ASPEN, CO-Hines Resorts, based in Houston, has signed the firstrestaurateur for its $230-million Aspen Highlands Village.

The 125-seat Commonwealth Public House is being modeled after aBritish pub. Set to open in December, the eatery has direct accessto the ski slopes and a manicured garden park replete with lawnbowling.

Stuart Higgins, Commonwealth's COO, says the theme isuntraditional for the base of a ski mountain in the Rockies, buthe's confident it will attract a hardy clientele and serve as thecommunity's social center. Higgins owns a similar restaurant,Brit's Pub, in downtown Minneapolis.

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