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Denver’s new guard of restaurateurs is adjusting to higher wages, rising costs

Recent news that big-name chefs like Alex Seidel, Jen Jasinski, and Troy Guard are downsizing or leaving Denver altogether has led to dire predictions about the local restaurant industry. The reality is, despite the crushing weight of the rising costs of labor, goods, insurance, property taxes, and pretty much everything else, a new center is emerging. The dining scene, which has been lavished with national attention in recent years — not the least of which is having Michelin Guide arrive in the city and multiple James Beard Award winners and nods — is built on the bedrock of the old guard, the restaurateurs who helped build it. However, with pressing issues like annual minimum wage hikes (since 2021, Denver’s has been tied to the federal Consumer Price Index, and rises annually), times, as they say, are a-changin’. A new (or newish) batch of restaurant operators has become increasingly nimble and braced to tackle whatever comes their way.

 

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