Gypsy House the site of some true breaking news

Lori Midson's post on the Yelp review of Lou's -- written more than a month before Lou's scheduled opening -- prompted this comment from frequent critic Carly: Westword's Cafe Society is on the cutting edge of BREAKING NEWS once again!!! Because this blog is sorely in need of exciting content:...

By Patricia Calhoun

December 1, 2010

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Lori Midson's post on the Yelp review of Lou's -- written more than a month before Lou's scheduled opening -- prompted this comment from frequent critic Carly:

Westword's Cafe Society is on the cutting edge of BREAKING NEWS once again!!!
Because this blog is sorely in need of exciting content: a car drove into the Gypsy House this morning.

You're welcome.

We'd thank you for the tip, Carly, but as it turns out, one of our Westword contributors -- Ru Johnson, a regular on the Backbeat blog -- was already on the case, and snapped this photo right after a car crashed into Gypsy House, a popular Capitol Hill hangout.

Although the joint's windows are now covered with plywood, the coffee pot is still on.

You're welcome.

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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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