1NIGHT ONLY! One Michelin ⭐️ Mexican - Alma Fonda Fina 🇲🇽 @ JBF 🍽️ [PREPAID]

Only LIMITED seats! Add yourself to the Waitlist and Venmo @i8NYC $223/pp to be moved over to 'Going'. Feel free to bring +1 guest. Tickets will go to the quick and committed! NO REFUNDS!!!

Note: JBF Dinners have recently been sold out before posting menus so that's your heads up!

We are heading to JBF Platform! Featuring Chef Johnny Curiel of the 2025 James Beard Award–Nominated Restaurant. Save on the trip to/from Denver! ✈️

Join Chef/co-owner Johnny Curiel and co-owner Kacie Curiel of Alma Fonda Fina, a 2025 James Beard Award Nominee® for Best New Restaurant and Michelin-starred restaurant in Denver, Colorado, for a vibrant contemporary Mexican dinner.

Born and raised in Guadalajara, chef Curiel draws inspiration from the foods he grew up eating and years spent cooking across Mexico and the United States. Expect seasonal dishes such as agave-roasted sweet potato with salsa macha, aguachile-style crudos, masa-based sopes with braised short rib, and halibut in watercress mole verde, all built around housemade tortillas and layered sauces.

The same creative momentum also drives the Curiels’ newest restaurant, Alteño, named to Esquire’s Best New Restaurants in America list for 2025.

4.7/5 on Yelp, 4.8/5 on Google (ALMA FONDA FINA)
4.7/5 on Yelp & Google (ALTEÑO)

ONE MICHELIN STAR ⭐️ (ALMA FONDA FINA)
MICHELIN PLATE 🍽️ (ALTEÑO)

IG REEL (ALTEÑO)

2025 NORTH AMERICA’S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS (ALMA FONDA FINA)

In the Spirit of Chef Johnny Curiel’s Father, Alteño Introduces Its Guests to More Than Just the Flavors of Jalisco

MileHighDish Review: Upscale Mexican Restaurant, Alteño, Is a Culinary Adventure for the Perfect Date Night

Cost: $223 (ALL IN)

Menu: (based on avail)
HORS D’OEUVRES

• Sopesito de Frijoles > Nixtamal Sope w/ Refried White Beans and Housemade Chorizo Sausage
• Tostadita de Toro > Nixtamal Tostada w/ Dry-Aged Bluefin Tuna Otoro and Burnt Chili Oil
• Ostion Enchilada w/ Clam Juice, Black Tajín, and Preserved Tomato Juice

DINNER

• Callo de Hacha al Horno > Fall River Scallops w/ Serrano Ponzu, Tomato Butter, and Chives
• Taco Planchado with Confit Beef Brisket, Pork Belly Carnitas, and Avocado Salsa
• New York Strip Steak al Arriero w/ Broken Ajillo Sauce, Buttered Cippolini Onions, and Foamy Butter
• Camote Asado > Agave-Roasted Sweet Potato w/ Broken Salsa Macha and Fennel-Whipped Ricotta

This one-night-only dinner will feature a cocktail reception with passed hors d'oeuvre upon arrival, an expertly crafted multi-course menu with thoughtfully curated wine or beverage pairings, and a Q&A with the featured chefs.

James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 years and older to attend events where alcoholic beverages are served.

~A La Cuisine