There was a normal lunch rush consisting mostly of Northfield High School students at Carmella's on Monday, so naturally many were curious about the abnormal: a line of caution tape surrounding an area of the Denver restaurant's patio.

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"You always continue to remain on your toes and on your feet," owner Dustin Chiappetta said with a chuckle.

It was a surprise for him as well when he came to work at the restaurant located in Pearl Market in the city's Northfield neighborhood early Saturday morning.

"We were pulling up to go do a charity breakfast for one of the neighborhood schools and we saw our patio in complete disarray," he recalled.

First he noticed the mess, then took a look at his security cameras. A hit and run had happened as a driver barreled over the sidewalk and smashed

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