Second Home in Denver

Our friend Che is the Executive Chef at Second Home, a new restaurant opening next week (March 3rd) in the Cherry Creek JW Marriott Hotel. Che is a pretty cool and amazingly talented guy, and he was very gracious in extending us an invitation to the "soft opening" for friends and family. A soft opening is basically a trial run to get the staff tuned up for the real deal. Each party is given a randomized prefix menu to order from that, across all the guests, will give the team a real workout on all the dishes on the menu. It's also helps the waitstaff and managers work out the kinks in service. Here is a sneak peak of the menu (sorry, taken with my blackberry).



We had a great time and enjoyed some very good food. The menu is themed on home away from home cooking, and I'd characterize it as some Old and New American fare with some Italian and Asian flair. For our menu, we enjoyed the beer battered artichokes, white clam pizza, rotisserie chicken, miso glazed black cod, reverse rootbeer float, and the apple crisp. The menu is inventive and approachable. The food was very yummy, and we were very impressed by the artichokes and white clam pizza. The pizza was served with butter clams in shell, accompanied by some sea salt and red pepper flake, simply scrumptious. The staff was very friendly and attentive. I see very good things in the future for this place, it could quickly become a favorite haunt of cherry creek locals and visitors alike.