{"id":127865,"date":"2015-09-01T22:20:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T04:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/01\/one-of-our-favorite-restaurants-is-closing-its-doors.html"},"modified":"2015-09-13T12:11:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T18:11:45","slug":"one-of-our-favorite-restaurants-is-closing-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/01\/one-of-our-favorite-restaurants-is-closing-its-doors.html","title":{"rendered":"One of our favorite restaurants is closing its doors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Alas …<\/p>\n

'Bonjour,<\/i><\/p>\n

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><\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/p>\n

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.<\/i><\/p>\n

Merci, Robert Tournier'<\/i><\/p>\n

I fully understand the reasoning, but we will definitely miss the place. Merci,<\/i> sir, for all the fine meals we enjoyed there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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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. 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