One of my family's favorite Denver restaurants is closing after 66 years...

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erininny

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So...I read this article, and burst into tears. Called my mom (who went there as a little girl, with her parents), and she burst into tears. Then I read the comments and cried even more. Don't believe the naysayers--this was a really special place, not the average red-sauce purveyor that the Westword's url alludes to. It was a Northern Italian restaurant on Denver's west side, home of tureens of steaming homemade minestrone and eggplant parmigiana (among many other great bites).

We always used to go here for Christmas as a family, when my brother and I were growing up. Family reunions of just the four of us took place here every Christmas when my brother and I were home from college. When Jakub and I came to Denver from Israel, the second Christmas we were married, everyone trekked out here in the snow for dinner. It accounts for a giant chunk of my upbringing, and it breaks my heart to see it go--and to be razed for apartments, in particular.

Sorry to ramble on in a nostalgic haze, but I knew you all would understand.

http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/07/pagliaccis_closing_italian_restaurant_red_sauce.php

 
Erin, I read your post / link yesterday, and have been thinking about it. It is so sad to see this

happen. We have had a number of restaurants close and new ones open, but none that have been around "FOR EVER...." I am sure you have wonderful family memories. It sounds like it was a very special place. ((Sorry!!... I can see why you were in tears!))

 
One of my all time favorite restaurants closed a few years back...

and I feel your pain. When I lived in Clifton (the gaslight district north of the university of cincinnati) I could walk to this place. The food was so yummy, wonderful, homemade from scratch, and cheap that I ate there at least 5-6 times per week. You could always find me there on Wednesdays for Chicken Pot Pie night. It was a meatloaf, fried chicken, beef stew, chicken liver and onions with real mashed potatoes and real brewed ice tea kind of place with homemade cakes, pies, and banana pudding for dessert. I still miss it. And it was always packed. Even when I went in alone, I usually knew someone dining and could join them. Why do places like this have to close?

 
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