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Two downtown Denver eateries are temporarily closed for the foreseeable future after a fire damaged both establishments in the early morning hours of July 28.
Both Two Lazy Dogs Bar & Grill and the neighboring Little India — at 1531 and 1533 Champa St., respectively — suffered extensive smoke, fire and water damage after an as-yet unidentified individual set fire to a dumpster in the alley behind the building. According to Two Dogs owner Chase Phillips, security footage captured images of an individual throwing a burning object into the dumpster at around 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday, which was then quickly engulfed in flames…