In 2018, four years after establishing a RiNo hit with Work & Class, chef Dana Rodriguez and partners Tony Maciag and Tabatha Knop debuted a second eatery across the street. Tucked inside the Ramble Hotel, Super Mega Bien brought something totally new to the neighborhood: pan-Latin dim sum, complete with roving carts.
But soon, it will say goodbye for good. “With full hearts and deep gratitude, we’re sharing that Super Mega Bien will be closing on March 14,” it just announced in a social media post.
When Westword‘s 2019 Best of Denver was released, Super Mega Bien nabbed the editor’s pick for Best New Restaurant over spots like the Wolf’s Tailor and Safta, thanks to “the lively atmosphere that lands on the enjoyable side of chaotic,” the “meals served on Latin American dim sum carts and in cauldrons bubbling from the heat of oven-baked stones” and the “warm service that gets you what you need, when you need it, without much fuss,” wrote then-food editor Mark Antonation…