A patio on the street in front of Quality Italian? Fuhgeddaboudit!

The Cherry Creek restaurant won’t be getting additional outdoor seating after the Denver City Council voted 10-3 Monday afternoon against giving the eatery the necessary permit.

Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer, who represents the neighborhood, said her “no” vote represented her constituents, citing hundreds of signatures submitted against the patio.

“When I say that the community is angry, they have every right to be angry about this,” Sawyer said at the meeting.

The discussion about the hypothetical future patio, which would have replaced parking spaces, was primarily about a previous patio.

Quality Italian had tables below the curb for years upon the onset of the pandemic, when Denver allowed restaurants around the city t

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