Denver-born restaurant turns 15 years old and expands to unique places
Lorena Cantarovici didn’t get to meet her sports hero, Argentine professional footballer Lionel Andrés “Leo” Messi, when the Inter Miami CF played the Colorado Rapids last month.
But he ate food from her restaurant, Maria Empanada, and that’s pretty cool, too.
“I was dreaming to meet and giving the empanadas to Messi,” Cantarovici said in a recent interview with The Denver Gazette. “But of course, that didn’t happen. But I know at least he ate our empanadas, and that was the best part of the story.”
Maria Empanada, in its 15th year, has expanded to five locations, including recently at Denver International Airport and Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for Rapids games…