The Celebration of Life for Thoa Fink, one of Denver’s most storied restaurateurs who succumbed to cancer, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Milwaukee Tavern, 201 Milwaukee St.
Tavern owner Corky Douglass (another famed Denver restaurateur who owned Tante Louise) is planning the event along with Oahn Vu, Fink’s oldest daughter.
Fink’s Denver history includes Chez Thoa, an elegant Vietnamese/French restaurant in the basement at 158 Fillmore in Cherry Creek North. Later, upstairs on street level she opened the Italian restaurant Boccalino. It was a smash hit from the first day. She followed that with Cactus, a large gourmet Mexican restaurant in Denver’s Design Center.
The Celebration of Life event is open to the public.
“Thoa put up a great fight against cancer over a number of years,” her friend Mike Gaughan told me. “We all have special memories of her. She expressly asked for no funeral so her daughters, Corky and others are celebrating her life.”
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