<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=37yIVB_1GwnIdX200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=37yIVB_1GwnIdX200" width="720" height="320" ></figure>Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia contact: Sonya Query, Senior Director of Marketing, Big Red F Restaurant Group · [email protected] · 831-917-2429Centro Becomes AlturaAfter 20 years on West Pearl Street, Big Red F’s Centro closes November 14 for a renovation and reopens December 8 as Altura, a Mountain Mexican concept from Big Red F founder Dave Query.BOULDER, Colo. — November 4, 2026 — Centro Mexican Kitchen, which has anchored its corner of Pearl Street for nearly 20 years, will close after service on Saturday, November 14 for a soft renovation and reopen on Tuesday, December 8 as Altura. Big Red F chef/founder Dave Query is writing Altura’s menus and setting the direction of its kitchen and concept.“Restaurants, like people, need a reset every so often,” said Query. “Centro has had a great run, having served millions of guests over the last 20 years. This unmistakable corner is ready for its next stage: Altura.”Query has spent much of his career building kitchens and concepts and then stepping aside so his teams could take the spotlight. With Altura, he is putting his name back on the menu.Boulder has been his home since 1975, and he has been cooking with Boulder County growers and farmers since 1989 when he opened The Lick Skillet Cafe in Gold Hill. For over 27 years, his Zolo Grill brought Southwestern cooking to Boulder and remained a local institution until it closed at the start of the pandemic. Altura draws on all of it: decades of independent restaurants on the Front Range, the farmers and producers he has worked alongside, and a lifelong love of Mexico, its people, and its food.“Writing this menu has been a blast,” Query said. “Altura is Boulder, it’s Colorado, it’s Mexico and everything I love to cook and eat.”Mountain MexicanThe name Altura, Spanish for “height” or “altitude,” reflects the mile-high mountain setting that defines the food.“Altura Mountain Mexican will be local, seasonal and honest from day one,” Query said. “Once you lift the expectations of an ordinary American-Mexican menu, the food gets to find its own way.”The team behind the menuQuery will cook alongside Sheila Lucero, Big Red F’s Culinary Director, in the Altura kitchen. The two have worked together for 28 years, since Lucero started as a line cook at Jax Fish House &amp; Oyster Bar in LoDo. A Denver native, Lucero was inducted into the Colorado Foodservice Hall of Fame in 2025 and received the Colorado Restaurant Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is known for her commitment to responsible sourcing and led Jax to become the first restaurant in Colorado to partner with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. Chef Jason Schmidt rounds out the culinary team.A new room, opened up to Pearl StreetThe renovation takes on a project the team has dreamt about for years: bringing the building’s north, Pearl Street-facing side into the flow of the restaurant. A new 16-foot folding glass wall will open the dining room to the sidewalk. Inside, the design will be quieter and calmer, with new floors, chairs, booths and lighting, along with structural updates to the historic building.Almost three decades on this corner950 Pearl Street has been in the Big Red F family of restaurants since 1999, first as Rhumba and, starting in 2007, as Centro. Altura opens as downtown Boulder enters a new chapter: Sundance Film Festival’s arrival in January 2027, the recent sale of the Pearl West building, the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Street Mall, and a Boulder City Council and City Staff focused on downtown vitality.“Downtown Boulder is about to have a big moment,” Query said. “We’ve been on this corner since before it was a sure thing, first as Rhumba and then as Centro. We’ve watched West Pearl Street grow up since we opened Jax in 1994, and we’ve grown up along with it. Altura is us investing in what comes next for this town we love and that we call home.”Key details<ul><li>Last night of service as Centro: Saturday, November 14</li><li>Reopens as Altura: Tuesday, December 8, 2026</li><li>Location: 950 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO</li><li>Reservations: Opening soon on OpenTable</li><li>Holiday and private events: [email protected]</li></ul>Chefs Dave Query and Sheila Lucero are available for interviews.About Big Red F Restaurant GroupIndependently owned and operated, Big Red F Restaurant Group encompasses 12 award-winning restaurants and bars along Colorado’s Front Range, including Jax Fish House &amp; Oyster Bar, The Post Brewing Company, The Post Mountain House, The Post Colorado, West End Tavern, Velvet Elk Lounge, Wonder Press, and soon, Altura. Founded in 1994 in Boulder by chef Dave Query, Big Red F’s central mission is to foster a company culture that provides a fun, safe and nurturing work environment for every team member. Big Red F is deeply committed to giving back to its communities, directing its philanthropic efforts to impactful local charities. For more information, visit bigredf.com.### </div></body>

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