Encore, which closes today and reopens on April 5, is also undergoing a slight makeover. "We're doing a few wear and tear updates this week, along with a little paint job and cleaning the oven," explains Reilly, whose kitchen is equipped with an oven that's very similar to the one at Oak at Fourteenth, the Boulder restaurant that's rebuilding after a fire broke out in the flue of its wood-fired oven. "We kinda figured that, after that happened, it would be a good idea to clean ours."
Reilly also has a few long-term renovation plans in store for Encore, but those won't happen this week. "We definitely need more room to accommodate our guests, and at some point down the line, we're going to reconfigure the space by taking the middle tables out of the dining room and replacing them with six booths instead," he notes. In addition, says Reilly, the space may get new carpeting, but that, too, is a future fix.
In the meantime, a new spring menu will grace tables when Encore unlocks the doors for lunch on Tuesday. April 5.
