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A view of the dining room in the Red Lion Inn, located in Vail. The Red Lion Inn was built by Marge and Larry Burdick in 1962. It opened to the public in February of 1963. The Inn was sold in the 1980s, and was purchased by various groups of Vail locals, fist in September of 1988, and again in November of 2000. The Inn is still open. From the verso, "Featuring excellent cuisine, wine cocktails and people. Outdoor dining in the sun and indoor dining...
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Three women standing under a "Restaurant" sign in front of a tent building in Dotsero. The clientele for the restaurant would be railroad construction workers.
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Looking from the Vail chapel toward Interstate-70 with the Village Inn on the right; Bank of Vail is on the left.
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A postcard of the Spruce Saddle Restaurant, located in Beaver Creek. From the verso, "Spruce Saddle Restaurant, Elevation 10,208 ft. Beaver Creek Ski Area, Colorado"
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Cordilia "Cordy" Lovato standing in her yard in Red Cliff, November 2012. She was 90 years old at the time. She and her husband, Virgilio "Red" Lovato, moved to Red Cliff from New Mexico. "Virgilio worked at the New Jersey Zinc Mine in Gilman for 30 years. He doubled as an amateur barber at the mine, cutting of of his co-workers' hair. ... He married the former Cordilia Leyba Lovato in 1940. The couple raised nine children." -- Vail Daily Oct....
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From the same intersection [E. Gore Creek Drive and Bridge St.], looking south on Bridge Street.
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Jessie Fair, Sarah Parkinson, Doc Parkinson, and Clarence Fair are out to a meal together at Clifton's in Los Angeles, January 1958.
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Section 1 of "A Glossary of Vail Valley Names" focuses on Arrowhead, originally known as Arrowhead at Vail. Today, this area includes a golf course, ski resort, and restaurants as well as private homes. Vail Associates purchased the area in 1993. What's in a name? The Simontons link the rich heritage of Eagle County pioneers to the names of our trails, ski runs, lifts, streets, and restaurants. Arrowhead and Beaver Creek were once home to ranchers,...
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A postcard of Harrison's Cafe. Once located on Highway 6, Harrison's was owned and run by Owen "Dude" Harrison and Berneice McKelvey. Harrison's was renamed Bernice's Place in the 1970s. The buildings are still standing and is now the Eagle Grand Motel. Verso of the postcard reads: "Restaurant open 24 hrs. a day. Excellent food. Modern hotel. Hot water heat. Wall-to-wall carpets. Located half-way between Grand Jct. and Denver."
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Blanche Wyatt Kavanaugh in a long evening dress standing in front of highway signs in Minturn, Colorado. Under a sign for Colorado-U.S. 40 south: Eagle 29 , Glenwood 63, Grand Junction 15?. There is a barber shop in the shadows at the left, a hotel behind the U.S. 40 sign, and a restaurant in the right background. To Blanche's left is a bridge with the notice: load limit 3 tons including vehicle, stock limit 10 head of cattle 20 sheep, speed...
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Looking north up Broadway, Castle Peak on the horizon, behind Eby Creek. Liebers Cafe on the right hand side of the street. Two women and a child are riding in the back of a pickup truck.
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A view of the dining room in La Cave, a former French restaurant in Vail. La Cave was opened on New Year's Eve 1963, by Jim Slevin. It was a popular restaurant for dinnertime meals and was located in the basement of the Plaza Lodge. Slevin sold La Cave in 1968 to Peter Cremaris. From the verso, "French and Basque cuisine. Intimate atmosphere. Cocktails - Dinner - Dancing."
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Children's Fountain with the Pepi's Gasthof sign on the far right.
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Teresina Trujillo standing in her living room in Red Cliff. The Trujillo's lived next door to the Beck Family. "Teresina and Manuel Trujillo ran the Reno Cafe and Bar in Red Cliff for 19 years. Teresina was active in the Altar Rosary Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Red Cliff. She loved to help host the Catholic sisters for lunch during the summers when they were in the mountains to teach catechism to the children of Red...
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The Children's Fountain in the center with Pepi's at far right.
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1900s: Old rooming house and restaurant, Basalt, Colorado, next to Conoco station with gas pumps. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

17. Cafe

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Restaurant in Eagle owned by Virginia Ann Burk Beam Alvord, who is standing to the right. Standing left is Bessie Beam Luby, standing center is Ann Alvord and seated between the two ladies is Florence Alvord. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The intersection of E. Gore Creek Drive and Bridge Street, taken from Pepi's deck, looking toward the Covered Bridge.
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Mr. and Mrs. Calvick are posed in a doorway wearing coats and hats. They owned Calvick Cafe in Eagle, Colorado (listed in the 1935 Eagle Valley Telephone Company with phone number 25-F3). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Virginia Ann Burk Beam Alvord "made Eagle her home for many years, and operated restaurants in various locations of Eagle from the early days until during the '30s." [Eagle Valley Enterprise, July 31, 1969] She died in Colorado Springs July 28, 1969, just 18 days after her 91st birthday, while living with a daughter.