Among the many strip-mall, cookie-cutter buildings that dot the restaurant landscape in Littleton, Lucile’s Creole Cafe has long stood apart.
The restaurant sits in a country-estate, ranch-style home mere feet from the South Platte River. Look at it just right, and the place feels like a little slice of bucolic country ambiance that’s the perfect setting for the Southern fare loyal patrons have come to enjoy since this branch of Lucile’s opened in 2011.
But not for much longer. Thanks to an on-again, off-again rental situation with the building’s owner — DISH Network, which occupies the neighboring office complex — the restaurant’s owners told staff on Monday, May 11, that they will need to close the restaurant at the end of May…