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Open Brings Killer Sandwiches to American Bonded in RiNo
Denver hospitality pro Jake Riederer tapped culinary royalty for recipes and is giving a dollar from every sale to Project Angel Heart.Denise Mickelsen •
March 5, 2021
Jake Riederer certainly doesn’t think of
Open that way, his new sandwich shop located in the kitchen at American Bonded on Larimer Street in RiNo. “It’s a multi-use space, not a ghost kitchen” he says, “where there’s a baker and bar food and a focus on delivery. There’s also a mission behind it: “Eat Well. Do Good.”
In other words, Riederer created the idea behind Open a mostly delivery concept with a simple menu culled from some of the best chefs in Denver that supports local charities for the pandemic moment and beyond. It all came together rather organically as Riederer, coming off years as general manager at chef
Is an open-faced sandwich more than just a regular sandwich missing a piece of bread? Is it more than fancy toast? Jake Riederer thinks so, and he also thinks that sandwiches open-faced or not can be a good, and tasty, way to fund food-based nonprofit organizations.
That’s why he’s opening a sandwich shop with the admittedly difficult-to-Google name of Open, which he chose because his original plan called for serving only open-faced sandwiches. Riederer is now aiming to launch Open on March 1 inside American Bonded, at 2706 Larimer Street, but he won’t be making the sandwiches himself. Instead, he’s relying on his network of industry connections to build a menu of sandwiches open-faced or not designed by prominent Denver chefs.