Telegraph will open in Wash Park this July. (Photo by Colleen O’Connor)
A new bistro is coming to Wash Park, taking over the space that formerly housed Café Bar and Grey Cactus Cocina. Called Telegraph, it’s owned by Chris Sargent, who owns the that opened last September.
“I’d always been eyeballing this,” said Sargent, at work on the reconstruction Friday afternoon.
When he moved to Denver about five years ago, he lived in the Country Club neighborhood, and Café Bar was a local eatery. A few months ago, his wife spotted all the and immediately called him to say the space was available.
He immediately got in touch with the landlord, and a contract was signed four days later.
They hope to open on July 15. The menu of new American cuisine, “seasonal and with a lot of fun flavors,” says Sargent, will include seafood and lots of vegetables.
Sargent, who previously worked at Acorn and Rioja, is bringing a kitchen team that’s got experience at restaurants like Linger, Acorn, and Rioja. Chef Craig Field, who worked at Rioja, is chef de cuisine, and executive chef is Brian Wilson, also of Rioja. Sous chef Maggie Restive opened Brazen with Sargent, and Jorge Cazares, formerly of Linger, will head the brunch and lunch teams.
Currently, they’re working on the interior space, which will have a wrap-around chef’s counter. Sargent’s vision for the exterior includes awnings and lots of plants, “like a Brooklyn neighborhood,” he said.
The space at 295 S. Pennsylvania Street has cycled through four different restaurants since 2010 — Pho Basil, Pho Pasta, CafeBar and Grey Cactus – but Sargent is betting that the talents of his team, with a focus on top-quality service, will produce a successful bistro.
His other venture, the Sunnyside restaurant Kindred, has been pushed back until spring 2015 so he can focus on this unexpected opportunity.
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