“Businesses in Five Points are getting ready to apply for a common consumption zone. Applications for common consumption areas are being accepted starting June 1. This was made possible after the Department of Excise and Licensing requested a change in the common consumption ordinance. The change made it possible to accept applications 45 days … [Read more…]
“Wellington Webb always sauntered into the Welton Street Cafe like he owned the joint. The Welton Street Cafe has been his office away from the office for as long as he can remember. “I’ve been going there for ever,” he told me on the phone this week, pivoting to his family. “Wilma goes there. … [Read more…]
““We’re trying to save a legacy,” says Fathima Dickerson, one of the Welton Street Cafe’s five co-owners. For more than two decades, the restaurant at 2736 Welton Street has been a hub for the Black community in the Five Points neighborhood — and the source of great fried chicken. In fact, it just won … [Read more…]
“After more than two decades of serving customers in Five Points, the popular Welton Street Café is in danger of closing. Restaurant co-owner Fathima Dickerson said issues with the restaurant’s building are threatening to shut down this community gathering place. Dickerson said their biggest issue is their HVAC system not functioning properly.” read … [Read more…]
“Walking through the streets of Denver, you will see murals of all different shapes, sizes and colors. The artists who create these colorful masterpieces use the places and people who add flavor to the city as their template. Tucked away on a wall in a parking lot along Walnut Street in Denver’s RiNo District, … [Read more…]
“Here’s how Welton Street Cafe in Five Points is helping the neighborhood rise up amid the coronavirus pandemic.” read the entire article Channel 9 News 22 September 2020.
“At her cafe located just a few blocks from Sonny Lawson Park, Fathima Dickerson often serves meals to some of the people who live on the streets. “For me, living and working in Five Points, that library, that park, have always had a history of homelessness,” says Dickerson, general manager of the Welton Street … [Read more…]
“Only a handful of restaurants currently represent Denver’s soul food scene, but there was a time when choices were far more abundant for dressing up for Friday supper or Sunday lunch at Black-owned restaurants. One of those, which ran for more than half a century, was Pierre’s Supper Club, owned and operated by Lawrence … [Read more…]
“As a child, Candi CdeBaca worried relentlessly about winding up in a tent city under the Interstate 70 bridge near her home in northeast Denver. Maybe that explains why she fights with such unrelenting passion. The chill of poverty feeds a blazing fire. Growing up poor and as a person of color, challenges loomed … [Read more…]
“The beloved Welton Street Cafe got a visit from Guy Fieri himself. The Food Network’s popular show, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives hosted by the infamous Fieri caught up with the Five Points soul food joint weeks ago, but the episode itself is slated to drop this Friday, March 6. The show which began in … [Read more…]