Lucy Beaugard
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In 2015, Steve Redzikowski and Bryan Dayton, owners of Oak at Fourteenth in Boulder, opened Brider at 1644 Platte Street. “It will be a chef’s take on fast-casual,” Redzikowski told Westword at the time.
In the years since, Redzikowski and Dayton closed their other Denver eatery, Acorn at the Source; replaced it with a Mexican concept, Bellota; and ultimately closed that as well (though it still has a location in Boulder). Now, Brider is saying goodbye, too.
“It’s with a heavy heart that we announce we will be closing after ten wonderful years on Platte Street,” the restaurant shared in an October 9 Instagram post. “Thank you all for dining with us and letting us cater your important moments. Last day of lunch service will be Thursday, October 23, so come get your favorites while you still can.”
Those favorites include an excellent French dip, signature rotisserie chicken, and a kale and apple salad that has amassed many fans over the years. That salad remains a staple at Oak, so you can still get a fix after October 23 — if you’re up for a drive to Boulder.
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These days, Redzikowski and Dayton’s Half Eaten Cookie Hospitality Group includes Oak, Bellota and Corrida in Boulder, plus C Burger, which makes its patties with 100 percent Colorado-raised regenerative beef. That eatery has locations in Boulder and Englewood.
Redzikowski also operates New Yorkese at Avanti in Boulder, which dishes out some seriously delicious New York-style pies.
The loss of Brider is the latest change on Platte Street, where Inside Scoop recently closed, Leroy’s Bagels opened, and the darkly-themed bar the Devil’s Drink moved into the former home of Ste Ellie and, most recently, the short-lived Luci’s Shambles & Provisions.
If all these shakeups have you yearning for something familiar and stable, just belly up to My Brother’s Bar on the corner of 15th Street, which is blissfully unchanged — except for the recent addition of brunch.
