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Like a big hug at the end of a long day.

With one arm around modern home-cooking and the other out-stretched around a chic, ambient, fire-lit setting, Second Home Kitchen + Bar delivers modern American home cooking with spins on timeless favorites. In a space that evokes a sense of style and ease, Second Home offers an honest menu accompanied by an abundant selection of hand-crafted American micro-brews and international wines – without pretense and with all the comforts of home. Second Home puts both the main kitchen and a large in-house rotisserie to work to offer a complex, yet familiar semblance of meat, poultry and fish dishes. A variety of artisanal pizzas arrive straight from the restaurant’s brick oven to the table and side dishes are classic accompaniments to the comforts found in each and every meal. Relax in a setting that recalls cozy weekend getaways, while indulging in the fine food of a cosmopolitan restaurant. In no time at all, you’ll be calling this urban retreat your second home.

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Executive Chef

Jeff Bolton

Jeff Bolton, Executive Chef for Second Home Kitchen and Bar and the JW Marriott, Cherry Creek, brings his passion for culinary excellence to the table by creating a unique restaurant, banquet and in-room dining, and overall experience in the 196-room luxury property that blends luxurious appointments with state-of-the-art amenities.

Denver native Jeff Bolton is glad to be home at Second Home, creating polished comfort food that’s innovative, unexpected and delicious. Since childhood, Bolton inherited a love of food from his Cuban grandfather, and knew he was destined for the kitchen. Because of his cultural upbringing, Bolton began experimenting with food from around the globe. Willing to try anything once, he bravely entered the unknown, sampling familiar dishes from every cuisine and adding his own flair.

Bolton graduated from The Culinary Institute of America with an associate degree in culinary arts in 2000; he also studied with local chefs John Platt and Erik Roeder at Q’s Restaurant in the Hotel Bolderado. Bolton honed his culinary skills in Kentucky, where he helped open Proof On Main, which was rated one of the 20 best new restaurants in the US by Esquire, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Martha’s Vineyard, Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina. In New York, alongside Chef Michael Paley, he prepared a James Beard dinner.

General Manager

Mark Orttel

Mark Orttel joined Second Home Kitchen + Bar in March 2013, bringing with him two decades of experience managing profitable hospitality operations throughout North America.

 

Located in Denver’s chic Cherry Creek North shopping district, Second Home Kitchen + Bar is a unique concept developed by Sage Restaurant Group, offering modern American home cooking with cosmopolitan spins on timeless favorites.

 

Orttel joined Second Home after a transformative two-year stint as interim manager of Colorado’s famous and historic Stanley Hotel.  As corporate director of food and beverage he increased sales by double digits and reinvented the Stanley’s dining experience through the development of one of America’s largest whiskey collections at the property’s well-preserved 1900’s era bar.

 

At Second Home, Orttel is obsessed with service, creating a welcoming atmosphere that recalls cozy weekend getaways while providing guests with an unrivaled dining experience.

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