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Changes in Cherry Creek

Today is the last day for Chez Jose, and the seventeen-year-old restaurant at 3027 East Second Avenue is going out with a bang -- a final fiesta that Lori Midson describes here. Meanwhile, the Egg Shell kept to its schedule, closing up the space at 300 Josephine Street that it...
By Patricia CalhounDecember 29, 2009
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Today is the last day for Chez Jose, and the seventeen-year-old restaurant at 3027 East Second Avenue is going out with a bang — a final fiesta that Lori Midson describes here.

Meanwhile, the Egg Shell kept to its schedule, closing up the space at 300 Josephine Street that it had occupied for 25 years on Christmas Eve and reopening on Saturday, December 26, at 235 Fillmore Street — that’s the former home of Mel’s (and several other misconceived projects). The new space comes complete with a liquor license and a heated patio, so it could be just the spot to prepare yourself for the Chez Jose goodbye party.

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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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