{"id":109192,"date":"2015-09-29T00:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T06:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/donuts-drinks-and-dinner\/"},"modified":"2015-09-29T00:57:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T06:57:22","slug":"donuts-drinks-and-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/donuts-drinks-and-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Donuts, drinks and dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Co-owners Steven Harvey, Lagina Harvey and chef Marc Darrow are opening Lagina\u2019s Place at 125 E. Main Street.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A donut shop by day and a full-service restaurant boasting items like escargot, seared ostrich, french-style frog legs, steamed New Zealand fresh green lip mussels, is the latest eatery to set up shop on Main Street in downtown Cortez.<\/p>\n

Texas natives and siblings Lagina and Craig Harvey and longtime friend Marc Darrow, have spent the past few months renovating the former Mr. Happy\u2019s location on Main Street to make way for Lagina\u2019s Place.<\/p>\n

Serving donuts, southern-style kolaches and breakfast sandwiches in the morning and \u201cinternational cuisine with a French twist\u201d in the evenings, the restaurant hopes to fill two needs in Cortez in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about a doing a donut shop because the closest one is in Farmington and it\u2019s a Dunkin Donuts,\u201d said Lagina Harvey. But the two realized they could maximize their chances for success if they added an evening dinner component and brought on chef Darrow. Darrow built his culinary skill set in restaurants such as Wolfgang Puck\u2019s Spago in Southern California and Trattoria Dell\u2019Arte in New York City.<\/p>\n

Darrow and Craig Harvey both worked in the restaurant industry together for decades and owned a restaurant outside of New York City that was a similar concept as Lagina\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt did very well, but about 10 years, ago we decided to go into the oil and gas industry,\u201d said Darrow. \u201cThe oil and gas industry is good, the money is great, but that\u2019s not our passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dinner menu is exotic, and items could easily be found in a fine dining establishment, but the goal of the resaturant is to create an inviting, casual space with a gourmet menu.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it satisfies a need in Cortez for somewhat finer dining,\u201d said Craig Harvey.<\/p>\n

Dinner items will rotate daily, Darrow says, and he\u2019s looking forward to flexing his creative muscles in the kitchen. The restaurant will also have a beer, wine and cocktails.<\/p>\n

Lagina\u2019s Donuts will make their debut on Oct. 5, with the dinner items making their debut mid-to-late October.<\/p>\n

The restaurant is also hosting the Oct. 8 Cortez Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours and is offering a free wine tasting.<\/p>\n

Lagina\u2019s Place is at 125 E. Main Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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