Restaurants west of Denver are still coming to grips with product losses and future revenue avenues following the array of power shutoffs last week.
“It’s like living in a third world country,” Brandon Bortles, owner of Nosu Ramen and Abejas Bistro in Golden, said Tuesday. “We’re all behind the eight ball. I want to know are we going to do this 10 times a year? What are we are going to do in the future? Just shut down the town every day?”
The scramble comes after Xcel Energy turned off the power multiple times to at least 48,000 people amidst severe winds and extreme wildfire danger between Wednesday and Friday. As many as 160,000 were without power at some points, officials said…