{"id":138630,"date":"2019-04-18T07:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138630"},"modified":"2019-04-18T07:28:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:28:52","slug":"i-hate-it-when-a-good-restaurant-goes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/18\/i-hate-it-when-a-good-restaurant-goes-away.html","title":{"rendered":"I hate it when a good restaurant goes away"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We discovered the Wooden Table shortly after its opening; we’d enjoyed the previous restaurant in that space, and gave its replacement a try — and fell in love with the place. A stable but evolving menu of rich meats and pastas (my faves were the\u00a0Cavatelli with\u00a0Duck Confit Carbonara, and the Pappardelle with Venison Bolognese), a stellar cocktail menu, and wait- and bar staff that were always pleasant and helpful.<\/p>\n

It didn’t look like much from the outside (sitting in an upscale shopping center), and the inside was spare, but the Wooden Table was our “nice restaurant” of choice, the place to go for\u00a0 birthdays and various celebrations, just Margie and I or with family and visitors. Yelp says I checked in there 28 times over the last five years or so. We actually just went a few weeks ago, for our anniversary, and I’m really glad we did.<\/p>\n

I’m sure we’ll find another place to go — Denver has a lot of fine restaurants — but I’ll always have fond memories of the place.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to the owners, chefs, and staff at the Wooden Table. You’ve been a good part of a lot of good times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wooden Table in Greenwood Village was our go-to “nice” restaurant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72],"tags":[1834],"class_list":["post-138630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-drink-restaurants","tag-sic-transit-gloria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wooden-table.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38602,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/01\/the-wooden-table-restaurant-on.html","url_meta":{"origin":138630,"position":0},"title":"The Wooden Table Restaurant on…","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Sep-13 10:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wooden Table Restaurant on #Yelp Great food as always, along with decent wine list and intriguing drink menu... http:\/\/t.co\/C7mQ961yyb","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30404,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/28\/restaurant-review-the-wooden-table.html","url_meta":{"origin":138630,"position":1},"title":"Restaurant Review: "The Wooden Table"","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Sep-12 11:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This restaurant resides in a space previously occupied by one of our other favorite Italian restaurants. \u00a0At Orchard and University in Greenwood Village, sitting in a largish corner mall, it's a small space, but comfortable.And the food ... not a huge menu, but every pasta and entree looked interesting to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43846,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/25\/i-checked-in-at-the-wooden-tab.html","url_meta":{"origin":138630,"position":2},"title":"I checked in at The Wooden Tab…","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-Jul-14 5:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I checked in at The Wooden Table Restaurant on #Yelp http:\/\/t.co\/Lw4GtMbm5T","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11053,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/18\/restaurant_review_mcgrath.html","url_meta":{"origin":138630,"position":3},"title":"Restaurant review: McGrath’s Fish House","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 18-Apr-07 9:35am","format":false,"excerpt":"Overall Food Service Ambience Prices McGrath's Fish House is a small national chain that just opened (after a long delay) their first outlet here in the Denver area, at...","rel":"","context":"In "Food & Drink"","block_context":{"text":"Food & Drink","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/food-drink"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/stars3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30618,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/16\/texting-at-the-restaurant-table.html","url_meta":{"origin":138630,"position":4},"title":"Texting at the Restaurant Table","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 16-Oct-12 5:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"To my mind, it very much depends on the circumstance.Sitting there amongst friends and\u00a0incessantly\u00a0texting and tweeting and etc.? \u00a0Uncool. 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