The cross-country connection between New York City and Denver at the Ramble Hotel will deepen this summer as the co-founder of Death & Co., its cocktail bar and brunch locale, prepares to open another of his renowned concepts inside the RiNo hotel.
This time around, it’s a new outpost of Soda Club, a wine bar that Death & Co.’s Ravi Derossi and wine director Drew Brady first opened in Manhattan in 2021. Soda Club is a Michelin Guide-rated “Bib Gourmand” restaurant for its price and quality.
The pair will also add handmade pastas at the hotel, 1260 25th St., in a space last used by Super Mega Bien, which shuttered this year amid a legal dispute. They expect to open for business by August.
“When we decided to expand Soda Club, Denver was our first choice,” Derossi, who is from Colorado, said in a statement. “Itap exciting to bring this vision back to my home state in such a vibrant location.”
The name Soda Club, according to the Michelin Guide’s , “is derived from Italy’s tradition of hand-crafted sodas; and its spirit from the turbulent Prohibition era.
“There are also natural wines to accompany the seasonal, deftly executed vegan dishes,” the guide says of the original East Village restaurant, led by executive chef Amira Gharib.
Fresh pasta dishes that change seasonally and “pinsa”, a traditional pizza with a lighter crust made from rice and wheat flours, will be on the menu at the Denver location. At some point, Derossi and his team would like to conduct lessons on pasta-making.
Death & Co. opened in 2018 as the inaugural cocktail bar of the Ramble Hotel. Like the bar in New York City, it has earned nods for its stylish approach, including being named one of North America’s 50 best bars by the World’s 50 Best rankings in 2022.
