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Chef Johnson and his staff invite and welcome you to The Warehouse Restaurant and Gallery, where you will experience the best of Colorado’s hospitality, food, wines, microbrews, and visual arts. The Warehouse offers a relaxed, intimate gathering place for dinners, receptions, reunions, corporate dinners, banquets, networking sessions, graduations, presentations, and fundraisers. The Warehouse is conveniently located on the southern edge of downtown Colorado Springs at 25 West Cimarron Street, two blocks east of I-25 at Exit 141 and one block west of the Colorado Springs Visitors Bureau at Cascade and Cimarron. Your host, Proprietor and Executive Chef Lawrence "Chip" Johnson has been practicing his craft in Colorado for over thirty years. His love and use of Colorado’s indigenous foods in his chosen art has won him many accolades. Chef Johnson has placed in the top 3 in numerous culinary competitions and has consistently garnered acclaim in media reviews. He was voted Chef of the Year 2002 by the local chapter of the ACF, and has been awarded Best Colorado Cuisine, Best Colorado Wine Dinners, Best Wedding Receptions, Five Diamonds by the North American Restaurant Association and the Diamond Strawberry by the Club Corporation of America. He is a member of the Colorado Restaurant Association, Colorado Proud, Club 9 and The Independent Restaurant Cooperative. After years of anticipation by his followers, Chef Johnson purchased The Warehouse Restaurant and Gallery in 2007. The building was always a warehouse, situated close to the railroad tracks that were a vital delivery route for the growing city of Colorado Springs as envisioned by its founder, General William Palmer. The oldest part of the building, constructed in 1900, now houses The Warehouse Art Gallery, which can be rented out for private events. With its original plank floors and exposed brick walls, the Gallery provides a unique venue for parties of up to 200. The Gallery has received several awards over the years and represents select local and regional artists. The art changes frequently in the Gallery, which often hosts openings for such groups as The Colorado Springs Art Guild, The Colorado Springs Pastel Society, The Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, and a variety of private and individual art exhibitions. The Gallery, a comfortable, charming space that is full of character, is the perfect backdrop for any social event. The Restaurant and Wine Room are housed in the section of the warehouse built in 1908. They also show their warehouse heritage with exposed brick, original pillars, and a vintage freight scale. The Wine Room--private, warm and tasteful--seats up to 24 and can be reserved for more intimate parties. The Wine Room showcases our thoughtfully selected domestic and imported wine collection. As Chef Johnson’s focus is on Colorado products, we have many award-winning Colorado wines in our collection. As a member of that rare breed of independent restaurant chef/owners, Chef Johnson pays particular attention to detail on all the cuisine prepared at The Warehouse. Rich in a variety of flavors, techniques and presentations, the selections on his original menus offer upscale, authentic cuisine that is not only delectable but also supports Colorado farmers, ranchers, growers, and promotes local sustainability. The Warehouse Chilled Appetizers Fruit, Cheese and Crackers - $4 per personAssorted fresh fruits, domestic and imported cheeses with crackers Vegetables and Artichoke Dip - $4 per personCrisp garden vegetables served with warm artichoke dip Antipasto Tray - $5 per personMarinated olives, cured and smoked meats, roasted and pickled peppers, grilled and preserved vegetables, cheeses and fine herbs Butchers Platter - $8 per personAssorted deli meats and cheeses served with lettuce, tomato, mustard, mayonnaise and rolls Smoked Salmon Filet - $100 per platterHot smoked salmon side with cream cheese, capers, lemons, Dijon mustard, red onions and crackers Almond Chicken Salad Bouchees - $18 per dozenJumbo Shrimp Cocktail - $28 per dozenSalami and Herbed Cream Cheese Coronets - $20 per dozenNova Scotia Lox and Boursin Pinwheels - $22 per dozenColorado Tortilla Wraps - $19 per dozenRolled with a variety of fillings, served with guacamole and salsa Chocolate Covered Strawberries - $24 per dozenPretzels, Chips and Dips - 6 one pound bowls for $55Combination of pretzels, tortilla chips and snack mix Served with cheese dip, salsa and guacamole The Warehouse