{"id":14199,"date":"2026-04-29T18:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/14199\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:45:08","slug":"madeline-opening-in-former-fruition-space-in-denver-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/14199\/","title":{"rendered":"Madeline opening in former Fruition space in Denver next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quincy Cherrett, a Culinary Institute of America graduate with an eye for fine dining and a taste for Japanese and Thai cuisine, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/12\/17\/sushi-den-izakaya-den-chef-open-restaurant-denver-fruition-6th-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open his latest venture<\/a> next month at 1313 E. 6th Ave. in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Calling it \u201ca culmination of everything that\u2019s shaped me,\u201d Madeline has big shoes to fill. It takes the physical place of chef Alex Seidel\u2019s Fruition Restaurant, a farm-to-table restaurant that left a lasting impression on Denver cuisine and drew raves for nearly two decades <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2024\/12\/16\/fruition-restaurant-closing-denver-michelin-chef-alex-seidel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">until closing<\/a> in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to create an atmosphere and menu that feel both elevated and entirely unpretentious,\u201d Cherrett said in a statement. \u201cJust as important, we\u2019re building a space where both the kitchen and front-of-house teams can grow, feel supported and take ownership in what we\u2019re creating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He and his staff are gearing up for an official opening on Thursday, May 7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The halibut plate at Madeline, a new restaurant opening May 7, 2026 in 1313 E. 6th Ave., Denver. (Publicity photo courtesy of Prim + Co)\" width=\"5472\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TDP-L-FRUITIONMADELINE-04.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"7493347\" \/>The halibut plate at Madeline, a new restaurant opening May 7, 2026 in 1313 E. 6th Ave., Denver. (Publicity photo courtesy of Prim + Co)<\/p>\n<p>Cherrett\u2019s previous concepts, 22 Provisions and Eloise, were both located inside of Denver\u2019s Avanti Food and Beverage and focused on handmade pastas and upscale American fare.<\/p>\n<p>Madeline\u2019s menu, on the other hand, will have Asian influences that stem from his early work in Jackson Hole, Wyo., including at Teton Thai and The Kitchen, and from his prior role as executive chef at Izakaya Den in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Dishes he has highlighted so far include halibut with green curry and black rice; scallops with pear slices pickled in jasmine tea over a white miso celery root puree; agnolotti pasta filled with lamb and spring pea, mint and morel mushrooms; and black sesame cheesecake for dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Madeline is a family affair, as both Cherrett\u2019s sister and father are working alongside him and offering advice, he said. This recalls his upbringing under his dad in the hotel business.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is named after his baby niece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our new food newsletter, Stuffed, to get Denver food and drink news sent straight to your inbox. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quincy Cherrett, a Culinary Institute of America graduate with an eye for fine dining and a taste for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11527,4663,11534,11533,11528,2590,11529,2945,4664,8,17,2944,500,11530,173,11531,628,4665,149,11532],"class_list":{"0":"post-14199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japan","8":"tag-avanti","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-news","11":"tag-country-club","12":"tag-denver","13":"tag-dining","14":"tag-farm-to-table","15":"tag-food-and-drink","16":"tag-front-range","17":"tag-japan","18":"tag-japanese","19":"tag-latest-headlines","20":"tag-lifestyle","21":"tag-mushrooms","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-restaurant-opening-and-closing","24":"tag-restaurants","25":"tag-the-know","26":"tag-things-to-do","27":"tag-wyoming"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}