How to enjoy Harwigs Fine Dining:
- Harwigs Reserve – As of October 2024 Harwigs is open on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Join us for our classic dining experience with the best wine list, martinis, and gourmet tasting menu in Steamboat Springs. Reservations are recommended since this will be an exclusive and limited experience. Click here to learn more.
- Private Dining – Book one of our three private dining rooms to make your next party the perfect celebration.
- Private Chef – Our chef and a limited number of staff will come to your home, condo or place of business to prepare and serve a beautiful, customized meal.
- Event Catering – With over 25 years of combined experience, the Harwigs wedding and event catering team are true experts at providing an unparalleled dining experience for you and your guests.
Our Location
Located In Beautiful Steamboat Springs, CO
911 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 Phone: 1.970.879.1919
GET TO KNOW US
Harwigs has been in business for over four decades. We feel honored that we’ve been able to serve the community of locals and visitors here for more than a generation. Our family-owned restaurant has passed from father to son. Our focus has adapted to remain contemporary and fresh. Our purpose, however, has remained unwavering: create the freshest flavors in a welcoming environment, with passion and devotion to our craft. We invite our guests, old and new, to pull up a chair and taste the Harwigs legacy.
“Steamboat has a really unique community where those who spend the extra time and effort to support one another around town seem to prosper from that.” – Chef JJ
Hear what makes Harwigs a unique and valued part of the Steamboat community. Pull up a chair.
The 911 Lincoln Ave building, known locally as the Harwigs Building, was constructed circa 1886 and is one of Steamboat’s oldest structures. During the early 1900’s the building was a drug store before becoming “Harwigs Saddlery and Western Wear” in 1908. Charlie (our resident ghost) and his wife Arta Lee ran the store until Charlie passed away in 1936. The business stayed in the family and was left to their son Atwood and his wife Katherine, who ran it for the next fifty years.
The owner, Jamie Jenny, first visited Steamboat Springs in 1975 for a long weekend and never left. After falling in love with the town, he decided to open his restaurant when he was just 25 years old. The restaurant first opened as “L’Apogee” (French for the Pinnacle) across the street from where it is now located. Jamie and his wife Sandy purchased the current building from Katherine in 1985, and after extensive remodeling it became “Harwigs, L’apogee”. Harwig’s boasts the only wine cellar in Steamboat, along with state of the art kitchen facilities including live lobster tanks and gardens for chefs to create dishes from the ground up. The building showcases a beautiful dining room and welcoming bar with years of personality, as well as three private rooms for intimate dining and larger group parties.
Jamie has been playing an active role in the kitchen and wine cellar from the beginning and his enthusiasm has helped shape one of the best restaurants in the country, gaining national recognition from critics such as Wine Spectator & Bon Apetit, for the last 25 years.
It seems only fitting that Jamie’s son JJ (after growing up eating carpaccio off the prep table) has developed the same passion for food and wine. As Executive Chef, JJ blends classic technique with modern cuisine, making use of the traditions he learned as a child while pushing culinary boundaries. The result is exquisite. Committed to supporting local agriculture and sustainable resources, Harwigs proudly displays the products of the Yampa Valley while always welcoming new and exciting ingredients. The changing menus are complemented by an ever evolving wine list of over 700 selections that have been carefully selected by the owner Jamie and sommelier Mike Lang.
Join us on Wednesday for tapas, or Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings for dine-in service at Harwigs Reserve. Since this is an exclusive and limited experience, we highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time.
Click here to book your table.
We also offer private dining, private chef service, and event catering.