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Closed Windows

In my year-end roundup, I shared my shock that Windows Cafe -- the all-veggie, pan-Asian eatery that had opened in the embattled 12200 East Cornell space in Aurora that had already swallowed the likes of Maruti Narayan's, Denver Woodlands and Boudreaux's Bayou Buffet -- was still open. As it turns...
By Patricia Calhoun
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In my year-end roundup, I shared my shock that Windows Cafe — the all-veggie, pan-Asian eatery that had opened in the embattled 12200 East Cornell space in Aurora that had already swallowed the likes of Maruti Narayan’s, Denver Woodlands and Boudreaux’s Bayou Buffet — was still open. As it turns out, though, Windows closed before 2007 started. (At least I was only off by a couple of weeks — unlike the Rocky Mountain News, which included Windows in its list of green restaurants on Saturday.)

And another joint has already moved into this jinxed location: La Toscana, an Italian restaurant doing a straightforward menu of pastas, salads and seafood dishes. — Jason Sheehan

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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