James Beard nominated chef opens new restaurant in RiNo
An acclaimed chef from Lyons has brought his cooking to Denver.Chef Theo Adley, a James Beard semifinalist with his restaurant Marigold, opened his second restaurant Heretík in the River North Art District at 1441 26th St. on Friday.
The new counter-service restaurant’s menu is inspired by the cuisines of Northeast Spain and Southern France, featuring curated small plates of seafood and rotisserie cooking. Heretík will include a rotation of American-raised poultry for dishes such as the French ‘cou-nou’ chicken, guinea fowl, duck and quail and it has a raw bar of fresh seafood.
“The Basque regions along the coast have always felt like home to me; it best articulates the way I love to cook and the way I love to eat. Bringing that to Denver, the city where I found my voice as a chef, is a full-circle moment for me,” Adley said in a press release.Heretík has a six-seat counter and a 24-seat dining room with an open kitchen where “the choreography of cooking” is part of the experience, the press release said…