Justin Cucci Explains How High School Experiences Informed His Cooking

Denver chef Justin Cucci is the chef/owner of some of Denver’s most interesting restaurants: Root Down, which features a seasonal menu often sourced from the restaurant’s gardens; Ophelia’s, a music venue with a gastropub menu; Linger, which offers global street food in a former mortuary space; and the vegetable-driven Vital Root. At his newest restaurant, El Five, he...