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How Four Different Chubby's Restaurants Stack Up

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 3:16 p.m.

El Chubby's, 9865 East Hampden in Aurora, has a sign posted inside disavowing any relationship to the original Chubby's or another El Chubby's at 1191 South Abilene, which was opened by one of Stella's ten children before being sold. 1/12

Leonard Cordova, another of Stella's grandsons, owns two Chubbys Bubbachinos, including this one near 1st and Federal, where the logo is strikingly similar to the original Chubby's. 2/12

The Chubby's Bubbachino's logo looks strikingly similar to this one from the original Chubby's at 38th and Lipan. 3/12

As for the food, In a blind taste test, Westword employees rated the Mexican Hamburger at the original Chubby's to be the best. 4/12

The fries at Stella Cordova's restaurant came in second. Though the chile was hotter and better than the others, the fries were undercooked. 5/12

Stella's grandson Julian Cordova owns the Chubby's at 8330 Washington Street, where the chile fries took first place. 6/12

The logo may be the same, but the food is not. The Chubbys Bubbachino's Mexican Hamburger just didn't carry the same kick as the original. 8/12

How Four Different Chubby's Restaurants Stack Up

The original Chubby's at 38th Avenue and Lipan is owned by Stella Cordova, the 98-year-old matriarch of the Cordova clan. If you could only have one meal at Chubby's, Stella Cordova recommends the green-chile smothered Mexican hamburger and chile cheese fries, so Westword visited four unrelated Denver-area Chubby's to compare them.

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