But the numbers are pretty much on the money. And there are more restaurants soon to come, including the much-anticipated Old Major and Barry's @ Highland, which has taken over the Arabian Bar space.
They will join a list (thanks to Lu Stasko of the LoHi Merchants Group for the count) that already runs from A to Z: A Cote Bar a Absinthe, Ale House at Amato's, Black Eye Coffee, Cebiche, Cellar Wine Bar, Central Bistro & Bar, Chile Verde, Clyde's Sausage & Ground Beef, Duo, Forest Room 5, Gaetano's, Gallop Cafe, Highland Tap & Burger, Highland Tavern, Jay's Patio, Jezebel's, Juarez Restaurant y Panaderia, La Mexicana Taqueria, Laughing Latte, Lechuga's, Linger, Little Man Ice Cream, Living the Sweet Life, LoHi Steak Bar, Lola, Loncheria La Mexicana, Los Carboncitos, Lumber Baron, Mary Jane's Pizza, Masterpiece Delicatessen, Menchie's Highland, Panaderia Rosales Bakery, Park Burger, Pasquini's Highland, Patsy's Inn, Pig & Block Charcuterie, Prost Brewing, Root Down, Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe, Shangri-La, Spuntino, Stir Cooking School, Tamales by La Casita, Taqueria Patzcuaro, Tea Bar by Teatulia, 32nd Treat, Uncle, Vita, Williams & Graham, Wooden Spoon, Z Cuisine and Zio Romolo's Alley Bar.
And that's not counting the Highland restaurants that shut their doors in 2012, including Gramma Dor's (its space on West 32nd Avenue is now for lease); the legendary Pagliacci's, which closed in August after more than sixty years in the same location (a residential complex will be built on the spot); and Longo's Subway Tavern, another old-school Italian joint that was closed soon after Pagliacci's but will reopen as a restaurant -- as soon as Larimer Associates, which bought the place, decides what to do with it.
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