With today's emphasis on fresh, seasonal produce, restaurateurs now change their menus far more often -- every month, sometimes every week. And that's what Young has planned for CY Steak, the restaurant he opened three and a half years ago at 1222 Glenarm Place, adjacent to the Diamond Cabaret, a "gentleman's club and local legend." See also: - Cliff Young stakes a claim on CY Steak - Oooh la la! Cliff Young is back, and opening a steakhouse at the Diamond Cabaret - Girls and grills at CY Steak
Young just hired a chef de cuisine for the restaurant: Douglas Mace, a graduate of Johnson & Wales and veteran of Morimoto in New York City. Mace will be coming up with a new, "grassroots" menu every week -- a three-course dinner featuring seasonal specials that will cost $30 to $35 and appeal to a market beyond the CY regulars, a younger market that might appreciate a little Las Vegas flavor here in Denver.
For those regulars, though, the restaurant will keep the big steaks -- executive chef Clem McHale is "a real old-school beef guy," says Zachary Young, who works with his father at CY -- as well as the bigger wine list (over 500 bottles, with eighteen by the glass), the cigars and the dancers. But only after 8:30 p.m. (before that, you can go next door).
And the special menu isn't the only innovation the Youngs have planned. A few years ago, Cliff thought about opening a brasserie, Zink, in a space on the same block as the Diamond. But instead, in September he and Zachary will open O Bar, just around the corner at 437 East Colfax Avenue -- in a part of downtown thirsty for a new watering hole. The bar, in a circa 1891 building, will feature grab-and-go items during breakfast and lunch; small plates, contemporary cocktails and a major happy hour on the main floor; and a late-night lounge in the downstairs space.
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