American Elm is reopening for Mother’s Day weekend, two weeks after two of the restaurant’s employees were killed in a tragic double homicide.
The West Highland restaurant, located at 4132 W. 38th Ave., will reopen from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday this week and open for brunch starting at 10 a.m. on Mother’s Day this Sunday. Chef Daniel Mangin and the American Elm team have also curated a to-go brunch offering for $98, which is available to order by May 11 at noon
American Elm will then be closed May 15-17, but will resume service seven days a week for happy hour, dinner and weekend brunch on May 18. Reservations are available .
Police are still looking for a suspect, or suspects, in the ongoing case of the deaths of Emerall Vaughn-Dahler, American Elm’s general manager, and Ignacio “Nacho” Gutierrez Morales, a prep cook. Gutierrez Morales, 58, had worked for the restaurant since it opened in 2019. He is survived by three children, Cinthia, 36, Johnathan 32, and Alex, 18. Vaughn-Dahler, 34, joined American Elm in June 2021 and is survived by her son, Michael, 12, and her husband, Andrew.
was posted last month to aid the victim’s families and exceeded its goal of $100,000 with a total of $150,993 raised. And on May 1, Hope & Pie hosted a silent auction and buffet-style dinner with more than 30 local businesses to raise funds for the families.
American Elm: Open Monday through Thursday from 4 to 10 p.m.; Friday from 4 to 11 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; ; 720-749-3186
