Go for the green today -- the green chile at La Fiesta

You can eat green and get green at La Fiesta these days. The Mexican lunch joint -- which took over an old Safeway in Curtis Park more than forty years ago and has been serving great green chile and other Colorado-style Mexican dishes ever since -- is giving diners $5...

By Patricia Calhoun

March 17, 2009

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You can eat green and get green at La Fiesta these days. The Mexican lunch joint -- which took over an old Safeway in Curtis Park more than forty years ago and has been serving great green chile and other Colorado-style Mexican dishes ever since -- is giving diners $5 off coupons that they can use any Friday after 3 p.m.

And that's a double deal, because La Fiesta is usually only open weekday lunches, from 11-2:30 p.m. But now on Fridays, La Fiesta stays open until 9 p.m. And if the good weather holds, La Fiesta's patio could be the perfect spot to use your five-buck coupon this Friday (although the coupons are good until April 15). La Fiesta has regular happy-hour deals, too: from 3 to 7 p.m., you can get a bucket of Coronitas for $7.50, and margs and domestic beer are all two-for-one.

La Fiesta is located at 2340 Champa Street; for more info, call 303-292-2800.

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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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