LAKEWOOD • The woman sits at the barstool and takes it all in: the jukebox and old-time tunes; the tile floors and stainless steel walls commemorating Elvis and Betty Boop; the glass case of pies; the regulars down the counter, sipping coffee in the place they’ve known for decades.
As for the unfamiliar face this morning: “I’ve driven by here like 90 million times,” she says, “and I finally stopped.”
It’s impossible to miss here along West Colfax Avenue, this gleaming rectangle of a building overlooked by a 36-foot neon cowboy and fiberglass horse above the door. This is Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner…