Beau Jo's leases space near DU in return to Denver
The Idaho Springs-born pizza purveyor hasn't had a presence in the Mile High City since 2017.
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The Idaho Springs-born pizza purveyor hasn't had a presence in the Mile High City since 2017.
IDAHO SPRINGS • Chip Bair doesn’t live here anymore, though he hasn’t left the business on Miner Street. Far from it.
When you think of iconic Colorado dishes, pizza doesn't exactly spring to mind. But for fifty years, Beau Jo's has been baking its distinctive Colorado mountain-style pizzas — thin on the bottom and encircled by a bready crust as fat as a mountain-bike tire. Originally, folks had to stop in Idaho Springs for a bite or a bellyful of Beau Jo's, but over the years, the pizzeria expanded into multiple towns on the Front Range. No longer were the pies — sold by weight and topping out at five pounds — relegated to après-ski dinners; you could get your favorite combo in Denver, Arvada, Evergr...