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Boggio's
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#96 2016-10-01 | |
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Boggio's in the 1940s |
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In 1924, thirty year old Natale Boggio opened his high-end French-Italian restaurant in Denver. |
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He
had immigrated from northern Italy ten years earlier
and gained experience as a waiter in Kansas City. |
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Boggio's was a success. So with the end of prohibition in 1933, it was expanded to include the serving of alcoholic beverages. |
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A Greeter's Guide ad from that summer reads: "Large glass of beer with lunch and dinner FREE." |
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This old matchbook locates Boggio's at Tremont at Broadway. Boggio's was originally located on California St before moving to Tremont in 1929. |
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Boggio's Rotisserie reads: "Delicious Foods, Superb Service". |
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Boggio's
Cocktail Grill reads: "The Most Attractive
Grill and Cocktail Room in the Country, N. Boggio in
Person". |
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Boggio's Broadmoor-Springs Ashtray |
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In 1934 Broadmoor Art Pottery began operations in Colorado Springs and made ashtrays for Boggio's. |
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This one shows a shapely woman turning a bird on a spit, flames below, savory smells rising above. A well fed man is holding his belly and picking his teeth, pinky finger in air. |
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The glaze is a thick dark Broadmoor red. Former tile designer and Broadmoor potter Cecil Jones must have had a prominent hand in the ashtray's design. |
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Its ink stamp reads "Manufactured by Broadmoor Art Pottery, Colo Springs, Colo, Next to the Post Office". |
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These were the Great Depression years. Restaurants commonly fell on hard times, but high-end businesses often did surprisingly well. Such was the case for Boggio's. |
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This Greeter's Guide ad from 1938 reads: "Across from the Cosmopolitan and Brown Palace Hotels". |
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Note the Brown Palace likewise opened
its Ship Tavern the
following year, 1934. |
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Boggio's Broadmoor-Denver Pottery |
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After the move to Denver in 1937, Broadmoor continued to make advertising pottery for Boggio's. |
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This ashtray has an ordinary form but is glazed with a nice harder to find yellow. |
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The Interesting backside
markings read: "Les
you forget, Boggio's" (in pencil?), and the ghost of
an ink stamp "Denver's Exclusive Italian French
Restaurant, Broadway at Tremont, Broadmoor Pottery,
Denver, Colo.". |
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Finally this unusual turquoise Boggio's vase has a tilted rim we have not seen before. Its Denver ink stamp is nothing special, but otherwise is complete and crisp. |
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After a most successful 1952, Boggio's,
to the considerable dismay of its patrons, was sued by
the authoritarian directing the Colorado Price Control
Enforcement. Mr Boggio sold his restaurant the following
year. |
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In 1965 Mr Boggio returned to open
other eateries: "Boggio's on the Green" in Lakewood, and
later restaurants and cafes in Denver and northern
Colorado. |
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Natale Boggio passed away in Denver in
1984. |
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