Joining the team will be new general manager Kate Kaufman, who spent eight years in the front of the house at the Kitchen in Boulder.Ĭucci says Ophelia's will have a number of soft openings in early April, with the hard opening planned for later in the month. Ophelia's kitchen will be headed by Jeremy Kittelson, who became executive chef at Root Down in June 2013. If Linger and Root Down are good gauges, though, the menu created by Cucci and Edible Beats culinary director Daniel Asher will still be the main draw. "The live music scene on the weekends will be an experience, not just going to see a band in a big warehouse space," Cucci adds.
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The stage, dance floor and big-screen will be in the lower level, and there will be a full view of that action from the main floor.
"We put a 20-by-20-foot hole in the floor," says Cucci. In addition to the food, there will be a stage for live music on weekends, a DJ booth and dance floor, and a 25-foot projection TV. "It will be true to what we do at Linger and Root Down," Cucci explains, "with food, hospitality and beverages at a really high level."Īnd like its two sister restaurants, Ophelia's will offer a vegetable-focused and seasonal menu. The main floor will house a restaurant he describes as a gastropub (while admitting that the term has become overused).
Cucci's plans for the space are considerably grander. The brick structure has been home to various flop houses, peep shows and porn shops over the decades and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, when it housed Diamond Lil's, an adult bookstore. Ophelia's is taking over a large portion of the historic Airedale building, which first opened in 1889 as Kopper's Hotel and Saloon. But it's the long-in-the-works Ophelia's, his restaurant/bar/music venue on 20th between Larimer and Lawrence streets, that promises to make a big splash when it opens in mid-April. In the coming months, Cucci will double the size of his restaurant empire with three new concepts in various stages of development, including a vegetarian eatery and juice bar called Vital Root on Tennyson Street and another LoHi eatery. There’s also a selection of wines and beers, as well as exotic cocktails served in a traditional glass pitcher that are meant for sharing.Justin Cucci's Edible Beats restaurant group includes runaway successes Root Down and Linger in Lower Highland as well as the Root Down that opened at Denver International Airport in 2013. The cocktail menu features signature cocktails like the Pineapple Mint Collins (vodka, sekanjabin, lime, pineapple, mint and soda) The Old Turk (whiskey, Turkish coffee bitters and raw sugar) and Fez Medina (Rye, amaro, Aperol, orange bitters, cedar and lemon oil). Finish off dinner with a flan or kunefe (shredded filo dough, pistachios and goat cheese ice cream. Highlights include three different kinds of paella lamb rib shawarma tortilla espanola and whole roasted fish. The small menu is streamlined, with plates meant for sharing. In addition to Linger, El Five joins Root Down (both in LoHi and DIA), Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox and Vital Root.
The restaurant is the fifth concept for Cucci, owner of Denver-based Edible Beats. When the sun is setting, the mountainside will be stunning and the whole bar opens up, coming together as an amazing experience that marries city, nature and space.” “We found a unique challenge in trying to unify the view on all sides of the space and ultimately, we ended up finding a creative way to activate both sides for the guest,” Cucci says. Justin Cucci’s much-anticipated El Five has finally opened on the fifth floor of the building behind his famed restaurant Linger.Įl Five boasts spectacular, unobstructed views of the downtown Denver skyline, as well as a sprawling view of the Highland neighborhood and the mountains beyond.
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