Cecelia Jones and husband Jake Riederer are longtime restaurant-industry vets. But last year, the two turned their focus to a new passion: neighborhood markets.
Jones was working at Spinelli's, which has been a staple in Park Hill since 1994, when owner John Moutzouris offered the couple the opportunity to buy into the business. In December,"Grocery stores like this are community builders. ...
This project will also have the name Spinelli's and, like the other two markets, will offer grocery essentials, specialty items, ready-to-heat meals and sandwiches. One big difference is that this is a brand-new space instead of an existing market. The area is short on grocery stores, though, and being able to provide access to fresh, healthy options in a food desert is what sparked Jones and Riederer's interest in getting into the grocery business in the first place.
The new Spinelli's will"meet the needs of the community there without people having to go to a different area of the city," Joslin notes."We're really looking forward to this partnership.", it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way. Your membership allows us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls.since 2021.