Is your stomach grumbling for the delicacies of the sea? Bonny and Read Fresh Seafood and Steaks, a new upscale restaurant, is set to open in October on the corner of Tejon and Kiowa in downtown Colorado Springs.
The 3,300-square-foot eatery will stand in place of the former P.B. and Jellies New York Deli and Discreet Treats on 101 N. Tejon St. Joseph Campana, owner of The Rabbit Hole and Supernova, two successful Disney- and arcade-themed pubs here in the Springs, will serve as the proprietor of the restaurant and claims that he is excited to bring fresh seafood to the downtown area.
Campana expressed a desire to open a seafood eatery in Colorado Springs, seeing as the city lacked restaurants that served quality fish. “I’m from Massachusetts and from Florida,” Campana said. “We eat fresh seafood every day there. Colorado Springs serves no seafood: it’s absurd.”
According to The Gazette, Campana stated that he has been planning to open a seafood-based restaurant in Colorado Springs since the late 90s and now, after finally putting his plan into motion, hopes to incorporate a variety of fresh fish into the eatery’s menu.
“I want to see clam and oysters,” Campana was quoted in The Gazette. “We’re going to have live Maine lobster, fresh fish flown in daily.” He informed me that most of Bonny and Read’s fish will be imported from the Seattle Fish Company in Denver, Colorado, the largest seafood market in the Rocky Mountains region.
On top of working with fish imported from the three American coasts, the chefs will also be cooking fresh seafood “from countries as far away as New Zealand, Norway and Chile,” according to the restaurant’s website. To further preserve the freshness of the seafood, the site claims that fish will be served within hours of its arrival at Bonny and Read’s.
Despite its primary concentration on natural, cooked bait, Campana stated that the restaurant’s menu will also offer delectable steaks, chicken, and pasta to its customers. “We will offer some variety on our menus, but our central focus will be on the seafood,” he said. “Colorado Springs needs good seafood!”