. The firm also is designing The Kitchen restaurants in Fort Collins and Chicago.
The Kitchen co-founders, Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson, expanded their Boulder-based family of restaurants in 2011 with a downtown Denver location in the former Gumbo’s space on the 16th Street Mall at Wazee.
"We lean toward historic buildings because they represent our community and speak to our mission of 'Community Through Food,'" Musk says. "Our clean, timeless interiors match the timeless feel of a building that has been in our community for years. Semple Brown really gets that and has helped us achieve our vision of 'Community Through Food' in all our spaces."
The Kitchens new locations in metro Denver will be smaller and more intimate Next Door concepts with a lower price point.
"The Kitchen Next Door is a community pub that is fun, fast and affordable," Musk says. "It's accessible to everyone in the community."
Next Door Glendale is expected to open Feb. 26; The Kitchen Fort Collins in mid-April; and Next Door Union Station in July. The Kitchen Chicago will open later this year.
Contact Confluence Denver Development News Editor Margaret Jackson with tips and leads for future stories at margaret@confluence-denver.com.
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