🌱 $ For Welton Cafe + Sakura Square Redo + King Soopers Strike

Brad K. Evans
·4 min read

Good morning, people of Denver! Brad K. Evans here with a fresh issue of the Denver Daily. I'm excited to be here. I hope you're having a great day, and today's coverage includes a story about the Welton Street Cafe in Five Points, which, like many restaurants, has struggled to survive the pandemic and a rent dispute with their landlord. They've found a new spot down the street, and sure could use some help to make the move a success.

Wednesday's weather: Sunshine and some clouds. High: 53 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories today in Denver:

  1. Sakura Square owners prepare block for redevelopment. The owners of Sakura Square are taking early steps toward redeveloping the downtown Denver block, but it may be years before physical work begins. The block at Larimer and 20th Street is the only remnant of the once-thriving, multi-block Japanese and Japanese-American community in Denver. (Sakura Square)

  2. Welton Street Café struggles to stay afloat. One of the pillars of Five Points, the Welton Street Café, is moving to a new location, but needs the support of the community to succeed. (9News)

  3. King Soopers employee union rejects "last, best offer." On Tuesday, King Soopers' union workers rejected what the grocery chain calls their “last, best and final offer.” That rejection sets the stage for thousands of unionized grocery workers to go on strike Wednesday morning at 77 metro-area stores. (CO Sun)

  4. Good samaritan jumps into frozen pond to save children that fell through the ice. One child was rushed to the hospital after three fell through the ice at an apartment complex over the weekend. Dusti Talavera jumped into the frozen pond to rescue them.(CBS4)

  5. What should the protocol be as the omicron-fueled numbers continue to grow in Colorado? The state reported a new record-high number of positive cases on Jan. 5 and this week’s positivity rate has continued to soar. (FOX31)

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Today in Denver:

  • Library For All: Creative Club at Sheridan Library. (1 p.m.)

  • Future Angels: Virtual Open House. (6 p.m.)

  • BYOB(ook) Group: A Book Set in the Past or Future. (6:30 p.m.)

  • Not Made For TV: Sketch comedy at Enigma Bazaar. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • City Cast writer blasts the DIA plan. City council green lit another billion dollar plan aimed at dumping another mound of cash into to the beleaguered Great Mall project, that turns out isn't actually going to be a mall after all. (City Cast)

  • Win a pair of tickets to a Denver Center for the Performing Arts show. Who doesn't like a free pair of tickets Enter to win a pair of tickets to The Choir Of Man this coming friday. Deadline to enter is Jan. 13. Here's the link to enter to win. (DCPA)

  • Denver Art Museum has a brand new restaurant, have you tried it out yet? The Ponti is open daily for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A light bar menu is served daily from 2pm to 5pm and dinner is served on Tuesdays from 5pm to 9pm. Make your reservations here (PONTI @ DAM)

  • Opera Colorado sets up shop at the Stanley Hotel. Tickets are available for an operatic adaptation of The Shining at the hotel that inspired the haunting Steven King story. (Denverite)

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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you first thing Thursday morning for another Denver Daily update! — Brad K. Evans

This article originally appeared on the Denver Patch