These are tough times for family-run restaurants. One was just closed for nonpayment of back taxes — but not for lack of customers.

Garibaldi Mexican Bistro , an Englewood eatery that opened in 2014, was popular for its terrific Mexico City-inspired food as well as its unusual location — we named it "Best Restaurant With a View of a Car Wash" in the Best of Denver 2017. The place did so well that the family who owned it opened a second Garibaldi in the Golden Triangle in 2018, but shut that spot just three months later because of lackluster business for the high rent.

Now the original has shuttered.

"SEIZED," the notice taped to the front door says in no uncertain terms. "Warning, this property has been seized for nonpayment of taxes, and is now in the possession of the City of Engl

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