Ka-ching! Blake Street Vault opens its doors

For months, the former American Costume Company has been undergoing a transformation -- and you now can see the results for yourself, since Blake Street Vault has finally opened its doors at 1526 Blake Street. The restaurant/bar's opening this week was a few weeks behind schedule, but as one partner...

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 5, 2008

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For months, the former American Costume Company has been undergoing a transformation — and you now can see the results for yourself, since Blake Street Vault has finally opened its doors at 1526 Blake Street. The restaurant/bar’s opening this week was a few weeks behind schedule, but as one partner says, “it’s quite a bit of work to bring the 19th century up to the 21st.”

And the Vault still got open before the second location of 8 Rivers, just a few doors away on Blake, which is now looking at a mid-September opening.

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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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