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April 9, 2009
Chubby's closing a sign of the times
Lori MidsonChubby's thins outFirst, the bad news: The Chubby's at 4460 Morrison Road is the latest victim of a tanking economy.And now the good news: Everything inside is for sale -- cheap -- including a meat grinder that I'm coveting. And the better news: The original Chubby's is still going strong ... More >>
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September 18, 2008
Every party has a pooper, and I'm the one at Denver's birthday celebration
Lori MidsonChubby's thins outFirst, the bad news: The Chubby's at 4460 Morrison Road is the latest victim of a tanking economy.And now the good news: Everything inside is for sale -- cheap -- including a meat grinder that I'm coveting. And the better news: The original Chubby's is still going strong ... More >>
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December 6, 2007
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November 29, 2007
Smothered: The Saga of the Chubby's Empire
Family matriarch Stella Cordova spills the beans on the Chubby's restaurant empire.
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August 3, 2000
The Heat Is On
For the Cordova family, the forecast is always chile.
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April 20, 2009
Smother love: Happy 100th, Stella Cordova
Back in 1967, Stella Cordova was working as a cook at Chubby Burger Drive-In at 1231 West 38th Avenue when its owner, Bill Gray, asked if she wanted to buy the place. Even though she had a big family and little money, she took him up on his offer, paying on the installment plan. Today, more than fo ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Rest in peace, Stella Cordova
Stella Cordova, the woman behind Chubby's.Stella Cordova celebrated her hundredth birthday on April 20. But she's the one who gave Denver the gift: Chubby's, the old drive-in at 1231 West 38th Avenue that she turned it into a neighborhood icon, as well as a purveyor of the town's hottest, meanest g ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Cafe Society: Week in review
What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society:Jason Sheehan was stumped for a restaurant suitable for his mom, but came up with a sweet idea.Vesta is putting locavores in high spirits, literally, with a happy hour featuring cocktails made with Colorado liquids.Jason found his favorite single ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
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"We're not models! We're real people!" Dig in.... Today in Cafe Society: • Simms Steakhouse update. • Giggling Grizzly clan plan to turn Public House into Lizard's Bar & Grill. • A full weekend of food fun. • In answer to your question, D Bar. • An early peak at the Streets of SouthGlenn ... More >>
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August 21, 2009
The List: Denver's top ten green chile spots
One of my first columns was about the way green chile changes on the way from southern New Mexico to Denver -- from the pure verde kick in Hatch to the thin, soupy sauce of Albuquerque, and the steady thickening as you travel north along the green chile trail until you reach the gelatinous go ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Stella Cordova is gone, but Chubby's endures
One of my first columns was about the way green chile changes on the way from southern New Mexico to Denver -- from the pure verde kick in Hatch to the thin, soupy sauce of Albuquerque, and the steady thickening as you travel north along the green chile trail until you reach the gelatinous go ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Former Bubba Chinos in Park Hill goes to pot
This former Bubba Chinos at 28th and Fairfax could become a dispensary.Would-be medical marijuana dispensary owners are snapping up empty restaurant spaces around town. The former Buca di Beppo at 1400 Market Street is turning into Farmacy, and the space at 5151 East 28th Avenue that formerly ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
The Mexican picks the country's favorite Mexican restaurants
The late Stella Cordova at the Original Chubby'sGustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, is working on a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, and this past summer he invited readers to "tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno" -- in 25 ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Bubba Chinos will open its newest burrito kitchen on East Colfax
Leonard Cordova, the grandson of the late and legendary Chubby's founder Stella Cordova, plans to open his ninth Bubba Chino's restaurant this spring at the corner of East Colfax and Franklin Street in the former Fanny's Corner flower shop. The Mexican burrito place will bring the quickly gr ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Review preview: Bubba Chinos
Mark MangerOver four decades ago, Stella Cordova took over the Chubby Burger Drive-In from its owner, and she soon turned Chubby's into a Colorado icon, renowned for serving the gravy-like green chile she'd learned to make while growing up in Pueblo. Stella passed away in 2009 at the age o ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Cordova's Original Recipes does right by matriarch Stella
Mark MangerOver four decades ago, Stella Cordova took over the Chubby Burger Drive-In from its owner, and she soon turned Chubby's into a Colorado icon, renowned for serving the gravy-like green chile she'd learned to make while growing up in Pueblo. Stella passed away in 2009 at the age o ... More >>
Dining
February 17, 2011
Bubba Chinos serves up authentic "Chicano cuisine"
Mark MangerOver four decades ago, Stella Cordova took over the Chubby Burger Drive-In from its owner, and she soon turned Chubby's into a Colorado icon, renowned for serving the gravy-like green chile she'd learned to make while growing up in Pueblo. Stella passed away in 2009 at the age o ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
The colorful Bubba Chinos empire is expanding across Denver and into Boulder
Mark MangerThis week, I reviewed the original Bubba Chinos location at 160 Federal Boulevard, where Leonard Cordova serves up a version of the green chile that his grandmother, Stella Cordova, made legendary at Chubby's. He's used that sauce to turn his own restaurant concept into an expandin ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Bubba Chinos opens two locations today, in Boulder and Thornton
It's full speed ahead for Leonard Cordova and Bubba Chinos. The restaurateur has four or five more locations in the pipeline for spring, and two new stores just opened today. One is at 88th and York in Thornton. The other is in the University Hill food court in Boulder, a subterranean space ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Got the munchies? Stop into one of these Denver restaurants offering 4/20 deals
Happy 4/20, Denver. We suspect that many of you will be partaking in weed-related activities today, and guess what? A number of restaurants are ready to serve all of your subsequent needs, offering up 4/20 deals to help you stuff your blazed face (or your sober face, for that matter) for chea ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Now open: Bubba Chinos on Colfax
Laura ShunkPlans have been in the works for a Bubba Chinos to move into the old Fanny's flower store on East Colfax since late last year, when Leonard Cordova's expanding empire picked up the lease on the location. After a paint job and patio renovation, the place finally opened this month.
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August 1, 2011
Cordova's Original Recipes moves into MVP's Sports Bar & Grill
Cordova's Original Recipes moves its green chile operation into MVP's Sports Bar & Grill.Many of Stella Cordova's dozens of grandchildren have attempted to capitalize on the matriarch's iconic recipes introduced at the original Chubby's on West 38th Avenue, creating spin-offs all over the cit ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Another Bubbachinos opens on 39th and Wadsworth
Leonard Cordova's Bubbachinos empire has been on an expansion tear this year, with locations opening in Boulder, on East Colfax and at 88th and York (though Cordova says that Bubbachinos franchise is no longer associated with his company). Yesterday, he added another one: the thirteenth Bubb ... More >>

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