What is now a lively Denver restaurant with a rooftop lounge known for serving global small plates was once a famed mortuary.
According to Atlas Obscura , the site of Linger Eatuary – which has a 4.5-star rating on Google Reviews – was once the base of the Olinger family’s “funeral empire,” which was once responsible for organizing half of Denver’s funerals. It even housed the body of Buffalo Bill Cody for six months in 1917 while Wyoming and Colorado argued over who would provide his final resting place.
Instead of covering it up, the new owners embraced the spot’s morbid history when they purchased it and turned it into the restaurant it is today. In fact, they altered the rooftop neon sign that used to read “Olinger Mortuaries” to say “Linger Eatuaries.”…