Readers: Squawking about the Squeaky Bean

Love it or hate it, there's no shortage of opinions about the Squeaky Bean. And yesterday, when the announcement came down that the restaurant had found a new home in LoDo -- in a renovated warehouse (above) where owner Johnny Ballen can put an actual kitchen for chef Max MacKissock...

By Patricia Calhoun

December 6, 2011

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Love it or hate it, there's no shortage of opinions about the Squeaky Bean. And yesterday, when the announcement came down that the restaurant had found a new home in LoDo -- in a renovated warehouse (above) where owner Johnny Ballen can put an actual kitchen for chef Max MacKissock -- people quickly started squeaking and squawking.

Said Notsohappyguest:

Perhaps now that they will have a full kitchen they will be able to scramble eggs.

To which RonPopeil responded:

Looks like you need a RonCo inside the head scrambler. Crying over scrambled eggs. You definitely have yolks for brains.

The former home of the Squeaky Bean at 3301 Tejon Street will soon be Jezebel's, a new restaurant from the folks behind 8 Rivers.

For a look at all the places where Ballen could have signed a lease -- but didn't -- go here.

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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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