A Colorado chef with a long pedigree of fine dining experience is teaming up with a national restaurant group to open two new concepts in a planned building in Cherry Creek.
Brian Lockwood, who has worked at The French Laundry, Frasca Food & Wine, Eleven Madison Park and The NoMad, has joined the Boka Restaurant Group, which has partnered with renowned chefs around the country to open near 30 restaurants, including Momotaro, Boka and Girl & The Goat, all in Chicago, Elliott Aster in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Laser Wolf in Brooklyn.
The Denver Post profiled Lockwood in July 2024 as he had been a consultant on season 3 of FX’s “The Bear,” helping to train star Jeremy Allen White, who plays Carmy Berzatto. “We were able to just spend a week together just going through these techniques, you know, how to chop, how to butcher a fish, how to segment a piece of citrus, how to actually wipe your board, how to put your spoon back, or how to wear your equipment,” Lockwood said at the time.
Details about the new restaurants, including their names and cuisine styles, will be announced later this summer, according to a statement from Boka and its financier, Magnetic Capital. They will be located on the ground floor and on the rooftop of 2nd & Adams, a mixed-use development that is under construction and expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026.
Lockwood is a Boulder native who returned to Colorado during the pandemic.
The Boka Restaurant Group was founded in 2002 by James Beard Award-winning restaurateurs Rob Katz and Kevin Boehm.
