The location of a former Italian restaurant in Loveland, Colorado, looks to become the home of a popular Mexican restaurant based out of Denver. This would be the third Colorado location for the small chain that dates back to 1973. While there is a Tex-Mex Chili’s nearby, this place should do well.
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In 2024, after several years at The Marketplace at Centerra, Pinocchios was shut down and evicted after unpaid taxes in March of 2024. In the summer of 2025, renovations began on the former space; I reached out to the neighboring Chili’s and found that an unnamed Mexican restaurant would be opening there. As the months would go by, I kept trying to find out who it would be; finally in January of 2026, the gang at WhatNow.com beat me to the punch in finding out.
Denver-Based Mexican Restaurant Expanding Into Loveland
According to WhatNow, Savina’s Mexican Kitchen, was rumored to be the next tenant there…..