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Article: Village Inn goes upscale Wheat Ridge eatery gets extensive face-lift.(Business)

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Byline: Joyzelle Davis , Rocky Mountain News

Free Wi-Fi. Premium to-go lattes. A bustling lunch counter. The newly redesigned Village Inn in Wheat Ridge more closely resembles a retro-hip diner than a 50-year-old family dining chain.

The Kipling Street restaurant's makeover is the Village Inn's most radical overhaul in decades as parent company Vicorp tries to attract a new type of customer while retaining its regulars. The stakes are high: Denver-based Vicorp has heavy debt and interest payments, and sales have suffered in the face of a sputtering economy.

The Wheat Ridge restaurant, which reopened Monday after two weeks of construction, is a ...

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