Denver in the 1960s and 1970s (Memory Lane) (Lakewood, Westminster: rich, buffet)

[scubaskip]

We are trying to remember the name of a Mexican restaurant we used to visit in the late 70's early 80's. It stood alone down south in the vicinity of C-470 (before it was built) and I-25. A current neighbor claims that it did not exist, but we know it did! Please help.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by scubaskip

We are trying to remember the name of a Mexican restaurant we used to visit in the late 70's early 80's. It stood alone down south in the vicinity of C-470 (before it was built) and I-25. A current neighbor claims that it did not exist, but we know it did! Please help.

Las Margaritas.
It was pretty good.

I could give you a better answer, but... apostrophe abuse is evident.

[Gus from Denver]

Cafe du Park

Does anyone remember this cafe in downtown Denver in the late 1950s
and early 1960s? It might have been on Colfax not far from East High
School and I am pretty sure it hosted folk singers like Joan Baez. I don't
see how to upload the menu but here are some examples (there are only
coffees; there was no food at all on the menu, at least the one I have):

Cafe Espresso $0.30
Brandy Espresso $0.50
American Coffee $0.25
Ukranian Coffee - A noble drink . . . superbly combined Dark
Chocolate, Coffee, Sugan, Milk, Whipping Cream, and Shaved French
Chocolate $1.25

I remember ordering this one whenever we went there:

Caffe Borgia- An inheritance from the Chefs of the Borgia family.
Rich Chocolate, Coffee, Cream and Grated Orange $0.60

[izziadog]

Great memories of Doc Weeds...who was the band with the hot female lead...
spent time with Frank Zappa there as well !!
I used to work at the London House!!

[izziadog]

Glendale Country club!!

[izziadog]

not the Riviera??

[izziadog]

the food sucked.....

[BabyFace Killer]

I was there in 78 I remember Graham Bells, also The Colorado Mine Company, The Baby Dough,The Turn of the Century,The Broker Restaurants, Also Some Pizza place on E.Colfax Ave that served up these huge deep dish pizzas that you could get with whole wheat crust..gave you honey to put on the crust. It wasn't to far from the theatre that was running the Rocky Horror Picture Show...forget the name of the place and it wasn't anything you would call authentic Italian but it was good.

[USA guy]

Remember the hippie radio station that played all the great music and when they ran the emergency broadcast warning test they would say in a soft voice: "it's only a test...just a test...just a test...just a test" as if to assure trippers not to freak out. Absolutely matchless! This might be the station that played old time radio programs on Sunday mornings; a guy with a great collection, and endless knowledge about the subject, would co-host the program. What were the call letters?

I remember Together Books and Jerry's Books, both near Capitol Hill, and head shops on Colfax.

Gene Amole's FM classical station (KVOD?); he had a microphone located where you could hear birds making their sounds, and patched this in as background when he was speaking into the studio mic.

[OhioNative]

Question – where was the Montgomery Ward store in Longmont Colorado in the 1970s? Would it happen to be the building where Woodley’s fine furniture is now? I remember visiting my grandparents in the 1970s and buying a bike at the Montgomery Ward just in front of their mobile home community, and then learning to ride the bike on the roads around there. Just feeling nostalgic.