Hospitality & Tourism  May 29, 2018

At Kenny’s, beef has a family flavor

It wasn’t always known as Kenny’s, but this institution in Greeley draws its name from Ken Monfort, an icon of the meatpacking industry in the community. Dallas Heltzell for BizWest.
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The bar is a popular feature at Kenny’s. Dallas Heltzell for Bizwest

GREELEY — Kenny’s Steak House is just about as “Greeley” as you can get — starting with its name.

No “fusion” or any of those other trendy millennial restaurant terms. It’s beef — and lots of it. Just the way cattle baron Ken Monfort would have wanted it.

“Oh, we’ve adapted some over the years,’ said Matt Larson, who co-owns the steakhouse along with Ken Monfort’s son Dick, better known as a co-owner…

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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