'It was always a highlight of the day,' Michael Hancock says. 'Grab a hot dog and chat with her about what was going on.'
Marcella Armas has been selling hot dogs near Denver's courts and city buildings for thirty years .Before Mayor Michael Hancock started trying to lose weight, he'd mosey down to Marcella Armas's hot dog cart at the corner of East 14th Avenue and Cherokee Street and order a jumbo beef hot dog and a Mountain Dew.
"While I’ll miss seeing her once I leave office, I know she’ll continue to be there for all her customers, and I’ll certainly try to stop by every once in a while to say hello when I can," Hancock says."I get sheriffs, marshals, I get the cops. I get all of them," Armas says."When you've been here for so long, someone always knows you're here, and you get a lot of customers.
The legendary vendor is a big fan of the Denver Police Fallen Officers Memorial Ceremony that takes place nearby every May during National Police Week. Denver's sports teams also pass in front of her during the— which has given her a chance to see members of the Nuggets, Broncos and Avalanche up close.
Her menu is a square wooden board with painted-on prices and options, as well as"Marcella's Cart" written neatly across the top. She offers a classic hot dog for $2; jumbo dogs, Italian sausages, bratwurst and spicy Polish sausages for $6; and burgers and nachos for $4. Even though he didn't order anything this time around , Mondragon still likes to stop and catch up with Armas, whom he met more than a decade ago."I've known her as a friend for a long time," he says.
Armas was born in Denver and grew up in the Washington Park neighborhood — or"the WP," as she and her friends called it. Her parents emigrated from Peru"to give their children a better life," she says, and they made a living running the El Rancho restaurant that was once at Alameda Avenue and South Pearl Street.
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