If your favorite chef has a spring in her step this month, it’s because September is peak produce season in Colorado — the goods are really rolling in. To celebrate, members of the Denver Independent Network of Restaurants will offer special one-week-only menus showcasing Colorado ingredients starting Saturday. Some of what’s on the menu this year:
1515 Restaurant
A $35 fixed-price menu includes gems like Colorado corn chowder, Colorado striped bass or slow-cooked Colorado lamb with raita, and a Colorado peach Melba. 1515 Market St., 303-571-0011,
Beatrice & Woodsley
One of the week’s most innovative menus includes local heirloom pepper soup with Jumpin’ goat feta, a roasted apricot salad, a braise of locally raised goat shoulder, a potato pave with Olathe corn, and a Colorado cherry tart. 38 S. Broadway, 303-777-3505,
Dixons
Choose a la cart from a Colorado lamb salad, Colorado- raised beef short ribs braised with local chiles, risotto with locally grown pumpkin and a sundae topped with Leopold Bros. blackberry liqueur. 1610 16th St., 303-573-6100,
Highland’s Garden Cafe
HGC’s luxurious offerings include Colorado peach soup, smoked local trout, pot au feu with local beef and pine nut crepes with lavender and honey. 3927 W. 32nd Ave., 303-458-5920,
Jonesy’s EatBar
Jonesy’s brings beer into the mix: Colorado bison chili with Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout, Dale’s Pale Ale beer-can Red Bird chicken and Colorado goat cheese pound cake. 400 E. 20th Ave., 303-863-7473,
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