Comments on: Mexican Cafe http://www.thedenvereye.com/mexican-cafe/ Visualizing Denver's Past & Present Wed, 15 May 2013 20:16:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Craig http://www.thedenvereye.com/mexican-cafe/comment-page-1/#comment-2158 Craig Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:00:20 +0000 http://www.thedenvereye.com/?p=4389#comment-2158 My wife grew up a few blocks from Gordo's and she tells me the original cafe was actually on the other side of the street on Colfax - in a much smaller structure than later - even though 6999 was quite small The later Gordo's which moved to 6th and Sheridan is now torn down. They built it in a lot that stood vacant for all of the 1950's and 1960's and into the 1970's. There were a group of Mexican merchants who used to sell watermelons (Sandias) there every summer in the 1ate 1950's - early 1960's - Then eventually the Gordo's Cafe (more like a full-blown restaurant) came onto the property. My wife grew up a few blocks from Gordo’s and she tells me the original cafe was actually on the other side of the street on Colfax – in a much smaller structure than later – even though 6999 was quite small

The later Gordo’s which moved to 6th and Sheridan is now torn down. They built it in a lot that stood vacant for all of the 1950’s and 1960’s and into the 1970’s.

There were a group of Mexican merchants who used to sell watermelons (Sandias) there every summer in the 1ate 1950’s – early 1960’s – Then eventually the Gordo’s Cafe (more like a full-blown restaurant) came onto the property.

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