Cancellation policy: we reserve the right to charge $25 per person for cancellations 24 HOURS PRIOR OR SOONER.

WE ARE NOT OFFERING CARRY-OUT SERVICE AT THIS TIME.

About Cafe Diva

Chef Kate creates a new menu for each season of the year, featuring premium, naturally raised meats, sustainably sourced seafood, and produce from small family farms. At her side is a team committed to her vision and standard of unwavering excellence. In the dining rooms, a veteran staff dotes upon your party, lending a personal touch. Our sommeliers and bartenders look forward to pairing the perfect beverage to Chef Kate’s delicious fare. Warm mountain contemporary ambience blends into a harmonious dining experience.

HOURS

We seat our dining rooms from 5:30pm to 9pm 7 nights a week. We suggest booking a reservation well in advance.

Our Wine Program

Our cellar is filled with over 300 selections, sourced from the world's great vineyards. Three sommeliers pair to your taste, meal and budget. Visit our Winelist page.

GIFT CARDS

Gift cards issued by Café Diva are now available via our website or in person at the restaurant. Cafe Diva does NOT issue paper gift certificates.

Kate Rench

EXECUTIVE CHEF

Chef Kate Van Rensselaer Rench first expressed herself through humble mediums with a BFA in sculpture and ceramics. To help support her art studies she starting her career in the kitchen, flipping burgers at the Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery in Boulder, CO, where she discovered her passion for cooking. She went to the French Culinary Institute, New York City, in February of ’98. After graduating with the Jacques Pepin award in September of the same year, she began her career at Jean-Georges Restaurant (Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s signature, four star restaurant in Manhattan). It was there that Chef Kate first felt her expression completely realized; technically innovative, delicately prepared French-Asian fusion cuisine.

After one year at Jean-Georges, Chef Kate was promoted to Chef de Partie of Garde Manger, where Kate remained for the next two years. Next, she spent two years as the executive chef at Hayday Country Market/ Balduccis in Westport, CT, where she managed a high volume prepared foods department.

Missing the mountains, she found herself back in the serenity of Steamboat Springs, CO, where she became part of Café Diva. After six months cooking here, Kate was offered the Executive Chef position and eventually partnership. Through her fresh, flavorful, seasonally changing menus, Chef Kate has earned top marks nationally with connoisseurs and critics, and most importantly Steamboat locals.

Since expanding the restaurant (we started with four tables), Café Diva has moved to the pinnacle of dining in Colorado, yet remains quaint in its destination, the Northern Rockies. Chef Kate balances her culinary career with her husband, Craig, her two dogs and her maniacal pursuit of mountain sports.

The Café Diva journey began December 1, 1998. Starting as a wine bar serving appetizers, we have evolved into something different. We hope you feel as we do, something special. Dining is more than simply eating and drinking. Rather the perception of flavor, the uniqueness of the moment, the true joy of dining are made by those with whom the moment is shared. Over the past twenty five years, we have been honored to share these moments with you, and we thank you.

Looking forward, we strive to respect our very special relationship with you, to challenge ourselves to be our best, to make many more special moments.

Café Diva, Steamboat Springs, Colorado . . . Cuisine, Wine and Spirits, Artfully Crafted and Presented.