TAG Restaurant Group, owned by chef Troy Guard, will open an American restaurant in 8,687 square feet of ground-level space in early 2014.
It will be the fourth Denver restaurant opened by Guard, who also owns the original TAG in Larimer Square,
TAG Raw and TAG Burger Bar.
Plans call for the largest street-level outdoor patio downtown, according to Brookfield officials, a 2-story glass wall facing 18th Street, an outdoor fireplace and lounge and “a wrap-around, open kitchen.”
The restaurant has not been named.
“Brookfield is thrilled that Chef Guard and his investors have chosen 1801 California for the newest addition to TAG Restaurant Group’s family of renowned restaurants,” said David Sternberg, senior vice president for Brookfield’s Midwest and Mountain Regions. “Chef Guard’s high-quality cuisine is a fitting addition to the other upgrades coming on line here with our $50-million renovation.”
Brookfield (NYSE: BPO), a subsidiary of Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc., paid $215 million for the 54-story former Qwest headquarters in December 2011. It took over the master lease from CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) almost a year ago and has been renovating the 1.3 million square foot building.
It also recently announced Ink Coffee would be a ground-level retailer.
The new restaurant will “artfully showcase meat, poultry, and game through skillful culinary interpretations that offer house-crafted charcuterie and hand-made cheeses, an ultra-fresh raw bar, an in-kitchen rotisserie and wood fired grill,” according to Brookfield.
“With the exploding culinary scene here, there’s no place better than Denver to be a chef right now,” Guard said. “I’m really looking forward to expanding the restaurant scene downtown with our progressive American grill concept at 1801 California.”
Kelly Greene, president of Urban Legend, a division of Legend Retail Group, represented TAG while Brookfield was represented in-house by Peter Pavlakis and by Caroline Crowther of Legend.
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