Another diner bites the dust in Denver.
The 24-hour Breakfast King has closed its doors as of Monday, Jan. 3. The Colorado Sun was first to .
Open since 1975 at the corner of Santa Fe and Mississippi, the King was a true roadside institution in the city.
Customers sat at vinyl booths and ordered biscuits and gravy or chicken-fried steak. The restaurant served all day every day until the start of the pandemic in 2020.
A sign on the front door reads, “We are temporarily closed.”
Another says, “Help wanted.”
And another: “We are short staffed. Please be patient with the staff that did show up. No one wants to work anymore.”
A longtime employee and the business’ accountant confirmed Breakfast King’s permanent closure on Monday to The Sun. Calls to the restaurant’s owners were not immediately returned on Tuesday.
Breakfast King joins a growing list of classic diners, greasy spoons and late-night local institutions that . Among them are Tom’s Diner, Denver Diner, 20th Street Cafe, Pete’s Greek Town and El Chapultepec.
