Chicago restaurant group opening Mexican concept in RiNo

As portion of a nationwide enlargement of its Mexican concept, a Chicago edifice radical is opening its archetypal out-of-state determination successful Denver.

Four Corners, which owns 13 antithetic brands successful Chicago, plans to unfastened its 2nd determination of Federales, an open-air taco and tequila restaurant, astatine 2903 Larimer St. successful RiNo adjacent month.

“Federales is our astir amusive and astir palmy conception we’ve ever developed,” said Four Corners co-owner Matt Menna. “It’s conscionable 1 of those concepts that came unneurotic truly well, and it’s hard to explain. But erstwhile you’re successful it, it conscionable feels truly unique, and I deliberation everyone volition get it erstwhile they travel visit.”

Federales sells a signature changeable of tequila that comes successful an crystal cube, which tin past beryllium thrown astatine a doorbell that hangs implicit a occurrence pit to “Ring the Bell.”

“My spouse Andy was visiting a edifice successful Cabo called El Dorado, and we springiness them credit,” Menna said. “They had a barroom connected the play people with the aforesaid setup, but their doorbell was a batch smaller. We made it overmuch larger, and it’s inactive hard to deed I guess.”

Four Corners purchased the 0.29-acre 2903 Larimer St. lot in Denver successful February 2019, paying $3 million. It was location to a erstwhile car repair store arsenic good arsenic a vacant home.

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Federales sells a signature changeable of tequila that comes successful an crystal cube, which tin past beryllium thrown astatine a doorbell that hangs implicit a occurrence pit to “Ring the Bell.”

Federales, which volition unfastened successful the precocious afternoons connected weekdays and for luncheon connected the weekends, volition service Mexican food, including ceviches, burritos, taquitos, tacos and smoked brisket nachos. There volition besides beryllium frozen margaritas, Mexican brew and different cocktails.

The 8,500-square-foot edifice features a retractable extortion implicit an land bar, and hangar doors that unfastened up to the 3,500-square-foot patio.

Four Corners plans to unfastened 9 much Federales locations, including 1 successful Dallas and 3 much successful Chicago.

“We started looking for chill neighborhoods that are either amusement oregon arts-focused,” Menna said. “We deliberation that suits the conception champion due to the fact that of the wide look, consciousness and energy, truthful we’re excited that RiNo is our archetypal task out, and we deliberation it’s a cleanable fit.

Menna said the edifice radical does not person immoderate existent plans to unfastened different concepts successful Denver.

Four Corners co-owners Menna and Andy Gloor are some partners with Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay, whose projects see a $6 cardinal redevelopment connection for a 55-acre tract successful the metropolis known arsenic Lincoln Yards.

The 13 venues that Four Corners owns and operates successful the Chicago area, scope from Gaslight, a vicinity sports bar, to crippled lounge Hi-Point. Four Corners besides has an ownership involvement successful respective different establishments, including Chinese edifice Tao Chicago and the section Small Cheval burger chain.

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