The closing of Colorado Kitchen is one of the more notable in local restaurant news. Chef Gillian Clark is well known in D.C. for her strong personality and her ability to persevere as one of the few female head chefs. Clark told Washingtonian‘s Todd Kliman that the closing was due to a space issue. Maybe it’s all semantics, but that sounds like slightly different language on Rasmus, the auction site where the kitchen’s equipment is being sold, implying that it is due to redevelopment of the building. The last day of service will be June 29. Prince of Petworth first reported news of the auction.

This is not the last we will see of Chef Clark, as she and her partner Robin Smith have long been at work on a new restaurant, that is tentatively named General Store and Post Office Tavern, or as it was noted by some Rockwellers, GSPOT. It will be located in the Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring.

Photo of a donut hole served up inside Colorado Kitchen by christaki