“I’ve already got people begging for the recipe,” Karen Okuno said of her husband’s green chili. “I think I’m going to put it online.”
20th Street Cafe, in same spot in Denver since 1946, won’t reopen
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Owner of Tennyson restaurant property applies for demolition eligibility
The building is home to Local 46 Bar and Biergarten.
Franchisee renews lease for first Quiznos location
“Trust me, I was the last one who wanted to be the guy who let the first Quiznos close,” said Adam Sinnard.
‘Top Gun’-themed calzone food truck expanding to Broadway brick-and-mortar
“It’s a tiny space; it’s very long and very narrow, but similar to a food truck, it will work well for us,” co-owner Hillary Schefter said.
Colfax restaurant that opened, then closed amidst pandemic, is back again
“It’s been tough because the excitement of opening a restaurant went down the drain pretty quickly for us,” said Lucien Reichert, owner of Fox Run Cafe.
BusinessDen Assembly recap: Denver restaurateurs face ‘the fear of the unknown’
At Stanley Marketplace, “We’re looking into putting a football-size tent out in our open field and spacing out hundreds of tables to basically create one large social distance restaurant.”
The Market in Larimer Square has closed after 42 years
The business, which closed amidst the pandemic, won’t reopen. “I reinvented The Market every five years for 37 years, and I just wasn’t ready to reinvent myself again.”
Former Bump & Grind owner to open ’60s-themed restaurant in Ballpark
Turnover Darling’s name is inspired by a 1963 romantic comedy. Cliff Trubowitz once pitched the concept to a NBC reality show.
Racines to close next year; owners under contract to sell land to developer
“When we re-opened Racines, there wasn’t the Broadway corridor,” Lee Goodfriend said. “There wasn’t RiNo. LoDo was mostly bars. The competition has become enormous.”
Snooze CEO: ‘Our whole focus is how do we survive this’
The Denver-based brunch chain is conserving cash, said CEO David Birzon: It’s laid off 1,800 workers, closed 15 restaurants temporarily and told landlords it won’t pay rent for three months.
