The hybrid model of Leven Supply, a new cafe and market in the Washington Park West neighborhood of Denver, allows customers to choose their own warm adventures.

Making a fancy dinner for two? Stare in awe at the fresh and packaged foods on display tables and in refrigerators by the entrance. Need a bottle of wine? There’s plenty of that, too.

While the original Leven Deli Co. — founded by University of Denver graduate Anthony Lygizos in 2018 in the Golden Triangle neighborhood — is known for its breakfast and lunch menu (pastrami sandwiches, in particular), Leven Supply, at 300 E. Alameda Ave., is more a hybrid boutique market, standing out, in part, because of its sourdough pizzas.

But to compare seems imprecise. Lygizos and his team have spent about $1.5 million on the 2,800-square-foot Leven Supply to suit the neighborhood, some of its residents having visited during construction and pitched in with feedback. On the sunny and exposed commercial streets west of Washington Park, Lygizos said a typical offering at his new store is the “best bang for the buck and a little bit of an indulgence, but [that’s] not going to break the bank, either.”

That’s just the cafe’s entrance. Behind the market is a coffee bar and order counter, round loaves of bread resting high on ledges against the wall. Even further back are more perusable goods and a blue-tiled back wall that frames the kitchen.

For those staying in to eat, Leven Supply’s menu has many of the same sandwiches and small plates as the deli, including the $20 pastrami Reuben sandwich and the herbed lamb meatballs, served with a labneh yogurt sauce and sourdough toast ($13).

Leven Supply is also equipped with state-of-the-art pizza ovens. Eight singular creations are on the menu, including a prosciutto variety with peach balsamic drizzle ($19), another with clams and white sauce ($20) and classy margherita and roasted garlic (both $16) pizzas.

The market’s offerings are “very carefully and intentionally sourced,” said Lygizos.

It’s a showcase of modern Colorado products: hot sauces from Sauce Leopard and Cooper’s Small Batch, jars of peanut butter from PB Love Company and Pines’ Nut Butter, jams from Yummy Lotus and coffee beans from Corvus Coffee Roasters. Out-of-state products include sardines and smoked salmon from Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co. and boxes of Maldon salt.

Lygizos is a sommelier and selected wines — both domestic and international, many of which go for under $25 — to fill his shelves and refrigerators.

“With Amazon and logistical routes and everything, figuring out how to become a really special retailer is a fun challenge,” Lygizos said before asking what is essentially the restaurant’s guiding ethos: “What can we offer that you couldn’t more efficiently and conveniently order online?”

The obvious answer is Leven Supply’s own food. Its pickles, honey mustard, hummus and tomato pesto are packaged for sale and sold alongside cans of local brews and fresh bucatini noodles from Denver pasta makers Sfoglina.

But bread is the sustenance at Leven Supply. When Lygizos first started Leven Deli, his baker could only fit two loaves of bread in the oven at a time. He invested in a commercial-grade bakery off Interstate 70 more than a year ago that bakes and delivers it to both locations.

The central kitchen has helped cut costs while increasing production for his restaurants, Lygizos said. He plans to open yet another Leven concept in downtown Denver this summer.