{{Short description|American restaurant chain}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox company | type = Private | name = Urban Farmer | logo = Urban Farmer logo.png | image = Portland, Oregon, January 2023 - 28.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Urban Farmer in Portland, Oregon | founders = Peter Karpinski | hq_location_city = Denver, Colorado | hq_location_country = U.S. | locations = 3 (2023) | key_people = Chris Jaromin (CEO) | homepage = {{URL|https://www.urbanfarmersteakhouse.com/}} }}
'''Urban Farmer''' is a chain of three restaurants in Denver, Philadelphia, and Portland, Oregon.<ref name="Navarrette">{{cite web |last1=Navarrette |first1=Camila |title=Reviews Are In: Denver Diners Welcome Urban Farmer to LoDo |url=https://denver.eater.com/2017/11/4/16605122/reviews-urban-farmer-lodo-denver |website=Eater Denver |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=November 4, 2017 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008205424/https://denver.eater.com/2017/11/4/16605122/reviews-urban-farmer-lodo-denver |url-status=live }}</ref> A fourth location located in Cleveland closed in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marc Bona |first=cleveland com |date=2021-07-01 |title=Pop-up eatery The Kitchen an interim replacement for Urban Farmer in Cleveland |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/07/pop-up-eatery-the-kitchen-an-interim-replacement-for-urban-farmer-in-cleveland.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=cleveland |language=en}}</ref>
Matt Christianson has served as the brand's executive chef and director of culinary operations.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |title=Meet the chef Q&A: Matt Christianson |url=https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/meet-chef-qa-matt-christianson |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Restaurant Business |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628141133/https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/meet-chef-qa-matt-christianson |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matt Christianson – Urban Farmer 10/27/14 |url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/television/lakeside-today/matt-christianson-urban-farmer-102714/95-242062306 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=wkyc.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628141129/https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/television/lakeside-today/matt-christianson-urban-farmer-102714/95-242062306 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chef in the Market: Matt Christianson |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2011/09/chef-in-the-market-matt-christianson-september-2011 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207012637/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2011/09/chef-in-the-market-matt-christianson-september-2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Locations== The Denver restaurant opened in the Oxford Hotel in 2017.<ref name="Antonation">{{cite news |last1=Antonation |first1=Mark |title=The Oxford Hotel Gets a New Restaurant: Urban Farmer |url=https://www.westword.com/restaurants/urban-farmer-a-modern-steakhouse-comes-to-downtown-denvers-oxford-hotel-9357925 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |work=Westword |date=August 11, 2017 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811185253/https://www.westword.com/restaurants/urban-farmer-a-modern-steakhouse-comes-to-downtown-denvers-oxford-hotel-9357925 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The Philadelphia restaurant is located in Logan Square.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philadelphia {{!}} Location {{!}} Urban Farmer |url=https://www.urbanfarmersteakhouse.com/location/urban-farmer-philadelphia/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Urban Farmer Steakhouse {{!}} Modern Steakhouse with locations in Portland, Philadelphia, and Denver |language=en-US}}</ref>
The Portland restaurant operates from the eighth floor of The Nines, a hotel in downtown Portland's Meier & Frank Building. In 2009, ''The Oregonian''{{'s}} David Sarasohn gave the restaurant a 'B−' rating.<ref name="Sarasohn">{{cite news |last1=Sarasohn |first1=David |title=Restaurant review: Urban Farmer |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2009/08/restaurant_review_urban_farmer.html |access-date=August 15, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=August 13, 2009 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008205341/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2009/08/restaurant_review_urban_farmer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Urban Farmer closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened on August 13, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jackson-Glidden |first1=Brooke |title=Departure Will Reopen in Portland This Week |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2020/8/12/21365114/departure-the-nines-reopening-magna |website=Eater Portland |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=August 12, 2020 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814080233/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/8/12/21365114/departure-the-nines-reopening-magna |url-status=live }}</ref>
The Cleveland restaurant was located in the Westin Cleveland Downtown Hotel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Crea |first=Johe |date=January 12, 2015 |title=Urban Farmer Cleveland leans on steakhouse credentials, but imaginative fare is its legacy |url=https://www.cleveland.com/top-restaurants/2015/01/urban_farmer_cleveland_leans_on_steakhouse_credentials_but_imaginative_fare_is_its_legacy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810023644/https://www.cleveland.com/top-restaurants/2015/01/urban_farmer_cleveland_leans_on_steakhouse_credentials_but_imaginative_fare_is_its_legacy.html |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=Cleveland.com}}</ref>
== See also ==
* List of restaurants in Denver
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Urban Farmer}} * {{Official website|https://www.urbanfarmersteakhouse.com/}} * {{TripAdvisor|1187198}} (Portland, Oregon)
{{Restaurants in Ohio}} {{Restaurants in Philadelphia}}
{{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon}}
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