Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Reader: We Can Have Legal Cannabis But Can’t Keep a Waffle Shop in Business?

The sign outside Bruxie promised "Sweet Treats," but the waffle sandwich shop, one of our ten best new fast-casual restaurants in 2014, just met a sour end. Bruxie has closed up shop on Colorado Boulevard "due to unforeseen circumstances," according to a message you reach when you dial the place...
By Patricia CalhounJanuary 29, 2015
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The sign outside Bruxie promised “Sweet Treats,” but the waffle sandwich shop, one of our ten best new fast-casual restaurants in 2014, just met a sour end. Bruxie has closed up shop on Colorado Boulevard “due to unforeseen circumstances,” according to a message you reach when you dial the place. While the chain is still in business in California, it’s out of Colorado.

See also: Bruxie Will Waffle No More in Glendale

Says Shawn:

Bull excrement! We have legal cannabis but can’t keep a waffle sandwich shop in business, does not compute! Bad form Denver, bad form.

Did you ever go to Bruxie? What do you think of the other waffle spots in town?

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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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