Lon Symensma’s first restaurant in Denver, ChoLon, remains a downtown staple after fifteen years in business. Known for its French onion soup dumplings, it has even expanded and now has locations at Sloan’s Lake and Denver International Airport But another one of his concepts, the more casual dumpling-centric YumCha, has had a less stable run. This summer, the Central Park YumCha Dumpling & Noodle was rebranded as YumCha Beer Garden, serving “beer garden classics like burgers, wings, fried pickles, flatbreads, small bites — all with a signature YumCha twist and a dash of Asian flair,” according to its website. But the new strategy only lasted a few months. Now, YumCha’s only standalone location is closed. To learn more, read the full story by Molly Martin at denverwestword.com (link in bio). 📸: YumCha/Instagram #denverwestword #denverco #denverfoodie #dumplings #denverlife