After 50 Years - The Steak Pit Is Closing

After a fifty year run, the Steak Pit is calling it quits.  Most Aspen "old-timers" remember the previous locations below City Market and the Cooper Street Pier building.  The Steak Pit has been in its current location for the past seventeen years.

The owners say that the building owners were trying to reduce the rent enough to keep the popular local's restaurant operating but high CAM (common area maintenance charges), including property taxes, were too much to overcome.

The closing marks the demise of the last salad bar in Aspen.