LoHi restaurant blames local contractors for sewage deluge, long closure
The pizza and seafood joint Cart-Driver is blaming remodelers for a -gallon torrent of sewer water at its LoHi location in and the costly -month closure that followed On Nov the restaurant sued Blue Sky Construction of Littleton and Southpaw Plumbing an Englewood contractor that has since closed for negligence in Denver District Court Cart-Driver opened in an old shipping container at Larimer St in RiNo in before adding a second location at W th Ave in LoHi in The general contractor Blue Sky oversaw Cart-Driver s remodel of the LoHi space and Southpaw handled plumbing Mainline West a municipal bond manager owns the building at W th Ave A Mainline executive first smelled sewage there in October nearly four years after Cart-Driver opened for business according to the restaurant s lawsuit Five thousand gallons of sewer water had flowed through a broken or uncapped pipe and into Cart-Driver s crawlspace causing a three-week closure of the restaurant in late We are so glad that s almost over Cart-Driver posted before a December reopening But three weeks later a new leak was discovered in the same crawlspace Cart-Driver announced Cart-Driver s LoHi location reopened in January Helen H Richardson The Denver Post We learned nowadays that a different section of plumbing underneath our kitchen floor here at Cart-Driver LoHi requirements various serious repairs it narrated fans We are closed and we will remain closed while we take care of this issue That s likely going to take a month Related Articles Colorado wins legal battle to cap interest rates on consumer loans Bubba Gump Shrimp Co closes downtown Denver restaurant gets sued for unpaid rent Cherry Hills mansion lists for first time in nearly years for M Rooftop tent company Colorado files bankruptcy blaming tariffs for closure Ball Corp CEO gets M in severance after firing It took months Cart-Driver switched to catering and did not reopen until January It notified Blue Sky and Southpaw of their alleged construction defects in March records show When those firms refused to repair their work Cart-Driver sued it says now Blue Sky Southpaw and their lawyers did not respond to requests for comment An attorney for Cart-Driver Patrick Haines with Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti in Boulder declined to discuss his client and how much money he will ask jurors to award the restaurant Cart-Driver now has two pending lawsuits regarding the water damage Last year it sued Society Insurance for not covering its repair costs Society says the restaurant s insurance plan does not cover damage caused before then including the flooding Read more from our partner BusinessDen Get more business news by signing up for our Financial system Now newsletter Subscribe to our new food newsletter Stuffed to get Denver food and drink news sent straight to your inbox
