Belvedere Restaurant is going in where Cafe Berlin went out

Cafe Berlin just vacated its spot on 14th Street for the 16th Street Mall, saying it couldn't move forward in a space so close to Civic Center. But another restaurant is ready to give that location a go: Belvedere Restaurant just landed its liquor license...

By Laura Shunk

May 10, 2011

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Cafe Berlin just vacated its spot on 14th Street for the 16th Street Mall, saying it couldn't move forward in a space so close to Civic Center. But another restaurant is ready to give that location a go: Belvedere Restaurant just landed its liquor license.

Kinga Klek, owner of both Kinga's Lounge and this new spot, will be doing extensive renovations to the space, transforming it into a fine-dining restaurant that, like her first Denver spot, will serve Polish food, though done on a grander scale.

"Belvedere is a Polish government," she explains. "It's like the White House. And most people recognize it's a vodka, too."

Klek says her new eatery will open on July 1, with a grand-opening celebration from July 1 to 3.

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Laura Shunk was Westword's restaurant critic from 2010 to 2012; she's also been food editor at the Village Voice and a dining columnist in Beijing. Her toughest assignment had her drinking ten martinis and eating ten Caesar salads over the course of 48 hours. She still drinks martinis, but remains lukewarm on Caesar salads.

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