Hot Appetizers Pita and Roast Onion Soufflé - $4 per personRoast onion and cheese soufflé with fresh pita Baked Brie and Raspberries in Flaky Pastry - $9 per personGreen Chili Cheese Quesadillas - $45 per platterGrilled flour tortilla filled with green chilies, sautéed onions, Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheese Served with salsa, sour cream and guacamole Beer Battered Mushrooms - $35 per platterFried mushroom caps with Ranch dressing Pub Chips with Toppings - $35 per platterCheddar cheese, sour cream, bacon and green onions Chicken Fritters - $40 per platterHoney mustard and Ranch dressing Bacon Wrapped Scallops - $25 per dozenOriental Vegetable Springrolls - $19 per dozenSaba and honey mustard Classic Meatballs - $18 per dozenSwedish or Barbequed style Spanikopita with Artichoke Dip - $19 per dozenSpinach and Feta cheese folded in phyllo dough Chicken Volcano Pots - $18 per dozenChicken mousse with a variety of fillings: Caramelized French onion, artichoke-parmesan and bacon-cheddar Red and Green Spicy Pepper Poppers - $16 per dozenStuffed with herbed cream cheese and cheddar cheese The Warehouse Buffet Option One - $27 per personIncludes fresh baked breadbasket, butter, and our Chefs garden vegetable sauté ~Choose One Salad~ Classic Warehouse Salad Spring greens tossed with herbed balsamic vinaigrette, toasted cashews, feta cheese, sun-dried cranberries and mandarin oranges Tossed Garden Salad With wedged tomatoes, hot house cucumbers, bell peppers, slivered carrots, herbed butter croutons and dressings ~Choose Three Entrees~ Herbed Ricotta and Pesto Manicotti Ricotta cheese and Italian herb stuffed pasta Baked with aromatic basil and pine nut pesto and marinara sauce Honey and Herb Chicken Roasted and basted with wildflower blossom honey tangy citrus juices and fresh garden herbs Barbecued Pork Loin Smothered with smoky apple- black pepper barbeque sauce Beef Stroganoff Choice beef sautéed with mushrooms, onions, black pepper and basil, flashed with white wine, demiglace and sour cream, tossed with egg noodles ~Choose One Side~ Butter and Herb Roasted New Red Potatoes Garlic Infused Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes Mountain Mushroom Risotto The Warehouse Buffet Option Two - $32 per personIncludes fresh baked breadbasket, butter, and our Chefs garden vegetable sauté ~Choose Two Salads~ Classic Warehouse Salad Spring greens tossed with herbed balsamic vinaigrette, toasted cashews, feta cheese, sun-dried cranberries and mandarin oranges Tossed Garden Salad With wedged tomatoes, hot house cucumbers, bell peppers, slivered carrots, herbed butter croutons and dressings Caprese Salad Red and yellow beefsteak tomatoes with olive oil, fresh basil, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, coarse salt and mozzarella cheese ~Choose Three Entrees~ Dilled Pacific Salmon Baked West Coast salmon with sherried dill cream sauce Baked Green Chili Macaroni and Cheese Pueblo green chilies, roast red pepper, sharp cheddar and pepper jack cheese, shallots and elbow macaroni with buttered bread crumb topping Seared Beef Ribeye Crusted with savory herbs, coarse salt and crushed peppercorn blend Finished with burgundy mushroom sauce and Béarnaise Chablis and Caper Chicken Roast chicken breast with carrots, onions and celery zesty white wine-caper veloute ~Choose One Side~ Butter and Herb Roasted New Red Potatoes Garlic Infused Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes Mountain Mushroom Risotto The Warehouse Carving Stations Enhance your buffet with one of our attended stations Slow Baked Country Ham - $175 (serves 25-35 people)Honey mustard, rosemary and brown sugar Roast Turkey Breast - $100 (serves 15-25 people)Orange-cranberry sauce and natural gravy Prime Rib of Beef - $225 (serves 15-25 people)Roast onion jus and horseradish sour cream Roast Tenderloin of Beef - $200 (serves 15-20 people)Demiglace and Béarnaise The Warehouse Desserts Include any dessert with your buffet for $6 per person Dark Chocolate Mousse with Muddled Wildberries Fresh mint and gaufrettes Classic Cheesecake Sugared strawberries and whipped cream Chocolate Lava Cake Whipped cream and minted berry syrup Mountain Berry Tart Vanilla sauce and berry coulis Caramel Apple Pie Laced with butterscotch sauce Assorted Petite Crème Puffs, Éclairs and Swiss Rolls Warehouse Cake Cutting or Dessert Service - $2 per person(Applies to all cakes and desserts from other vendors) A Sampling of Customized Choices for Warehouse Buffets ~Designed on request by Chef Johnson~ Macadamia