Aspen Restaurant Week Autumn

Mawa's Kitchen is joining Aspen Restaurant Week Autumn, September 21–27, with a three-course prix fixe menu for $75.

Chef Mawa McQueen built the menu around Colorado ingredients and her own Afro-Mediterranean roots, with dishes like jerk chicken skewers, rotisserie chicken yassa, and West African peanut curry alongside choices like roasted beet salad and beef suya skewers.

This is the perfect moment to discover Mawa's Kitchen if you haven't yet, or to come back and enjoy some familiar favorites!

And we're thrilled it lands during our 20th anniversary year! Twenty years of sharing our story through food, and we can't wait to celebrate with you.

Save room for dessert, with options like carrot cake with salted caramel and beignets à la crème anglaise.

Seating is limited and Aspen Restaurant Week books up fast, so book your table soon!

MENU

Plantain Bread Service 

Charcoal butter, fleur de sel, wildflower honey, Colorado radishes 

BEGINNINGS - choose one

Nutty Peach & Burrata 

Fresh Colorado peaches, Colorado burrata, toasted hazelnuts, mint pesto, olive oil

 Roasted Beet Salad 

Baby beets, seasonal fruit, smoked ricotta, pistachio sukkah, fine herbs, evoo 

Jerk Chicken Skewers 

Chef Mawa's famous jerk sauce, citrus rougaille 

Beef Suya Skewers

Marinated beef tenderloin, West African suya spice, pickled onions, herb salad

LAND & SEA - choose one

Vegetable Maffé

West African peanut curry, Colorado aubergine confit, pickled okra, waakye rice, charred scallion, toasted peanut crumble, herb oil 

Vegetable Tagine

Saffron broth, seasonal vegetables, marcona almonds, prunes, dates, fonio 

Saffron Scented Seafood Gumbo (+10)

Wild red snapper , Gulf shrimp,  crawfish, lobster, andouille sausage, okra, saffron, scented broth, foufou, lemon oil 

Olive Oil Poached Fish of the Day

Fish of the day, Colorado summer melon, cucumber ribbon, sauce vierge with Palisade tomato, crispy capers, cold-pressed olive oil finish 

Rotisserie Chicken Yassa

Joyce Farm slow-roasted organic chicken, Senegalese lemon-onion glaze, herbs, Two Roots Farm greens 

Gray Ranch Bison Tenderloin (+15)

Rocky Mountain natural Bison tenderloin, yucca purée, grilled heirloom tomato, charred scallion, chimichurri demi, smoked black garlic, Colorado wild herbs

DESSERT - choose one

Bourgie Rice Pudding

Coconut rice pudding, mango, pistachios, citrus zest 

Beignets à la Crème Anglaise 

Golden French beignets, vanilla bean crème anglaise 

Colorado Stone Fruit Tartlet 

Butter tart shell, pistachio frangipane, seasonal fruit, orange blossom creme, fresh basil

Carrot Cake

Salted caramel sauce 

Basque Cheesecake

Caramelized cheesecake, seasonal fruit compote 

Dark Chocolate Mousse 

Dark chocolate mousse, blood orange gelée, pistachio crumble, candied Aleppo pepper