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19th Street Diner marks 40 years of serving Glenwood Springs

The restaurant has kept its core menu and service through ownership changes, with full-time staff averaging 7 to 8 years, Rick Wernsmann said.

Summary by Aspen Times
Before the coffee is poured, before the first plate hits the table, before the first booth fills up with regulars who do not need a menu, the 19th Street Diner is already doing what it has done for 40 years: showing up for Glenwood Springs. Long before it became Rick and Tonya Wernsmann’s restaurant, it belonged to Joe “Swanee” Schwanabeck and his wife, K.G. Schwanabeck, who opened the diner in 1986. When the Wernsmanns took over nearly two deca…

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Glenwood Springs Post Independent broke the news in on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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