Hunter Thompson once proclaimed, “There’s some shit we won’t eat.” Back in the early 1990s it was easier to be finicky. There were a lot more places for an Aspenite to grab a burger and beer.

The good doctor was addressing burgeoning greed, aided and abetted by the expansion of the airport, overtaking Aspen in its conversion into Glitter Gulch. Even still, his words may be more apropos today in all but proving his prophecy as evidenced by the dramatic loss of local watering holes where average working folks share meals, camaraderie and hopes.

Lick the knife. Put your plate in the sink to soak. Another local bar and restaurant bites the dust. Mi Chola, one of Aspen’s last moderately priced local hangouts, is no more.

As reported in the Aspen Daily News last week, the establishment’s owne

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