The Denver Post's Kyle Wagner bids adieu to Mel's Bar and Grill, which will serve its last dish this Saturday; after 12 years in business, Mel Master opted to close it down rather than take the short-term lease offered by the building's new owners. Wagner says, "It's one of Denver's top 10 restaurants, one of its most successful, and here's how you know in this town: Not long ago, on the same day, two parties confided to me that the place was at its absolute peak and that it had gone utterly, irreparably downhill."