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The following undated photos from Boulder's Carnegie Library for Local History show the <br />exterior of the building and diners inside: <br />re <br />According to an April 30, 1958 Denver Post column written by regular columnist Red Fenwick: <br />Tony's restaurant, his spaghetti and homemade sausage have made this little <br />northern Colorado town moderately famous. Dignitaries, common folks, movie <br />personalities and sports world figures have come here from all over the country <br />to dine at Colacci's.... Coal mining has waned in this once -lusty town between <br />Denver and Boulder ... , but Tony's restaurant has supplanted it as a local <br />industry.... If he had to depend entirely on trade within his own town, Tony's <br />volume would drop to a fraction of its present size. So what's the secret of his <br />success? Why should a comparatively small restaurant and bar in a tiny town <br />removed from the main highway enjoy such patronage. The answer is simple: <br />Plain good cooking, home preparation of the ingredients, sanitation, courtesy, <br />fair prices and a native ability to turn out good Italian food. <br />The column also stated that Tony Colacci's annual gross was well over a quarter -million <br />dollars and that he employed 43 people, with a payroll of near $60,000 a year. Among <br />the celebrity diners mentioned in the article were Bing Crosby, Harry Belafonte, and <br />8 <br />