You can throw off the checkered tablecloths and add a fresh coat of varnish, but you can't erase the spirit of a good old Italian restaurant. Gaetano's Restaurant has been ladling red and pouring white in North Denver since 1947, but a change of ownership in 2005 (when the venerable joint was purchased by what was then the Wynkoop group) lead to a controversial 2012 remodel. And at the end of 2013, the place was sold by Breckenridge-Wynkoop LLC to Ron Robinson.

There's still a market for old-school Italian-American in Denver, and Gaetano's is hoping to prove it can swing with the old-timers and still attract the younger crowd.

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