Put a fork in it. The Adega adventure in Denver is done.
Alessandro Carollo, owner of suburban restaurants Venice and Chianti, has plans to reopen the lush LoDo location as Venice Restaurant and Wine Bar in late October.
Adega Restaurant + Wine Bar closed in August after three years in business – and much local and national attention.
Carollo says the LoDo Venice will be much like his other two restaurants. “The menu will be from all over Italy,” he says. “The entrees will be $10-$25 and some prime steaks. A nice authentic Italian restaurant, the cooks are from Italy.”
Look for a huge wine list of 700 Italian titles plus 200 from around the world.
Carollo will not make a lot of changes in the decor – but he’ll add a mural of Venice in the dining room.
Christian Delle Fave will cook, and well-known front-of-the-house-guy Nunzio Marino (Cliff Young’s, Palace Arms) is the general manager.
So sue me
Barbara Davis, widow of billionaire Marvin Davis, returns to Denver on Saturday night to be honored at the High Hopes Tribute Dinner, a benefit for the Children’s Diabetes Foundation. And Bob Newhart will tell after-dinner jokes!
The Davis family lived for many years in Denver and raised their eldest daughter, Patty Raynes, here. Let’s hope Denver brings back good memories – as Patty starts to sue.
According to the NY Post, Raynes filed a 169-page suit last week in Los Angeles claiming her late father, Marvin, “looted her trust fund out of ‘greed, spite and malice’ to help his ‘two favored sons’ and pay for his family’s ‘lavish lifestyle.”‘
A spokesman for Barbara Davis told the NY Post, “The family is both shocked and saddened by this action.”
Bookies
It’s book-tour season – and here are some of the authors coming to various Tattered Covers next month: Michael Connelly, Oct.4; Zadie Smith, Oct. 5; Baxter Black, Oct. 6; Nicholas Evans, Oct. 10; Reggie Rivers, Oct. 18; Chris Elliott, Oct. 19; Jack Klugman, Oct. 24.
Katrina
Remember Sorens restaurant at 315 Detroit St.? I remember when it was one of the few places you could get a NY Times on Sunday morning. Its patio comes alive again 5:30-9:30 Thursday night for a New Orleans style block party with black beans and rice from the Upper Crust, music from Buckner Funken Jazz – $15 to Katrina relief.
Oct. 5 is the date for the national event Dine for America – with many Colorado restaurants, hotels and nightspots donating a portion of their sales to Katrina relief. Check your destination at coloradorestaurant.org.
City spirit
About 150 pals showed up at Club Vinyl on Tuesday night to say “so-long” to Occasions By Sandy Man William Fogler. He’s off to a new life in Atlanta … Sightem: Green Day staying at Hotel Teatro, dining at Prima … Don’t burn your bra – donate it. SOL (store of lingerie) in Cherry Creek North collecting new and lightly used bras the month of October for the Gathering Place … Sez who: “Never accept an invitation from a stranger unless he gives you candy.” Linda Festa
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears on Fox 31 News. You can reach him at 303-820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
