It hurts a little extra when it is close to your heart.
Benzina-a 4-year-old restaurant and bar with wood-fired pizzas, handmade pasta and other dishes of soi on Wednesday that it will close at the end of March.
“We have had really great food and drinks on the Denver community for almost four years, but it has been a tough battle since the first day. Covid did not affect the food industry. The state and the city council have made it almost impossible for a single operator to survive in Denver, “wrote Benzina owner Brad Anderson on Instagram.
“The costs of labor, food, rent and real estate tax have created a situation in which the little man cannot compete. If something is not done and quickly prepared for seeing only large, from the state, multi-unit operations flood the market, “he continued. “Since 1981 I have been part of the Denver -Food Scene and both an employee and employer, and I have never seen it so badly. I hope the state and the city wake up before it’s too late. ‘
Located in a former former exhaust shop building in Googie in 4839 E. Colfax Ave. won an architectural price When it was opened in 2021), Benzina brought a more chic feeling to a stretch of road dominated by diving bars and fast food connections. Floor-to-ceiling windows, a jeu de boulege ball at the front and a cocktail bar specialized in Amaro completed the look.
Moreover, the place served one of the favorite pizzas of the Denver Post from this list of 11 of the best pizza joints in and around Denver.
The closure is another in a series of both high and low-profile closures in the past six months, because restaurant owners decode the same points that Anderson made in his Instagram post.
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