Endless Garage combines luxury cars, upscale dining

DRIVEN STEAKHOUSE

Venture opened on McWhinney Boulevard in May

Tim Eberhard, co-owner of Driven Steakhouse and Endless Garage, stands in the dining room Wednesday afternoon.

Dustin Lee, creative director and director of member operations at Endless Garage, steers a Toyota Supra into storage in the garage’s luxury car storage units. PHOTOS BY WILL COSTELLO — LOVELAND REPORTER HERALD

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By Sharla Steinman

ssteinman@prairiemountainmedia.com

There may be only one place in Loveland where you can buy a luxury car and eat at a steakhouse all in the same building, and it’s called Endless Garage.

The exotic car dealership, along with its restaurant, Driven Steakhouse, opened at 5720 McWhinney Blvd. in late May with the goal of bringing Northern Colorado’s luxury car community together, said Justin Summers, co-owner and founder of Endless Garage.

“There’s a lot of exotics and luxury cars in Northern Colorado, and there’s not really a place that everybody can come together and enjoy the things that we like,” Summers said.

Luxury vehicles are not foreign to Summers who’s been working in the auto industry for years, but opening a restaurant was.

“I just wanted one (a restaurant), that’s why I did it,” Summers said. “I know nothing about restaurants. I was like, ‘Well, I want a restaurant, that’s been my goal forever.’”

After buying the 26,000-square-foot building last year, Summers demolished everything within the space and designed it with the help of Swift Builders, a general contracting company in Fort Collins.

From the light fixtures to the silverware, most of Endless Garage’s features are black, with the occasional bright green detail to match the company’s logo. Driven Steakhouse is surrounded by the dealership, with views into the luxury car showroom at the bar.

Each menu item was crafted by Chef Thomas Newsted, who’s been working in the Colorado culinary scene for over 20 years. From the Australian silver wagyu tomahawk priced at $240 to the lobster tail moray at $45, Newsted said he wanted to offer premium ingredients and meals that deviate from the norm.

“We do a hamachi tataki, which is like a tasting of hamachi, like a duet, half of the portion stays as sashimi, the (other) half is done as a ceviche with an avocado mousse and a cucumber cup,” Newsted said. “Just fun.”

Newsted also curated the cocktail menu, which uses all of Driven’s custom whiskey/bourbons that Summers created with local distillery, Ridge River.

Since the restaurant’s opening, customers’ biggest complaints have been about the cost of menu items, Summers said.

“We’re not looking for them…We have a ton of customers,” Summers said. “We wanted people who love cars or love good food, the finer things in life.”

Along with being a dealership and restaurant, Endless Garage also features an auto spa, 51 spaces for car storage, an auto repair/modification center called Endless Motorsports, and a 65-person paid members club with its own lounge called Club Endless.

Summers already has plans to extend the Endless brand to a coffee shop called Endless Caffeine across from the garage on the other side of the parking lot, as well as an administrative space for a hair salon, barber shop, and IV therapy.

Seeing people’s reactions to the space, to their new vehicle, and auto modifications makes his job worth it, said Tim Eberhard, co-owner of Endless Garage.

“We just put some carbon fiber on a Lamborghini and to see the customer’s reaction… it’s the best part of my day,” Eberhard said. “When people eat at the restaurant, we offer them a tour of the place and…seeing kids react to the cars. It’s so cool.”