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Morey's great-great-grandson, Vail chef Mark A. Ferguson, is opening the restaurant with his wife, Andrea, and decided to honor the history of his family by naming it Solitaire.You can still see some of that history downtown: The Tattered Cover has occupied the Morey Mercantile Building for two decades, and the second-story link to the Lee building next door is still there. That structure at 16th and Wazee streets today holds Lucky Pie Pizza and Blue Sushi Sake Grill. But for nearly fifteen years, the space was occupied by Dixons Downtown Grill, until it finally closed in 2011. And all the while, it had historic -- and inexplicable -- Solitaire signs etched in several windows.
The Dixons legacy lives on at Racines, the sole surviving -- but thriving -- member of a homegrown group of restaurants that just celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. Read more about that here. A version of this story originally appeared in Cafe Bites, our weekly e-mail newsletter on Denver's drinking and dining scene. Find out how to subscribe here.
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