Crusted Halibut gingered risotto and orange - rosemary crèmeWarehouse Crab Cakes smoked corn - black bean salsa and spicy remouladeBeef Bruschetta mozzarella, artichokes, basil, tomatoes, scallions, Asiago and SabaArtichoke and Spinach Cassoulet roasted red pepper sauce and pumpkin pestoSmoked Salmon Rice Paper Wraps lime-mustard and sweet soy dipping sauceNeptune’s Cocktail lobster, scallops, shrimp and crab with capers and Fresno chiliesRedmesa Lamb Shank mole barbeque sauce, red chile crepes and red pepper polentaMaple Bison au Poivre whiskey, demiglace, cream and a kiss of maple syrupBlackened Salmon red onion-orange confitSicilian Chicken Linguini olives, tomatoes, fresh herbs, garlic and Parmesan cheeseWarehouse Filet Oskar asparagus, blue crab, Béarnaise sauce and demiglaceBrown Butter Colorado Bass crushed hazelnuts, lemon zest and capersIron Seared Beef Ribeye savory herbs, herb battered mushrooms and roast onion jusOrange Chipotle Pork Loin fried yellow tomatoes and apple-cheddar polentaBluecorn and Pecan Stuffed Quail peppered apricot reductionRoast Lingonberry Duck five peppercorn orange sauceColorado Lamb Loin pink peppercorn-herb crust and minted demiglaceShrimp and Pepper Skewers grillbasted with cilantro garlic butterMaroon Bells Trout crab, leeks, bacon and sherried lobster saucePetite Beef Tenderloin Peppersteak cognac and chutney demiglaceTundra Caribou Noisettes lingonberry and orange relishSeared Red Stag Medallions brandied tart cherry demiglaceChicken Cordon Bleu ham, Swiss cheese and Supreme sauceTrout Amandine white wine, lemon, parsley and toasted almondsVegetable and Cheese Wellingtons roasted Italian pepper sauceRestaurant and Gallery 2009 EVENT INFORMATION The Gallery, Wine Room and Restaurant at The Warehouse are available for private parties and special events. We can accommodate any event from intimate dinner parties to large gatherings. You may hold your event separately in the Gallery, Wine Room or Restaurant, or for larger groups, a combination of these rooms. We will reserve the entire establishment for your event under certain circumstances. Menu options range from appetizers to buffet diners to served dinners. All menus may be customized to suit your needs. We have hosted for as few as 20 and as many as 350 people. We offer an extensive wine list and a full bar. Since we customize each event to accommodate different budget scales, we charge a flat rental fee of $500 for the Gallery and $1000 for the Restaurant. We do not charge a rental fee for the Wine Room. Tables and chairs are available for rental in the Gallery for $15 per table of 8 or 10 seats. The service fee for cakes and desserts purchased from other vendors and brought in to The Warehouse by our clients is $2 per person. We charge $15 per hour for bartenders or servers during the time you occupy your room, and a service charge of 20% of food and beverage costs for event coordination, setup, cleanup, linens, etc. Menus and menu prices are subject to change at any time. All non-profit organizations may request a 50% discount on Gallery rentals for events scheduled Monday through Thursdays; full price room rentals apply on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The Warehouse is a supporter of a variety of charities and non-profits, but we reserve the right to refuse this non-profit discount at any time. All groups with tax exempt status must provide us with a copy of their tax exempt number before issuance of the final invoice or the full non-refundable tax of 7.4% will be applied to the total event cost. We require a non-refundable deposit of $500 for Gallery events, $1000 for Restaurant events and $2000 to rent the entire establishment. All deposits are applied to the final invoice for your party. If you are unable to hold your contracted event on your scheduled day and time due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, we will apply your deposit to another previously un-contracted day within 90 days after your scheduled day and time. We require a final guaranteed guest count 5 days before your event. This will be the minimum guest count that we will base the final invoice on. Additional guests exceeding the guaranteed count that attend the event will be added to the final invoice. Guaranteed guests that do not attend the event will not be deducted from the final invoice. In the case of dinners that are charged "per consumption" the average cost of each dinner course ordered will be applied for each of the guaranteed guests that do not attend your event. We reserve