Blair Taylor and Barolo Grill are synonymous. So I never imagined that the owner of the much-lauded Sixth Avenue Italian fine dining spot would turn over the keys.
But Taylor has sold the popular restaurant to Ryan Fletter, who has served as general manager at Barolo since 2003, but toiled there off and on since 1994.
According to a story first reported in The Denver Business Journal, Taylor opted to turn over 100 percent control of the eatery so he could concentrate on Enotec Imports, a wine-importing business. Taylor has been running both operations for years. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Fletter told The DBJ that he does not plan to change to the iconic Denver restaurant.
“The way we structured this, to have Ryan take over is so that Barolo can remain Barolo,” Taylor told The DBJ.
The story said, “Fletter, 41, said the purchase is the fulfillment of a longtime dream. He began working as a waiter at Barolo just 18 months after the restaurant opened in December 1992. He rose to become bar manager and then general manager, took a hiatus to work at an acclaimed San Francisco restaurant from 2001 to 2003, and returned 12 years ago to take over day-to-day operations of the facility at 3030 E. Sixth Avenue.”
For more, go to www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2015/05/28/exclusive-barolo-grill-gm-buys-iconic-denver.html.
Ryan Fletter, left, has bought Barolo Grill from owner Brian Taylor. (Barolo Grill photo)
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