{"id":2452597,"date":"2019-12-25T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/new-music-apres-spot-opens-next-to-gondola-silver-queen-gondola\/"},"modified":"2019-12-25T22:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T05:24:00","slug":"new-music-apres-spot-opens-next-to-gondola-silver-queen-gondola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/new-music-apres-spot-opens-next-to-gondola-silver-queen-gondola\/","title":{"rendered":"New music, apres spot opens next to gondola Silver Queen Gondola"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As locals and guests were winding down for the night Wednesday, another group of people were busy preparing for the opening of a new restaurant at the base of Aspen Mountain.<\/p>\n

Decorated with vintage winter attire and a large antler chandelier, The Snow Lodge was receiving its finishing touches before opening to the public Thursday at noon.<\/p>\n

A sister location to The Surf Lodge in Montauk, New York, the new apres spot in the old Shlomo\u2019s space adjacent to the gondola plaza, aims to offer the perfect blend of food, music and culture for both guests and locals, according to lodge founder and creative director Jayma Cardoso.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve wanted to do apres-ski more than anything,\u201d Cardoso said. \u201cThere are amazing restaurants in Aspen, but I feel there is room for more as far as programming of the overall evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Cardoso, the Aspen apres project was the fastest she\u2019s seen to completion yet. Just under three weeks ago, she signed a roughly four-month lease with the building owner \u2014 leaving open an opportunity to extend if the lodge is successful \u2014 and has collaborated with various friends and locals to get The Snow Lodge open for the rest of the winter season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s crazy, I\u2019ve never done a project this fast,\u201d Cardoso said. \u201cIt\u2019s really been a team effort \u2026 a lot of things have come together to get to this point and so many people have been incredible help. We\u2019re really lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Sieber, executive chef of the new lodge, and Sean Olnowich, culinary director, also have been busy collaborating with locals to get The Snow Lodge menu set for Thursday\u2019s opening.<\/p>\n

Sieber, who is moving to Aspen from the Montauk lodge permanently, and Olnowich said they\u2019ve spent the past few weeks seeking advice from other restaurants and local vendors to hone in on the best locally sourced ingredients for the Aspen location.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first step was meeting some of the vendors and seeing what there was to offer,\u201d Sieber said. \u201cThings just sort of snowballed from there as we met more and more people who were willing to help us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chefs said they\u2019ve planned a meat- and-cheese-heavy menu for the opening weeks, relying on places like T-Lazy-7 Ranch, Jumpin\u2019 Good Goat Dairy and Louis Swiss Pastry for their ingredients, but hope to offer more vegan options as the season goes on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re both confident in the menu and the direction we\u2019re going,\u201d Olnowich said.<\/p>\n

Olnowich, Sieber and Cardoso said they don\u2019t exactly know what to expect, as they are new to the apres-ski scene, but that they feel they\u2019ll see clientele similar to those they serve in Montauk. In fact, Cardoso said she\u2019s had patrons hint to her for years that she should expand to Aspen.<\/p>\n

But while she has years of experience running The Surf Lodge, Cardoso emphasized that The Snow Lodge will not fit to any pre-existing mold. Instead, Cardoso said her goal is to create a space for both locals and guests to gather and is excited to bring a new music and dining option to Aspen\u2019s apres scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe plan to ease in, embrace the community and work things out with our brand new team,\u201d Cardoso said. \u201cThere\u2019s no 100% guaranteed formula. It\u2019s about where to find the soul and how to make this its own special place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting Thursday, The Snow Lodge will serve food inside from noon to 10 p.m.; outside until 6 p.m.; and the bar will be open until 2 a.m. The lodge also is partnering with Belly Up to offer live music.<\/p>\n

mvincent@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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