ABOUT

Colorado Craft is a modern restaurant concept designed to showcase the best of Colorado’s breweries, distilleries, farms and purveyors. Our chef has taken his seasonal and diverse cuisine and combined it with what our great state has to offer. We aim to support small to medium local companies in representing their individual craft. Join us at Colorado Craft where we feel as if the best memories are made while enjoying exceptional food and libations.

ABOUT

Colorado Craft is a modern restaurant concept designed to showcase the best of Colorado’s breweries, distilleries, farms and purveyors. Our chef has taken his seasonal and diverse cuisine and combined it with what our great state has to offer. We aim to support small to medium local companies in representing their individual craft. Join us at Colorado Craft where we feel as if the best memories are made while enjoying exceptional food and libations.

PURVEYORS

AXE AND THE OAK
BRISTOL
CERBERUS
COLORADO GOLD DISTILLERY
DISTILLERY 291
FIELD HOUSE
GOAT PATCH
JAK’S
LEE SPIRITS
NANO 108
PEAKS AND PINES
PIKES PEAK BREWERY
RED LEG
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BREWERY
CORNER POST
DELICIA’S BAKERY
ONE TOWN FARMS
SANGRES BEST
SCHMIDT APIARIES
THE SOURDOUGH BOULANGERIE
WILD WOMAN FISH CO

PURVEYORS

AXE AND THE OAK
BRISTOL
CERBERUS
COLORADO GOLD DISTILLERY
DISTILLERY 291
FIELD HOUSE
GOAT PATCH

JAK’S
LEE SPIRITS
NANO 108
PEAKS AND PINES
PIKES PEAK BREWERY
RED LEG
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BREWERY

CORNER POST
DELICIA’S BAKERY
ONE TOWN FARMS
SANGRES BEST
SCHMIDT APIARIES
THE SOURDOUGH BOULANGERIE
WILD WOMAN FISH CO

MEET THE TEAM

CHEF / OWNER

MARIO VASQUEZ

Born and raised in Northern California in the small town of Vacaville, Mario’s culinary influence is rooted from his very young memories of family gatherings. Coming from a father who was born into a family of 16 siblings and a mother with an equally large family, Mario has fond memories of the family’s meal preparation. From his uncles cooking whole pigs in the backyard to his grandmother making tortillas and grinding fresh hominy by hand for posole, everyone gathered in a tiny dining room to enjoy the cherished family meal.

Graduating from Le Cordon Bleu Sacramento, Mario began his culinary career in Napa, California where he started as a line cook at Farmstead restaurant, a self-sustainable farm-to-table concept located in St. Helena. Mario quickly rose through the ranks to earn his Sous Chef title under Chef Stephan Barber. After a three year stay at Farmstead, Mario set out on a lone year-long backpacking trip through France and Spain. Staying on stranger’s couches trading meals for stay, he was able to expand his palate and culinary knowledge by taking home many influences from Lyon, San Sebastian and Barcelona.

Returning to the states, Mario moved to Southern California where he landed a Sous Chef position under Chef Casey Overton with Montage Hotels and Resorts at their flagship Laguna Beach property. At the triple Five-Star Diamond resort, Mario was able to work with some of the best chefs in the area, giving him a chance to really polish his cuisine and define his own identity as a chef.

After a 3 year stay, Mario was recruited to Colorado Springs to help open the farm-inspired Till Kitchen as the Chef De Cuisine with Chefs Sheamus Feeley and Gerry Castro, ultimately winning Best New Restaurant and Best Overall their first year. Mario was then moved to the Garden of the Gods Market and Cafe as the Executive Chef for a brief period until leaving when Colorado Craft gave birth in September 2017.