September 14, 2011

Milestones Icon: Frank Day

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Frank Day is more than a Colorado native, he’s a local entrepreneur who has impacted the hospitality and health-care industries, among others.

Born in Denver in 1932, he moved away but returned to Colorado and settled in Boulder in 1973. While he was gone, he began his restaurant career by selling popcorn and snacks at some Chicago department stores.

It was in Boulder that he formed Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc., which is the parent company of Old Chicago, Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, Walnut Brewery the ChopHouse & Brewery,   and more.

In 1976, three years after opening the Walrus in Boulder, Day opened…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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