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The owner of one of Denver\u2019s most successful food concepts of the past two decades has left his stall at Avanti Food & Beverage to focus on his mobile business and tend to personal health issues.<\/p>\n

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Jim Pittenger debuted Bikers & Bakers, his follow-up to Biker Jim\u2019s Gourmet Hot Dogs, late last year inside of Avanti,\u00a0 N. Pecos St.. Circumstances involving a short-term lease as well as illness, however, have left him with less time and energy to devote to the food hall, he said Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp until this year, I\u2019ve been a pretty young late-sixty-year-old,\u201d Pittenger said. \u201cI\u2019ve started feeling more like a late-sixty-year-old than I\u2019d like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bikers & Bakers will continue catering corporate events and vending at farmers\u2019 markets, Pittenger said. His hot dogs are also for sale during World Cup watch parties at Skyline Park in downtown Denver, 1701 Arapahoe St..<\/p>\n

News of Pittenger\u2019s departure was shared by Avanti\u2019s management less than a week before his last day, Sunday, June 14. The food hall announced his replacement, an Italian sandwich concept called Ciao Babe, at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Ciao Babe\u2019s owner, Niko Diamantopoulos, had brought his doner kebab shop, Berliner Haus, into Avanti around the same time Pittenger moved in. The specialty at Diamantopoulos\u2019 new stand will be sandwiches made with schiacciata, a Tuscan flatbread.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always found that if you can make a niche and make it really good, then people are gonna go for that,\u201d Diamantopoulos said of his food ventures.<\/p>\n

Ciao Babe\u2019s soft opening is slated for Thursday, June 25.<\/p>\n

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