Mike Shea opened his namesake restaurant at 512 Main St. in Longmont 36 years ago ... Shea said he traveled to Boulder and sampled Verplank’s fish and chips. “They were pretty good ...

Stepping inside the restaurant ... fresh seafood,” Beau Raffensperger said. “There’s a lot more diversity in Boulder, I would say. We kind of want to bring that to Longmont.” ...