The cafe at the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave on Lookout Mountain sold its last bison chili dog in December.

For decades, Bill Carle and his family had run the city's best souvenir store and cafe out of the circa 1921 Pahaska Tepee, a structure built by Johnny Baker, William F. Cody's adopted son, that held the original Buffalo Bill Museum until the city built a new structure in the '70s.

While that museum is still open, the Carles' lease was not renewed and the Pahaska Tepee was closed by the city at the end of the year, in order to "facilitate operational changes" and "provide access for historic preservation efforts." At the time, the city provided no timetable for those efforts, but Denver Parks & Recreation just issued an RFI for Pahaska Concession Services.

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