The Le Central French restaurant at Lincoln Avenue and Eighth Street in Denver, which has been open for 34 years, is reportedly closing as soon as Sept. 13.
Westword reported that owner Robert Tournier sent an email to his regular customers announcing the closure.
"Being 65 and a grandfather with 40+ years in the restaurant business (1 restaurateur year = 3 human years) it is time to stop, the 13 of September should be the last day but keep in touch we may decide to close earlier," Tournier wrote in his email.
Le Central was ranked as one of Denver's most romantic restaurants in the past.
In a story that appeared in the Denver Business Journal nearly 20 years ago, the restaurant was described as "at home in a series of pastel row houses built in the bungalow style, wrapped around the southeast corner of East Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Street. Fournier bought the building when the units were vacant."