Chris MacGillivray Replaces Chef Theo Adley at the Squeaky Bean

Chef Theo Adley, who has manned the stoves at the Squeaky Bean since the end of August 2013, is exiting and handing over the reins to Chris MacGillivray, a former cook at the LoDo restaurant. Adley is moving on to explore new culinary opportunities while MacGillivray is excited to return to the Bean in a leadership capacity.

A native of New Mexico, chef MacGillivray began his cooking career at 16 and, along the way, served as sous-chef at Vail's Sweet Basil and Beaver Creek's Grouse Mountain Grill; chef de partie at davideburke & donatella, in New York (now David Burke Townhouse); and chef de cuisine at the now-closed Olivea. He was the opening sous-chef of Linger and a driving force behind the Noble Swine Supper Club and the Monkey Town 4 pop-up experiences. Most recently, he was the executive chef of Uptown's Caveau Wine Bar. He expects to tweak the lunch menu and recreate and expand the dinner menu (the famed burger, a Squeaky Bean signature dish, will stay) to incorporate more vegetarian dishes.

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