Pete’s Café and Steakhouse closed at the end of February after almost a half-century at 514 E. Colfax Ave.
44-year run ends for downtown restaurant
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Former board member takes over as CEO of Arapahoe House
Thornton-based Arapahoe House, which operates a substance abuse treatment network for 15,000 patients a year in metro Denver, appointed Mike Butler as its new CEO on Feb. 1.
Denver loses 103 jobs as website consolidates
Layoffs follow company’s $165M purchase of InsuranceQuotes.com
Urban Peak opens thrift shop; profits fund programs for homeless youth
Give a man a shirt and you clothe him for a day. But teach a man to sell shirts – and you might keep a shirt on his back for the rest of his life. That’s the thinking behind Peak Thrift Shop, a clothing and furniture store launched in January by the nonprofit Urban Peak,… Read more »
Sweet exhibition opens at Museum of Nature & Science
Bring your sweet tooth to this museum’s exhibition of chocolate.
Colfax group laying groundwork for upgrade plan
A group dedicated to a 1.3-mile stretch off Colfax Avenue is putting in motion a new plan to add more amenities and public art and yesterday put out a call to developers interested in spearheading the project.
Service dog nonprofit adding more room to run
Construction is starting at the end of the month on a new facility for a nonprofit that plans to pair 70 owners in need with specially trained animals per year.
Solar firm files for Chapter 11
Listing nearly $12 million in debts, a solar generator firm has retreated into Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it says investors backed out.
Most-read stories of 2015
From pizza restaurants to massive Union Station projects, these 10 stories were BusinessDen’s biggest in 2015, helping make our first year on the Denver business scene a success.
New CU Denver fundraising head turns eye to alumni
After helping bring in a $5.5 million gift from J.P. Morgan, a CU Denver director is hoping to build the school’s relationship with its alumni and hopefully bring in more individual donations.
