Colfax Construction Closes More Denver Eateries, Readers Respond

Middleman, the celebrated neighborhood bar at 3401 East Colfax Avenue that's home to the James Beard Award-nominated Misfit Snack Bar, will close by the end of this month — another victim of the killing Bus Rapid Transit construction along Colfax. “We are down 50 percent from last year, and we are hemorrhaging money every month now,” says chef Bo Porytko, owner of Misfit and the nearby Molotov Kitschen + Cocktails; he hopes to reopen Misfit in its own brick-and- mortar…

Colfax Construction Closes More Denver Eateries, Readers Respond
Middleman, the celebrated neighborhood bar at 3401 East Colfax Avenue that's home to the James Beard Award-nominated Misfit Snack Bar, will close by the end of this month — another victim of the killing Bus Rapid Transit construction along Colfax. “We are down 50 percent from last year, and we are hemorrhaging money every month now,” says chef Bo Porytko, owner of Misfit and the nearby Molotov Kitschen + Cocktails; he hopes to reopen Misfit in its own brick-and- mortar…