Sherpa House Restaurant Offers A Taste of the Himalayas Comforting Nepalese fare complements a cozy ambiance dedicated to Sherpa culture at the Golden restaurant. Karen Williams • July 14, 2021 “When people come to the Sherpa House, they shouldn’t feel like they’re walking into a restaurant; they should feel like they’re coming into my home,” says Lhakpa Sherpa, the founder and owner of Sherpa House Restaurant and Cultural Center in Golden. When Lhakpa and his wife Dickey started the restaurant in 2009, they designed the space to represent the layout of a traditional Sherpa house in the Solu-Khumbu region of Nepal, tucked high in the Himalayas at an elevation above 14,000 feet. (Fun fact: “Sherpa” is a surname used in Nepal, India, and Tibet and references an individual’s origins.)