Radio Maria was one of the first restaurants in the current resurgence of downtown.  When it opened around 1996, two upscale restaurants had come and gone in the Mike n' Molly's space, and other than Great Impasta, in its old location, there was nary a place to eat downtown except in bars/ short-order cafes.  RM made quite a splash, and I thought it pretty good the first several years.  Nice space, creative menu (for CU),  and some good servers.  Then things starting going south as more and more better-quality eating places opened downtown and elsewhere.  I feel they often try too hard with their entrees...too many conflicting influences and tastes.  I am all for fusion cuisine done well, but I think they lose the forest for the trees here a lot.  Now, the new tapas bar I like quite a bit.  Very reasonable, GREAT beer list, better service, and b/c of the nature of tapas, a more focused concept and execution of cuisine.  Both spaces are nice - they are adjacent to each other.