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April is Colorado Architecture Month, but the celebration isn’t limited to concrete and steel structures. The American Institute of Architecture’s Colorado branch has partnered with five local restaurants on Delicious Designs, to show how architecture affects “where we live, work, play… and even eat!”
Desserts, specifically. Here’s the lineup:
Coohills
1400 Wewatta Street
Dessert description: Marjolaine “Fernand Point” with vanilla sauce and hazelnut spears
Dessert inspiration: Parker Performing Arts Center
Chef: Tom Coohill
Dessert designer: Leila Schwyhart, Semple Brown Architects (Denver)
Restaurant architect: Semple Brown Architects (Denver)
Delicious Design served: through April 30
Sugar Bakeshop
277 Broadway
Dessert description: Dark chocolate cheesecake on an espresso cookie crust framed by a white chocolate Eiffel tower and a citrus sugar cookie moon
Dessert inspiration: Eiffel Tower
Chef: Natalie Slevin
Shop and dessert architect: Mike Wisneski, AIA, Michael Wisneski, Architect (Denver)
Delicious Design served: Through April 29
Caroline’s at the Colorado Wine Country Inn
777 Grande River Drive, Palisade
Dessert description: Brownie with ice cream and chocolate fudge
Dessert onspiration: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater
Chef: Jim Siemans
Dessert architect: John Galloway, AIA, Wagner/Galloway LLC (Palisade)
Inn architect: JG Johnson Architects, P.C. (Denver)
Delicious Design served: Friday and Saturday dinners in April
PastaVino
1043 Pearl Street, Boulder
Dessert description: Napoleone con Pannacotta e Gelato (strawberry napoleon, served with coffee pannacotta and chocolate gelato)
Dessert inspiration: Studio H:T’s Plains Residence
Chef: Fabio Flagiello
Restaurant and dessert architects: Brad Tomecek, AIA, and Christopher Herr, AIA, Studio H:T (Denver and Boulder)
Delicious Design served: Through April 30
Zi South
2229 Blake Street
Dessert description: Devil’s food cake and a cannoli shell filled with white chocolate mousse topped with a white chocolate disk
Dessert inspiration: Coors Field outfield
Chef: Kevin Atwood
Dessert architect: Adam Harding, AIA, Roth Sheppard Architects (Denver)
Restaurant architect: Roth Sheppard Architects (Denver)
Delicious Design served: Through April 30
Vote on your favorite dessert here through April 30.
To learn more about AIA Colorado and other events during Colorado Architecture Month, visit the AIA Colorado website.
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