Sắp Sửa translates to "about to be" or "almost," a name meant to reflect a stated refusal to settle — the idea that the restaurant should keep evolving rather than land on a final form. That approach shows up in a menu described as non-traditional Vietnamese, taking dishes rooted in Vietnamese technique and pushing them into unexpected territory.
Plates draw on classic references reworked with outside ingredients: beef carpaccio with papaya vinaigrette, grilled veal sweetbreads with Cantabrian anchovies, fried pig ears, and a soft-scrambled egg finished with brown butter, fish sauce, and trout roe. Larger dishes include a fish-sauce-caramelized grilled Iberico pork secreto and a hamachi collar with coconut caramel. Desserts continue the cross-cultural bent, including a phở-spiced tiramisu.
Sắp Sửa was named a StarChefs Rising Star in 2022 and has since drawn wider recognition: James Beard Foundation semifinalist nods for Best New Restaurant in 2024 and Emerging Chef in 2025, a spot on Bon Appétit's Best New Restaurants list in 2024, and inclusion in The New York Times' Restaurant List the same year. Eater has named it to its Essential 38 for Denver, and both 5280 Magazine and Westword included it on their 2025 best-of lists.
Plates draw on classic references reworked with outside ingredients: beef carpaccio with papaya vinaigrette, grilled veal sweetbreads with Cantabrian anchovies, fried pig ears, and a soft-scrambled egg finished with brown butter, fish sauce, and trout roe. Larger dishes include a fish-sauce-caramelized grilled Iberico pork secreto and a hamachi collar with coconut caramel. Desserts continue the cross-cultural bent, including a phở-spiced tiramisu.
Sắp Sửa was named a StarChefs Rising Star in 2022 and has since drawn wider recognition: James Beard Foundation semifinalist nods for Best New Restaurant in 2024 and Emerging Chef in 2025, a spot on Bon Appétit's Best New Restaurants list in 2024, and inclusion in The New York Times' Restaurant List the same year. Eater has named it to its Essential 38 for Denver, and both 5280 Magazine and Westword included it on their 2025 best-of lists.