September 22, 2000

Little Russian meets modern cuisine in new Boulder restaurant Amuse

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If you miss the Little Russian Cafe, don’t despair. It’s all in the family.

Thanks to Maxim Ionikh, son of the café’s owners Olga and Alexander Ionikh, the

Little Russian has met the 21st century in Amuse, the new restaurant at 1430 Pea

rl St. in Boulder.

Although he grew up in the business, Ionikh earned a degree in aerospace enginee

ring at the University of Colorado in 1996. “After I got my degree, it hit me th

at engineering was not something I wanted to do,” he says with a smile. “I decid

ed that I wanted to learn about food and cooking.”

So he left Boulder…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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