Founders Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch will be focusing on Rioja, which turns twenty in November.
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And Stoic & Genuine, the restaurant that Jasinski and Gruitch opened just as Union Station celebrated its grand reopening in 2014, will be closing on September 1."We had a kick-ass ten years, and the timing was good," Jasinski says."Our lease was up, and Beth and I wanted to downsize. Beth and I have other things to do.”Crafted Conceptsand is most definitely staying in the family.
"Dana Rodriguez was our first partner; I always thought about that," says Jasinski, who worked with Rodriguez back when she was the chef at Panzano, then brought Rodriguez with her to Rioja. Rodriguez moved on to Bistro Vendôme after Crafted Concepts took over that restaurant two years later, when it was still tucked behind Larimer Square, then went on to start her own place, Work & Class, and ultimately sign on as executive chef of Casa Bonita.
They don't anticipate big changes at those restaurants, beyond some minor tweaks to the concepts, menus, beverage programs and staffing."Our plan from the start was to turn those restaurants over to the next generation of restaurateurs," Gruitch says,"and that's our plan today.
Businesspeople haven't come back to their offices since the pandemic, making lunch a very tough sell. The continuing work on the 16th Street Mall has made people think twice about coming downtown for dinner, too."They'll come down for a concert or sporting event and have no problem with that, but they think it's so unsafe," says Gruitch, noting that reality is quite the opposite.
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