{"id":322363,"date":"2026-11-06T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/322363\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T12:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:44:38","slug":"new-full-service-argentine-restaurant-from-piripi-team-plans-to-open-its-doors-in-erie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/322363\/","title":{"rendered":"New full-service Argentine restaurant from Piripi team plans to open its doors in Erie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malbec, a new full-service Argentine restaurant from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradohometownweekly.com\/2020\/07\/06\/erie-to-gain-tapas-bar-and-restaurant-on-briggs-street\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the team behind nearby Piripi,<\/a> could open its doors in Erie as soon as 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The town\u2019s Urban Renewal Authority board approved an agreement to redevelop a 13,000-square-foot property at the corner of Briggs Street and Maxwell Avenue, with construction expected to begin sometime next year.<\/p>\n<p>About 5,000 square feet is planned to become Malbec, with the remaining retail space open to an existing Erie business \u201cseeking to expand and relocate to a larger venue,\u201d a town announcement said.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo and Victoria Meyer moved to Erie in April 2019 and opened Piripi, a Latin and Mediterranean food spot at 615 Briggs St., in 2020.\n<\/p>\n<p>Hugo was born in C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina, and has owned several restaurants in Spain and Belize.<\/p>\n<p>Argentinian restaurants are rare in Colorado, according to Hugo, and he\u2019s looking forward to bringing his home country\u2019s wine, style of pizza, empanadas and grilled meat to the Erie dining scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Argentinian concept, it is my roots. It\u2019s what I want to do,\u201d Hugo said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be showcasing all the Argentinian flavors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new spot would sit on Briggs Street \u2014 Erie\u2019s main drag \u2014 positioning it to serve as a \u201cprominent southern entrance to Downtown Erie,\u201d the town\u2019s announcement added.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie Urban Renewal Authority\u00a0purchased the property, which currently sits vacant, for $585,000 in 2024 to \u201cfacilitate its future redevelopment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February, the town issued a new request for qualifications for the site, and the authority selected the Meyers as the preferred developer in April following \u201ca competitive review process.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel very confident. I know that there are a lot of problems restaurants are going through with the economy,\u201d Hugo said. \u201cBut Erie is a booming town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin in 2027.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malbec, a new full-service Argentine restaurant from the team behind nearby Piripi, could open its doors in Erie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1675,60,1676,7250,6838,136,138,137,1677,241,182,139,244,435,289,1680],"class_list":["post-322363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-boulder-county","tag-business","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-news","tag-east-county","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-front-range","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-restaurants","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-things-to-do","tag-weld-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}