Bright metro area mornings will be a little less sunny-side up beginning next month when the closes its doors for the last time on June 8.
The south Denver diner, at 6135 E. Evans Ave., has been a staple favorite since it opened in 1976, serving breakfast and lunchtime classics, including its specialty, sweet cream pancakes. The restaurant is known for the model train that circles the dining room above customers’ heads.
On Sunday, owner David Frieder said on Instagram that the Breakfast Inn would be closing because the building owner had not renewed its lease. Here is the rest of his announcement:
“The BI has been a local favorite for 50 years. As the owner for the last 21 of those years, I’ve been in foreign countries and met people who have eaten at my restaurant. I have watched both customers and employees alike grow up, go to school, get married (many times to people they met at the BI) and start families. I have had regular guests for 10 to 15 to 20 years who were my age now that have passed on, and it felt like I lost a relative time and time again.
“The BI has been there for the community and the community has ALWAYS been there for the BI. It comes with great sadness to share with the community that the BI will be closing permanently on June 8 at 2 p.m. After a year of fighting the good fight, our lease was not renewed and the property has been sold. We would love to see every single person who has been through so much with us before we close, so please come by to say goodbye and get some of Liborios green chile one last time! I thank everyone for the privilege of serving you for most of my professional career, I will certainly miss what the BI means to the community.”
