B&B Butchers leased 10,000 square feet on Blake Street in LoDo. Photos coutesy of the company.
After eyeing Denver for three years, a Texas-based restaurateur is bringing his restaurant to the Mile High City.
Benjamin Berg signed a lease with McWhinney to open B&B Butchers at 1855 Blake St. in the Dairy Block project. Berg said the steakhouse and butcher shop will take up two floors and roughly 10,000 square-feet.
“I really love quaint old buildings and the story and the history of that Dairy Block,” Berg said.
Berg said he was approached by McWhinney, who owns the Dairy Block, to see if he’d be interested in bringing B&B Butchers to Denver. But, then the pandemic hit.
“I was in Denver the morning I woke up and oil was at a negative number, I was like ‘oh no … our world is about to collapse,” Berg said.
Lockdowns were lifted, and both parties were still onboard, so he committed to the space. He’s investing roughly $6.5 million in construction. Right now he’s in the permitting process, but hopes to open in about ten months.
Benjamin Berg worked in steakhosues for decades before opening his own chain.
Architecture firm Unum Collaborative is designing the space.
He said the Dairy Block location will have different flares, such as cooking beef in front of the guests, that you can’t find at other locations. The restaurant offers a variety of steaks ranging from $59 to $330. Berg’s favorite menu item is the house-cured lamb that “melts in your mouth.”
The concept will compete with nearby LoDo steakhouses like Elways, STK Steakhouse and ChopHouse & Brewery.
Other Dairy Block concepts include Blanchard Family Wines, Kachina Kitchen and Westbound and Down. The Milk Market, a 16-stall food hall across the alley from B&B Butchers, was recently sold by prominent Denver restaurateur Frank Bonanno to Sage Hospitality.
Berg founded B&B Butchers in 2015 as a nod to his grandfather, who was a butcher. Before that, Berg had worked in steakhouses for nearly 20 years.
“My initial idea was, why don’t we show off that we do all the butchering and offer that as another experience,” he said. “And I kind of felt those classic butcher shops had gone away.”
He opened the second B&B in Fort Worth in 2018 and started his hospitality group, Berg Hospitality, shortly after. The group now has seven concepts, mostly in Texas, and did roughly $70 million in revenue last year.
Berg said he hopes to open three or four Berg Hospitality concepts in Denver. Right now he’s looking in neighborhoods like RiNo and Cherry Creek.
B&B Butchers leased 10,000 square feet on Blake Street in LoDo. Photos coutesy of the company.
After eyeing Denver for three years, a Texas-based restaurateur is bringing his restaurant to the Mile High City.
Benjamin Berg signed a lease with McWhinney to open B&B Butchers at 1855 Blake St. in the Dairy Block project. Berg said the steakhouse and butcher shop will take up two floors and roughly 10,000 square-feet.
“I really love quaint old buildings and the story and the history of that Dairy Block,” Berg said.
Berg said he was approached by McWhinney, who owns the Dairy Block, to see if he’d be interested in bringing B&B Butchers to Denver. But, then the pandemic hit.
“I was in Denver the morning I woke up and oil was at a negative number, I was like ‘oh no … our world is about to collapse,” Berg said.
Lockdowns were lifted, and both parties were still onboard, so he committed to the space. He’s investing roughly $6.5 million in construction. Right now he’s in the permitting process, but hopes to open in about ten months.
Benjamin Berg worked in steakhosues for decades before opening his own chain.
Architecture firm Unum Collaborative is designing the space.
He said the Dairy Block location will have different flares, such as cooking beef in front of the guests, that you can’t find at other locations. The restaurant offers a variety of steaks ranging from $59 to $330. Berg’s favorite menu item is the house-cured lamb that “melts in your mouth.”
The concept will compete with nearby LoDo steakhouses like Elways, STK Steakhouse and ChopHouse & Brewery.
Other Dairy Block concepts include Blanchard Family Wines, Kachina Kitchen and Westbound and Down. The Milk Market, a 16-stall food hall across the alley from B&B Butchers, was recently sold by prominent Denver restaurateur Frank Bonanno to Sage Hospitality.
Berg founded B&B Butchers in 2015 as a nod to his grandfather, who was a butcher. Before that, Berg had worked in steakhouses for nearly 20 years.
“My initial idea was, why don’t we show off that we do all the butchering and offer that as another experience,” he said. “And I kind of felt those classic butcher shops had gone away.”
He opened the second B&B in Fort Worth in 2018 and started his hospitality group, Berg Hospitality, shortly after. The group now has seven concepts, mostly in Texas, and did roughly $70 million in revenue last year.
Berg said he hopes to open three or four Berg Hospitality concepts in Denver. Right now he’s looking in neighborhoods like RiNo and Cherry Creek.
