"We are not a club," he said. "We don't want to send that out there. We are a restaurant and lounge where people can eat and chill and have a drink."

"Denver needed that French flavor, the European flavor. Most places, they always think about South Beach, Miami or New York. We haven't opened our culture to see what's out there overseas. ... I wanted to introduce Denver to that European style of lounge, the real meaning of lounge."