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Smashburger founder Tom Ryan speaks Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, about an effort to get more customers to notice that his restaurants offer beer in Denver. The Denver-based chain has teamed up with Fort Collins, Colo.-based New Belgium Brewing Co. to choose which New Belgium beers to pair with items on its Colorado menus.
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