Canon City cider mill celebrates 80th anniversary

It is the eighty-year anniversary for Dinardo's Cider Mill and Farm Market in Canon City.

IT IS THE EIGHTY YEARANNIVERSARY.

FOR DINARDO'S CIDERMILL AND FARM MARKET IN CANONCITY.

AND IT IS STILL OWNED ANDOPERATED BY THE SAME MAN.

WHOSQUEEZED THE FIRST BATCH OFCHERRY CIDER DECADES AGO.NEWS FIVE'S NATALIE CHUCK JOINSUS NOW LIVE FROM THE MARKET.WITH THE INCREDIBLE STORY BEHINDTHIS BUSINESS.

NATALIE.WELL IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE BEENIN BUSINESS FOR EIGHTY YEARS INGENERAL.BUT FOR THE EXACT SAME OWNER TOSHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR WORK.

ISPRETTY INCREDIBLE.ALBERT DINARDO IS HERE EVERY DAYPROVING THAT AGE.

IS JUST ANUMBER.NAT POP OF HIGHWAYJUST OFF OF HIGHWAY FIFTY INCANON CITY..YOU'LL SPOT SOME CIDER..NAT POP OF INSIDE OF STOREAND IF YOU STEP INSIDE THEBUILDING BEHIND IT.

NAT POP OFALBERTYOU MIGHT MEET ALBERT DINARDO.THE NINETY-TWO YEAR OLD AND HISTWIN BROTHER MARIO.

STARTEDDINARDO'S CIDER AND FARM MARKETWHEN THEY WERE JUST A COUPLE OFKIDS."THEY HELPED A NEIGHBOR PICKINGCHERRIES.THEY WERE SUPPOSED TOGET PAID AND THE GUY DIDN'T PAYTHEM.THEIR FATHER GOT REALLY UPSETAND HE SAID, 'YOU BOYS BETTERTHINK OF SOMETHING' ...ANDALBERT SAID'DAD, COULDN'T WE SQUEEZE THEMAND MAKE JUICE?"NOW.

EIGHTY YEARS LATER.THAT BUSINESS IS THE OLDEST ONHIGHWAY FIFTY IN FREMONT COUNTY."STILL THE SAME RECIPE SINCE41."HEIDI WILLARD HAS BEEN HELPINGTHE DINARDO'S RUN THEIR BUSINESSSINCE THE LATE SIXTIES.SO I ASKED HER.

WHAT'S THESECRET TO KEEP CUSTOMER COMINGBACK?

"I THINK THE WAY THEYTREAT THE PEOPLE.BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLECOME IN AND THIS IS THEIR SECONDHOME.THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE.THEY STAY AND VISIT."AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY AGREE."EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS.

IT'S AMAZING.ALWAYS SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSAND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE ISALWAYS GREAT."THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

STARTSWITH ALBERT."HE'S A LOT OF FUN!

HE LIKES TOTEASE PEOPLE.HE ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HISFACE WHENEVER PEOPLE COME IN ANDI NEVER REALLY SEE HIM ANGRY."AND THE CUSTOMERS JUST WANT TOSAY.

"CONGRATULATIONS AND IT'SAWESOME THAT THEY'VE MANAGED TOSTAY OPEN FOR AS LONG AS THEYHAVE IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY"SO CHEERS.

NAT POP TO MANYMORE YEARS...I ASKED HEIDI IF THEY'LL BEDOING ANYTHING TO CELEBRATE.SHE SAID SHE THREW ALBERT ASURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HIS90TH BIRTHDAY.AND HE WASN'T A HUGE FAN.

SOTHEY'LL JUST BE ENJOYING THEIRSUCCESS HUMBLY THIS WEEK..ALWAYS WATCHING OUT FOR YOUCANON CITY.

NATALIE CHUCK.

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