Red Trolley is moving fast — too fast

Red Trolley -- the coffee house/ice cream shop/cafe that opened just this summer at 2639 West 32nd Avenue -- left its second hang-tag of the week on the doors of houses in northwest Denver. "O.ver.zeal.ous," it read. "Excessively enthusiastic." The Trolley, it turned out, is moving so fast that it...

By Patricia CalhounNovember 28, 2008

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Red Trolley — the coffee house/ice cream shop/cafe that opened just this summer at 2639 West 32nd Avenue — left its second hang-tag of the week on the doors of houses in northwest Denver. “O.ver.zeal.ous,” it read. “Excessively enthusiastic.” The Trolley, it turned out, is moving so fast that it hadn’t stopped to proofread an ad for its new, expanded hours.

Which is both bad news and good news. For the record, Red Trolley’s correct hours are noon-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. And the lucky recipients of those second hang-tags all got a coupon for one of the Trolley’s new breakfast offerings.

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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.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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