In recent years, more and more high-end, out-of-state restaurants like Water Grill, Yardbird and Church and Union have chosen the Denver market for expansion. The latest is Le Colonial, a French ...

The concept: Fine-dining French-Vietnamese cuisine ... years later when that restaurant was in the planning stages and have been working together since. Joining her is Le Colonial’s National ...

They did so with Tran’s home-style cooking, which reminded many Vietnamese diners of home. “We realized that our mom cooked really well and cooked better than a lot of restaurants,” Le said.

He rebranded the Quincy restaurant as Pho Linh the following year, positioning it as a traditional Vietnamese noodle shop. Then, the pandemic hit, and Pho Linh’s next act became clearer as Le ...