![]() On the drink menu, expect mojitos and daiquiris. I hope that I get to throw the chairs against the wall and have people dancing down the middle of that tight bar," Lebedevitch says. "It's going to have an intimate kind of feel. A painting that artist Joaquin Gonzales gave Padró of him as a boy with his late father in a hammock under a mango tree in Puerto Rico hangs in the long and narrow space, which has been outfitted with a new skylight to bring in plenty of sunshine during the day there is also be a small front patio. With the name chosen, the rest of the concept unfolded naturally. "It was perfectly accidental as to how the name came about," Lebedevitch notes, recalling a team meeting when someone said, "Ay, Papi," a phrase that Padró has heard his whole life.įor Puerto Ricans, he says, "'papi' is a term of endearment." ![]() The name of the bar was inspired by the Puerto Rican heritage of the group's founder, Juan Padró. ![]() Now the busy restaurant group is adding another bar to its lineup: Ay Papi, which opens July 4 at 248 Detroit Street in Cherry Creek, next door to one of the area's two Aviano Coffee locations - a concept also run by Culinary Creative. The drinks are incredibly important, and the drinks have to be good, right? But what really needs to be good is the way that people feel when they're there," says Nicole Lebedevitch, partner and beverage director for the Culinary Creative Group, which is behind hits like A5 Steakhouse, Señor Bear, Bar Dough, Carrie Baird's new breakfast spot Fox and the Hen, and Red Tops Rendezvous, a Detroit-style pizza joint that debuted on July 1. "Cocktails are important, but they're not the end all, be all.
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