July 6, 2023

Silver Grill owners buy Vern’s Place in Laporte

LAPORTE — A Loveland couple with a long history in the restaurant business has acquired a 77-year-old restaurant in Laporte.

Alan and Jackie Jantzen, owners of the iconic Silver Grill Cafe in Old Town Fort Collins, are the new owners of Vern’s Place, 4120 W. County Road 54G.

Alan Jantzen has a more than 30-year history in the Fort Collins restaurant business, including as director of operations for Hot Corner Concepts, a restaurant group that owns The Moot House, several Austin’s American Grill locations, Big Al’s Burgers & Dogs and Comet Chicken. They bought Silver Grill in late 2021 from John…

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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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