Potager
New American restaurant · Capitol Hill
1109 Ogden St, Denver, CO 80218, USA
![Potager by Potager [official]](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/62590115/potager.0.0.jpeg "Potager by Potager [official]")
![Potager by Potager [official]](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/62590941/potager.0.0.jpeg "Potager by Potager [official]")
Highlights
Seasonal New American farm-to-table dining with a curated wine list
Seasonal New American farm-to-table dining with a curated wine list
"A bucolic farmhouse nestled in the middle of Cap Hill? Potager comes about as close as any place can to just that, from the charm of its homespun interior right down to the garden patio out back — which makes a meal here the next best thing to a weekend in the country, complete with a menu built around local, seasonal ingredients and a wine list devoted to small, sustainably minded producers." - Ruth Tobias
"Long before farm-to-table cooking entered the mainstream, this Cap Hill gem practiced it. Since 1997, the kitchen has been building its menu around locally sourced ingredients to yield such microseasonal dishes as Maine halibut with spinach, rhubarb, and pea-shoot pistou; beet-chèvre souffle with honey-lemon vinaigrette and carrot chips; and the famous wintertime cassoulet. To pair with it all, the exceedingly thoughtful wine list focuses on off-the-beaten-path bottles from sustainable producers around the world (Colorado included)." - Eater Staff
"Long before farm-to-table dining entered the mainstream, this Cap Hill gem practiced it. Since 1997, in fact, the kitchen has been building its menu around locally sourced ingredients to yield such microseasonal stunners as Maine halibut with cured asparagus, pea-shoot pistou, and spring flowers; beets and preserved mussels with fennel-seed butter, pickled shallots, and caper gremolata; and the famous wintertime cassoulet. To pair with it all, the exceedingly thoughtful wine list focuses on off-the-beaten-path bottles from sustainable producers around the world (Colorado included)." - Eater Staff
"This Capitol Hill restaurant opened in the late 1990s but in 2019, Paul and Eileen Warthen took over, breathing new life into this stalwart. It remains a community-minded space, a spot where local farmers are championed and regulars come often with kids in tow. The menu presents a roundup of enticing selections. Appetizers like the Peekytoe crab salad with basil aioli and rhubarb salsa are evidence of their love affair with local produce and their partnerships with area farmers, while entrees like tender lamb meatballs set over fattoush are particularly satisfying. Dessert can be as simple as chocolate pudding with whipped cream or more unusual as in a parfait with oregano and vanilla bean custard, rhubarb jam and sunflower seed granola." - Michelin Inspector
"Established by Teri Rippeto in 1997, this Cap Hill farm-to-fork pioneer underwent new management in 2019, but it has stayed the hyperlocal, hyper-seasonal course it charted with aplomb. In winter, the kitchen might turn out a mélange of turnips, carrots, and citrus in poppyseed-ginger vinaigrette or corned-beef flatbread with mustard-infused mascarpone and pickled celery, followed in summer by fried green tomatoes with coppa vinaigrette and corn-crescenza ravioli; naturally, the wine list follows suit, celebrating sustainable production and minimal intervention." - Ruth Tobias
