Reader: Denver Tech Center -- Where Restaurants Go to Die

Residents of the southern suburbs were excited when chef Mary Nguyen, who'd gained a strong following at Parallel Seventeen (now P17, and celebrating its tenth birthday this year), opened Street Kitchen Asian Bistro in the Vallagio development in Englewood in January 2011. But since then Nguyen has added Olive &...

By Patricia Calhoun

February 3, 2015

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Residents of the southern suburbs were excited when chef Mary Nguyen, who'd gained a strong following at Parallel Seventeen (now P17, and celebrating its tenth birthday this year), opened Street Kitchen Asian Bistro in the Vallagio development in Englewood in January 2011. But since then Nguyen has added Olive & Finch to her eating empire on East 17th Avenue, and last month Street Kitchen ground to a halt.

Says tropicalchrome1:

Well, crud. This is bad news -- this was one of our go- to places when we didn't know where else to go, or when we had out-of-town guests who wanted something different. I'm going to miss the pork belly roll....and all the nice parking, which her other spots don't seem to have.

Adds DonkeyHotay:

DTC = where Denver restaurants go to die.

When you're near the Denver Tech Center and want something different -- and good -- where do you go?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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