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Learn how-to cook tomato soup and hummus with The Kitchen in Boulder, Colorado.
How did you get started?
The idea of The Kitchen started in 2002 when Kimbal Musk and Jen Lewin met Hugo Matheson on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colo. They shared a spontaneous dinner which spurred the idea to create a community bistro where friends and family could gather to enjoy good food, drink and conversation. The Kitchen opened its doors in March 2004. Kimbal, Jen and Hugo co-founded The Kitchen to have a deep sense of community through food.
Where are you located?
The Kitchen opened its first location in downtown Boulder, Colo. on Pearl Street in 2004. Two years later, in 2006, the co-founders opened The Kitchen Upstairs, a cocktail lounge, strategically located right upstairs from The Kitchen. Several years later, in 2011, The Kitchen Next Door, a community pub, opened its doors right "next door" to the original restaurant. Today The Kitchen remains a trio of three restaurants located on Pearl Street in Boulder along with five other locations in Denver, Fort Collins and Chicago.
Here is a list of all of our locations:
The Kitchen Boulder
Upstairs Boulder
Next Door Boulder
The Kitchen Denver
Next Door Glendale
The Kitchen Fort Collins
Next Door Union Station
The Kitchen Chicago
What are your specialities?
The Kitchen is focused on serving food and drink that is responsibly and consciously sourced from a community of farmers, ranchers, fishermen, winemakers, brewers and other purveyors who have relationships with our owners, chefs and staff. By sourcing local, natural food, The Kitchen community bistro offers fresh and seasonal dishes. The Kitchen steak frites, tomato soup and bolognese continue to be staples on The Kitchen menu.
What's your personal favorite thing on the menu?
Garlic Fries!
What's on the stereo?
It's all about conversation at The Kitchen.
Where else should we visit in your area?
In Boulder, Black Cat Bistro, Oak at Fourteenth and Frasca are favorites of The Kitchen family. Root Down and Linger are great options and are located in the Denver Highlands. Jax is one of our favorite seafood restaurants with Boulder, Denver, Glendale and Fort Collins locations all near The Kitchen. In Chicago, we're fans of Avec and The Purple Pig.
Do you host any special events?
Yes! Every Monday is Community Night at The Kitchen Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins and Chicago. Guests join us for a four-course, family-style dinner around our Community Table. It's a wonderful way for residents and travelers alike to share good food, good drink and good community. Proceeds from Community Night in Boulder benefit The Kitchen Community, the 501c3 nonprofit arm of The Kitchen restaurants and its efforts to build Learning Gardens in local schools.
Is there anything else you'd like us to know?
Our mission at both The Kitchen family of restaurants and The Kitchen Community nonprofit is community through food. This means that we believe in the power of good food and good drink to connect people as family, friends & a community.
If you'd like more information about our nonprofit, The Kitchen Community, and our efforts to build Learning Gardens in schools across the nation, please visit our website at http://TKC.org
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