Concerns For Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum
You can see in this photo how the restaurant and the museum are tied together. Will another restaurant move into the space? Will that operator want a motorcycle museum upstairs? Will the landlord just make that part of the deal? Details sometime, we hope.
I recently got wind of a concerning situation. It seems the restaurant that houses the Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum, in Colorado Springs, has closed. Considering that the museum is in the building and you get to it by walking through the restaurant and then upstairs, you have to wonder what this portends for the museum.
Their website doesn’t say anything at all about it, but their Facebook page does say a little. And what they do say is this:
We are OPEN once again to the public!
Our hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am – 5pm
19 N. Tejon Street – 2nd floor – Downtown Colorado Springs
THANK YOU for your support and patience as we work thru the closure of the Tejon Eatery. As always, admission is FREE!
The restaurant in question is/was the Tejon Eatery and Bar. In the news article in the Colorado Springs Gazette it said that the restaurant owner said the museum will remain open for now but that doesn’t tell us anything about the future. The two owners, Sam and Kathy Guadagnoli, opened and ran the place but Sam, who was a big motorcycle buff, died in September. The restaurant is said to never have been profitable.
I emailed whoever runs their website asking for further information and I’ll update if I hear anything new.
Later–OK, I did hear back from Pam Wear, Secretary/Treasurer of the museum, and here is what she said:
Hello Ken,
The restaurant closed with no notice in October. Yes, it did affect our operation. We are now open Thursday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, and will be adding as the situation evolves.
The Museum has been open since 1992, we will continue. We are actually seeing quite a few visitors!
Thank you!
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