the right to move your event to another section of the restaurant when guest numbers do not meet the requirements for the room reserved. We require payment in full at the end of your event. If you do not pay your final invoice at the end of the event, or if you must pay via mail service, an additional 5% of the total event cost will be added to your final invoice as a delayed payment handling fee. We reserve the right to set minimum event costs on weekends, during peak seasons, or at other premium times. Cash bars do not apply towards minimum event costs. To close down the entire establishment we charge a minimum of $6000. The hours of establishment rental are from 11:00am to 4:30pm or 6:00pm to 11:00pm. We charge an additional $100 per half-hour if your event extends the scheduled time, no exceptions. For those in need of A/V equipment, we have a slide projector, projection screen, PA system and a 5-disk CD player available free of charge. A Dell 2300 projector is available for a rental fee of $100. We highly recommend that you schedule a time with us before your event if you have A/V needs to assure that any equipment you may be using is compatible with ours. Only Warehouse employees are allowed to operate the audio equipment in the Gallery; please be sure to ask for assistance. In the past, unauthorized use of the audio equipment and altering of settings has had a negative impact on our system; therefore, if you or any of your guests alter our system in any way, you will be charged a $75 equipment re-set fee. Our stage in the Gallery is 8’ by 16’ and is available for use by DJ’s or bands. All entertainers, videographers and photographers are required to provide their own liability and equipment insurance, all necessary licenses, stepstools, tables, power cords, electronic equipment, etc. Bar service can be customized for your event in a wide variety of options; open bar hosted by you, cash bar, secret bar for friends and family, limited drink tickets or a combination of any of these. Our House Wines and Champagne are $22 per bottle, and you are invited to order other wines from our extensive list. Draft and foreign beers are $5 per pint or bottle, and domestic bottled beers are $4 each. You may set a limit on how much you would like to spend, at which time you may either terminate service or choose to turn the bar service into a cash bar. A fountain for champagne or punch is available for $50 rental fee. Soft drinks, iced tea, water and coffee service is $2 per guest. The state of Colorado prohibits alcoholic beverages in any form to be brought onto or removed from the premises, except the removal of opened 750 ml bottles of wine with the proper re-corking of bottles. Any person found trying to bring alcohol into or out of the premises will be immediately evicted. Please remember that The Warehouse is concerned with the welfare of all of our guests. Please discourage guests from bringing alcoholic beverages to the event as gifts or for any other purpose. Underage guests are welcome but are not allowed to purchase, attempt to purchase, or consume alcohol of any kind. Colorado law requires that we verify that individuals are at least 21 years of age before they may be served any alcohol. We must see a valid ID from each guest desiring alcohol service; we do not allow guests to purchase more than one alcoholic beverage per ID. We do not permit legal adults to provide alcoholic beverages to any underage guests. The Warehouse reserves the right to refuse service of any form of alcohol to any guest at any time and to promptly evict any guests we find to be in violation of our policies. Restaurant and Gallery For information on planning functions, events or dinners please contact Proprietor and Chef Lawrence "Chip" Johnson Lunch - Monday through Friday 11:30am to 4:00pm Dinner - Monday through Friday 4:00pm to 9:00pm Dinner - Saturdays 5:00pm to 10:00pm Closed on Sundays 25 West Cimarron Street Colorado Springs CO 80903 Office: 719.475.8880 Fax: 719.475.8881 Email: ManitouChef@thewarehouserestaurant.com www.thewarehouserestaurant.com WINE DINNERS 2009 2 nd SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH7:00 p.m. 5 COURSES - 5 WINES JANUARY 10 th - South AfricaFEBRUARY 14th – Wines of Romance MARCH 14th - Spain APRIL 11th - France MAY 9th - Colorado JUNE 13th - Napa Valley JULY 11th - New York AUGUST 8th - Italy SEPTEMBER 12th - Sonoma OCTOBER 10th - Argentina NOVEMBER 14th - New Zealand $55 Per Person (plus tax and gratuity)
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