Troy Guard, shown here at his restaurant TAG in Larimer Square, is opening a breakfast-focused restaurant in Stapleton. (Denver Post file photo)
is opening his first breakfast joint.
The as-of-yet-unnamed breakfast concept will be located in the , a King Soopers-anchored development that’s proposed for Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Havana Street in Denver. Construction won’t begin until later this year, with store openings projected by early fall 2016, according to developers City Street Investors and Evergreen Development.
Guard, who lives in Stapleton, said the restaurant will “definitely have that TAG vibe, where you’re going to get cool, fun service, great, food, a value, and just a cool place to hang out.”
“We do brunch twice a year at and twice a year at . It’s super fun and it sells out. It’s super fun to be creative and come up with dishes,” he said.
He and his team are still working out details, but he said his take on breakfast will lean more toward the savory — a grilled lamb neck Benedict, goat burrito, maybe lemon ricotta quinoa pancakes topped with house-made granola.
“I know it sounds crazy but people are more into trying new things,” Guard said. “For me, I don’t want to eat a big sugary breakfast or a gut-buster and then go to work or to play. I want to have energy. I want to feel good.”
“I want to do a continental twist — Mexican, American, Indian, Moroccan, I just want to get a lot of fun flavors in there.”
In addition to breakfast, Guard fans in Stapleton will also get his take on Mexican street food — the chef-restaurateur has also committed to opening an outpost of in the development. (A second Los Chingones will open in the Denver Tech Center in August, Guard said. The original is in Denver’s Ballpark neighborhood.)
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