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Reader: Spice went out of Spicy Pickle long ago

The news that the Spicy Pickle outpost near the University of Denver has closed came as no big surprise to readers. Fact is, many sandwich lovers think the spice went out of the Spicy Pickle long ago. EPL, for example: Bring back the Boars Head meats and maybe your shops...
By Patricia CalhounSeptember 1, 2011
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The news that the Spicy Pickle outpost near the University of Denver has closed came as no big surprise to readers.

Fact is, many sandwich lovers think the spice went out of the Spicy Pickle long ago. EPL, for example:

Bring back the Boars Head meats and maybe your shops will stop closing. Back around 2004 or so, I’d eat at the Colorado Blvd. shop quite a bit. First time I went after the meat change, the sandwich was bad and I never went back. Sounds like I was on to something.

You won’t find Spicy Pickle on our list of the “Five best spots for sandwiches.” But are there other sandwich joints that could be contenders?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. 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 (probably for her bar tab). She’s 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, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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