Denver Restaurants Write Letters to Mayor

[Terrel L. Shields]

https://www.9news.com/article/money/denver-restaurants-letter-mayor/73-5ca6f77e-2ce5-4fae-a012-8f43228e93a3#:~:text=DENVER%20%E2%80%94%20Several%20Denver%20restaurants%20said,trail%20to%20turn%20downtown%20around.

In a letter to Mayor Mike Johnston and city leaders, Dave Query, owner of Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar, expressed frustrations with the mayor, noting he had promised on the campaign trail to turn downtown around.​

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Several other major restaurateurs in downtown Denver signed on to Query's letter, including owners from Illegal Pete’s, ChoLon Restaurant Concepts and Union Station’s restaurant operators.​

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"You ran your entire campaign platform on restoring our Downtown Denver business districts," Query said in his letter. "It has gotten worse since you took the position of Mayor, even though you have received $550M towards stewarding it in a different direction."​

Of the bigger cities I have been in, Denver 40 years ago downtown was one of the safest I knew. I've been downtown in a restaurant on dates and not packing and felt perfectly safe as if I was in my own hometown. Not so today. Don't want to be anywhere close to downtown after dark now.

 

[Joe Flacco]

I don't think it is only Denver. I think most downtowns are struggling.