Le Central was one of the first nice places I ate in Denver, and its provincial French fare was always extremely tasty. It was a standard place for us to take people when the visited.
Alas …
'Bonjour,
It has been a great opportunity and pleasure to serve Denver for 34 years. I want to thank you for your patronage. To raise a loving family and run a succesful restaurant in Colorado was a rare privilege. I realize how lucky I am. I took the chance to open a French restaurant , with no business plan,serving affordable food and wines on Salvation Army chairs, with friendly non-professional service, no dress code, reservation or credit card and you loved it.
I am very grateful; I could not have done it without an incredible staff and your willingness to try something different. I am glad to be part of your (mostly) good memories, and to have been the stage of so many dates and celebrations
Being 65 and a grand father with 40 +years in the restaurant business ( 1 restaurateur year = 3 human years) it is time to stop, the 13 of September should be the last day but keep in touch we may decide to close earlier.
Merci, Robert Tournier'
I fully understand the reasoning, but we will definitely miss the place. Merci, sir, for all the fine meals we enjoyed there.
Wow, a lot like when Pierre Wolfe closed The Normandy years ago.
Savor the memories.
So sorry to hear this. It has always been one of my favorite restaurants when visiting. Lots of good memories there.