Mac-and-cheese eatery opens Friday in Greeley

Cavatappi Gourmet Mac and Cheese, Northern Colorado’s only macaroni and cheese-centered restaurant, opens Friday in west Greeley.

The restaurant, started by Alex Kantor and Chris Williams, opens at 4 p.m. Friday. Kantor also owns coffee joint Specht Point Café in Fort Collins.

Kantor wanted to open a restaurant with a theme.

“It’s a really cool concept,” he said. “Who doesn’t like mac and cheese?”

The restaurant at 5750 W. 10th Street will feature 14 different kinds of mac-and-cheese dishes, as well as a build-your-own option and salads. It also will offer the choice of gluten-free pasta and cheese sauce.

Appetizers include mac-and-cheese bites, fried pasta with a signature sauce, fried mozzarella cheese balls and spicy chorizo dip.

Cavatappi will serve dessert, though not all are made of mac-and-cheese. Offerings include a s’more-like dish with a graham cracker crust, chocolate-covered pasta and roasted marsh mellows as well as a gluten-free Nutella torte.

The restaurant will be open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. through 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Operating in a 3,000-square-foot space, Cavatappi will employ 22 people, Kantor said.

The dine-in restaurant also will offer carryout, including family- and party-size orders.

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