Owners announce new, earlier closing date
Pepperhead owners Pete Montaño and Tess Montaño-Forth have announced that they plan to close the restaurant on July 7, more than a month earlier than they had planned.
Pete Montaño and Tess Montaño-Forth opened Pepperhead eight years ago.
Pepperhead Restaurant in Cortez will close July 7, more than a month earlier than owners Tess Montaño-Forth and Pete Montaño originally planned.
After eight years, Pete Montaño is retiring from the restaurant business because of health issues, and Tess Montaño-Forth wants to spend more time with her two young daughters, she said.
Chefs Luke Hubbard and Mickey Colorado, who have worked at Pepperhead for years, will take over with a new restaurant once Pepperhead closes, according to Montaño-Forth.
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