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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>End of an Era: Original Rock Bottom Brewery on 16th Street closed</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:11:06 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/RB-front.jpg" alt="Rock Bottom Brewery 16th Street" /><p>The restaurant helped kick-start Denver’s microbrew industry and was an anchor of the 16th Street Mall. Maybe someone should tell the owners. </p>
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		<title>RiNo breakfast haven Port Side is closing next month after 10 years</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:18:18 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/PortSideServing.jpg" alt="Port Side Chris Bell serving" /><p>“A lot of people are super sad. But it was a choice I made, and I’m happy with it.”</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/food-drink/rino-breakfast-haven-port-side-is-closing-next-month-40900931/">RiNo breakfast haven Port Side is closing next month after 10 years</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Truffle Cheese Shop to reopen in new location under new ownership</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/food-drink/truffle-cheese-shop-to-reopen-in-new-location-under-new-ownership-40900463/">Truffle Cheese Shop to reopen in new location under new ownership</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Every opening and closing this week:  One chain leaves, another reappears</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/MoxieSocial-e1781298646375.jpg" alt="Moxie social" /><p>Denver also gained a pair of zero-proof bars. </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/food-drink/national-restaurant-chains-come-and-go-in-denver-40898047/">Every opening and closing this week:  One chain leaves, another reappears</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Get a taste of the Wolf&#8217;s Tailor at Sheep, coming soon to Cherry Creek</title>
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					<dc:creator>Molly Martin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/EMAILER_Blank-1.jpeg" alt="&quot;sheep&quot; spray painted on wool" /><p>The limited residency is a new way to experience the state's only double Michelin-starred restaurant. </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/food-drink/wolfs-tailor-cherry-creek-pop-up-sheep-40897166/">Get a taste of the Wolf&#8217;s Tailor at Sheep, coming soon to Cherry Creek</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Take one last ride in the Delorean tonight</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:51:57 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2024-32/image1.webp" alt="posters from 80s" /><p>This blast from the past will come to a halt at the end of service June 7.</p>
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		<title>Every opening and closing this week: Sundae now scooping downtown</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:58:59 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/wafflecone-2.jpg" alt="waffle cones at Sundae" /><p>But the High Point Creamery location at Denver Central Market is gone.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/food-drink/sundae-and-every-restaurant-opening-and-closing-this-week-in-denver-40894507/">Every opening and closing this week: Sundae now scooping downtown</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Parisi owner reflects on the restaurant’s destructive fire&#8230;and its future</title>
		<link>https://www.westword.com/food-drink/interview-christine-parisi-italian-restaurant-owner-40894146/</link>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/parisidebris2.jpg" alt="Parisi fire damage" /><p>Christine Parisi surveys the damage, both physically and emotionally, while deciding whether to rebuild, renovate or retreat. </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/food-drink/interview-christine-parisi-italian-restaurant-owner-40894146/">Parisi owner reflects on the restaurant’s destructive fire&#8230;and its future</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>MAKFam second restaurant location revealed</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:25:22 -0600</pubDate>
				<category domain="foundation:section-category">Food &amp; Drink</category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2023-42/ken_and_doris-large.webp" alt="MAKfam owners" /><p>“We have a menu that works, a concept that works. We just want to replicate this process in a bigger space so we can do a little bit more.”</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/food-drink/second-makfam-opening-in-edit-in-denver-rino-40894431/">MAKFam second restaurant location revealed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Denver-ish Central Market? RiNo food hall vendors claim they’ve been pushed out</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:45:51 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2024-36/dcm_exterior_summer.webp" alt="green umbrella outside a brick building" /><p>Only three of the original 11 vendors remain, and three others exited over the past week.</p>
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