Kristian Lopez joined the Denver7 team in Jan. 2022. She was born and raised in Northern California.
DENVER — When Dana Rodriguez moved to Denver in 1998, she said she would have never imagined all of the success she'd have in the culinary industry. Rodriguez, who immigrated from her hometown Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua, Mexico, said her first priority in Colorado was to land a job.She began as a dishwasher at Panzano , an upscale Italian restaurant in the Hotel Monaco. It was there she met a chef who took Rodriguez under her wing.
Rodriguez worked her way through the ranks, beginning as a prep cook and then eventually becoming a sous chef at Panzano.“When I came here, I said, you have to learn to do something completely different, it’s like a challenge,' Rodriguez told Denver7. Rodriguez has been a part of opening restaurants like Rioja, Work & Class, Cantina Loca, Super Mega Bien, Casa Bonita and now Carne — a global steakhouse that opened in RiNo this summer.
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