Chuck Wagon Diner on Colfax in Lakewood was sold to the owner of Rosie’s Diner in Aurora for $1.1 million .
“My wife Tammy and I didn’t take a vacation for the first 12 years we owned the place,” Clark said. “Now, we’re going to go visit our son and his family in Florida and my wife’s mom in Arizona.”
Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner was built in New Jersey, the diner capital of the world, and shipped to Colorado in 1957. The 2,500-square-foot, cowboy-themed diner was one of the last models offered by Mount View, which provided the construction materials and plans for hundreds of diners across the country from 1939 to 1957.
“The pandemic took the fun out of the diner business and put doubt in my head that this could happen again,” he said.For the last 38 years, Clark has been coming in every day at 4 a.m. and staying until close at 3 p.m. with his wife Tammy. He’s known as “boss” by his employees and “coach” by the local high school students, who he coached football.
“The historic nature of this place brings people back to the good ‘ol days,” Clark said. “It’s a staple in the community and has stood the test of time, whether good or bad.”The new owner hopes to revamp the booths, the mirrored walls and the jukeboxes on the tables.“The customers are what made the place,” Clark said. “My wife has been crying over the last two weeks because she says it’s hard not to cry when you see a grown man cry who is going to miss us.
Dehghani doesn’t want to scare loyal customers and employees away with any drastic renovations. He has no plans to change the name or exterior of the property to uphold its landmark status, and he will keep Clark’s staff of 17. “We want it to look like as sparkly and new as it did when it first opened in 1950, but we’re not rushing anything,” he said.
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