"I chose this concept because no one else in Denver is doing anything else like it," says owner Denny Duong, who moved to Denver five years ago from Arkansas. "I've cooked Cajun food my whole life, but I also love chicken wings and Vietnamese food, so this is going to be a combination of Vietnamese food, Southern cooking and great wings."
Duong decided to open the joint after graduating with an engineering degree from the University of Colorado Denver and striking out on the employment front. "I couldn't find a job in engineering," he says, shrugging, "but I'm really passionate about food, especially Louisiana-style food, so I opened a restaurant instead."
Duong says his favorite dish on the menu is the gumbo, a "very, very spicy recipe," he warns, that was "created from years and years of eating gumbo."
Red Claw will be open Sunday through Thursday from noon to 10 p.m. and from noon to midnight Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 720-328-3620.