By Kathryn White
“I was sure right away,” Malinda Medina-Johnson said. “I liked the whole frame of spiritual hospitality. I liked the atmosphere. I liked how they greeted people.”
Medina-Johnson knew she’d belong at Prodigy Coffeehouse because belonging is, well, their business.
“Spiritual hospitality is welcoming with open arms, without judgment,” Medina-Johnson said. “Anyone could walk through the doors, you’re not going to be...
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By Eric Heinz
Since the Colorado Department of Health and Environment officially terminated its COVID protective orders in February, we at The Denver North Star have discussed with some local breweries the pandemic’s effects on their businesses and what they look forward to now that normal operations have resumed.
Although breweries for the most part have been able to operate at full capacity in Denver for some time now, with the mask...
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My Miranda Ericksen
Not only has the restaurant industry weathered changes due to staffing shortages, supply chain challenges and evolving regulations during COVID, it is now faced with additional issues around workers’ wages, and saw a controversial bill recently fail in the Colorado Legislature.
One Fair Wage, a national organization seeking to end all subminimum wages in the United States, organized a protest outside the Colorado...
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By Eric Heinz
Niya and Grant Gingerich are back in business. The former owners of Local 46, a popular bar and restaurant that was at the corner of 46th Avenue and Tennyson Street before closing last year, are under contract to take over the longtime Edgewater Inn, 5302 W. 25th Ave. Niya said the closing date is Jan. 20.
“Ironically, I had stumbled in here, probably seven months ago,” Niya said. “In high school, this was my go-to pizza...
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By Eric Heinz
Local 46 Bar and Biergarten will close its location of 11 years on Sep. 30, this time for good.
Niya Gingerich, the owner of Local 46, recently announced the closure in a Facebook post. In 2020, the bar announced its closure for the first time when the building’s property owners were looking to sell.
“It is with the most heavy heart that we announce our final closing,” Gingerich said in the post. “I know we said it...
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By David Sabados
For 14 years, Victory Love + Cookies has been the second business tucked into Denver Bread Company on 32nd Avenue.
Now, the cookies are taking their place in the spotlight. Kristy Greenwood Bortz started as a baker with Denver Bread Company. While battling breast cancer 14 years ago, her friends and other local businesses raised money to help her pay medical bills, creating the “Kristy Greenwood Victory Fund.”...
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By Nora Ridgeway
The unassuming white building on the corner of West 23rd Avenue and Federal Boulevard has a new purpose: bringing sweet treats and baked goods to the Sloan’s Lake and Jefferson Park neighborhoods.
The building, formerly Cake Depot, is now home to Petunia Bakeshop. The only indication the building has transformed into a bakery is a three-foot-tall wooden sign with cursive lettering announcing “bakery” placed next to...
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Change is coming to the 4300 block of North Tennyson Street.The black bungalow that housed El Chingon for eight years may have a new owner before the end of the month, according to a local real estate broker.Michael DePalma, vice president of Sullivan Hayes Brokerage, said the 3,550-squarefoot lot owned by Melanie Smith was under contract as of April 26. Lorenzo Nunez Jr.’s popular Mexican bistro, El Chingon, did not renew its lease on the...
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One of the last dive bars in North Denver, The Berkeley Inn has new owners but a familiar feel. Photo by Celeste Benzschawel
Though the history of the Berkeley Inn has been muddied over the years, many know it well as one of Tennyson Street’s oldest-standing bars. And as of August 2021, two new owners took it over: Sarah Kinney and Andrew Peterson.
The couple met in San Diego where Kinney was bartending and where Peterson was stationed...
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North Denver history repeats itself at the new Sunnyside Supper Club
Sunnyside Supper Club has brought back full-service dining from the walk-up “food hall” style Earnest Hall offered at the location. Photo courtesy of Sunnyside Supper Club
After a pandemic-induced food blackout at 44th and Eliot Street from the closing of that location’s previous tenant, Earnest Hall, a new restaurant is up and running at a corner where local dining...
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