The restaurant: Sonny’s Mediterranean2622 W. thirty second Ave. #100, Denver
About: This fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant in LoHi has been within the making for the previous two years. Proprietor David Schloss, a former Safta chef, and his fiancé Lena Younger signed a lease for the 18-seat restaurant in Could 2021 and are actually constructing out the area.
“We have had a ‘Coming Quickly’ signal within the window for over a 12 months, which has helped us construct hype,” Younger stated. “We have already had quite a lot of repeat enterprise with individuals within the space, which is precisely what we had been hoping for.”
What’s on the menu: Named after Schloss’ canine, a Nice Pyrenees, Sonny’s focuses on falafel and rotisserie rooster. There are three kinds of pita, such because the scrumptious harissa aioli, fries, feta, Israeli salad and lettuce sandwich, and 4 signature salads, together with a traditional Greek or Fattoush salad, together with your alternative of protein.
The restaurant additionally serves half ($26) and entire ($42) rotisserie chickens for giant teams. For a snack, attempt one in all 4 kinds of hummus or mezze, akin to orzo salad and baba ganoush. Take pleasure in a menu of natural wines, draft beers from Zuni Avenue Brewing or signature cocktails such because the “Sonny Sip of Sunshine” with watermelon, cucumber, serrano, lemon, lime, mint and tequila or the Center State espresso martini, made with chilly brew of MiddleState Espresso, subsequent door.
Who cooks: Schloss is the chef. He had all the time had a ardour for cooking and spent three years after faculty serving to a buddy arrange a restaurant chain in New Orleans targeted on rotisserie rooster. He then labored at Safta for just a few years earlier than deciding to open his personal restaurant, impressed partially by touring to Greece with a highschool buddy.
opened: June 28, 2023. Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11am to 9pm
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