Michelin-starred chef opens restaurant with only 2 items on the menu

DENVER (KDVR) — A Michelin-starred chef co-opened a restaurant in the Union Station neighborhood with only two items on the menu: A burger and fries.

NADC Burger originally laid roots in Texas and Chicago as a partnership between Michelin-starred chef Phillip Frankland Lee and famous skateboarder Neen Williams.

The concept came as a "laidback setting," and with only a few options on the menu at the restaurant on Larimer Square, the vibe is just that.

While the shop only has a burger and fries, it still lives up to its Michelin-starred background.

The burger is 100% full-blooded wagyu beef from Texas’s RC Ranch and comes with spices from Neen Williams’ spice company, NADC. The burger comes with American cheese, secret sauce, onions, pickles and "slightly tamed" jalapenos.

Meanwhile, the restaurant offers golden fries that can be made "Beast Mode," or loaded by adding cheese, diced pickles, "slightly tamed" jalapenos, special sauce and seasoning.

The shop opened next to John Fluevog Shoes Denver and Garage Sale Vintage on Friday at 1441 Larimer St. and is open Monday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to midnight.

This is one of two restaurants the multi-Michelin-starred venture, Scratch Restaurants Group, has brought to Larimer Square. The husband-and-wife team is also opening Sushi by Scratch Restaurants by the end of the year.

The restaurant with a 10-seat omakase-style counter will open in the 19th-century Joe Replin Building at 1441 Larimer St., a few doors down from the burger shop.