The Capital Grille, an upscale steakhouse chain that has operated a location in Larimer Square since 2003, just added a second Colorado outpost, begging the question: Are traditional steakhouses making a comeback in the metro area?
For years, the scene had been moving away from the kind of classic steakhouses that once dominated the culinary landscape, but now they’re on the rise again.
In November, the second location of a steakhouse founded in Oklahoma City, Broadway 10, debuted in Cherry Creek. In January, Jack’s Modern Steakhouse (also known as Jack’s on Pearl), opened a two-story location in Lone Tree, though just a week later, it was forced to close following a fire and has yet to reopen. And this summer, Bryan Dayton, the restaurateur behind Boulder’s Corrida and Oak at Fourteenth, is opening a steakhouse dubbed the Stockton in the Livestock Exchange at the National Western Center…