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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>
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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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		<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>
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		<title>Parisi owner reflects on the restaurant’s destructive fire&#8230;and its future</title>
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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>
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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>
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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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		<title>Restaurant Roll Call: Every opening and closing in May</title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Milpero-Chefs-PC_-Shawn-Campbell.jpg" alt="chefs at work" /><p>Major concepts debuted on the Denver dining scene.</p>
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		<title>Every opening and closing this week: As one door closes, another opens </title>
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					<dc:creator>Antony Bruno</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 07:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2024-08/colorado_plus_instagram-2.png" alt="a glass of beer on a table outside" /><p>We lost a brewpub, but gained Dry Dock Pub. And there were more even swaps.</p>
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		<title>Highland’s Little India closing after five-year run</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:04:05 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2021-43/dsc_9508.webp" alt="Highland’s Little India closing after five-year run" /><p>The owners invite customers to help drain the bar this weekend.</p>
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