Over the years, different restaurants filled the space. Kustok's family has owned the building since it was the Cliff Young's steak restaurant in the mid-1980s. "It's really always been in the restaurant industry.” "We wanted to get the right person in there.”īecause of the building's business history, Kustok said she's hoping it will stay a restaurant for years to come. “That's been a difficult situation all together," she said.
So far, she and her husband have interviewed 40 entities, but she believes they may be close to finding the right one. She said it's all or nothing when it comes to getting a liquor permit for the building. The size of the building has made it difficult for Kustok to fill. Jennifer Kustok, whose family owns the building as well as M-Uptown, estimated the space sits at 22,000 square feet, including the patio. 17th Ave., is another restaurant with a large footprint to fill. It took over the former Argyll space at East 17th Avenue and Downing Street.īut some empty spaces have been more difficult to fillĪcross from the former Tony P's is another vacant building, formerly home to M Uptown, a burger restaurant that closed in January 2017. Stoney's Uptown Joint, a neighborhood sports bar, also opened a spot there earlier this year. 17th Ave, offering Wisconsin comfort food. Watercourse has a vegan menu and Steuben's focuses on American regional classics.Īnong the recent new restaurants is Shanty Supper Club, which Tim Doherty, owner of the breakfast restaurant Syrup, opened last month at 1033 E. The newly reopened Hamburger Mary's is a gay sports bar. The eateries have unique flairs that not only give diners diverse choices of cuisine, but bring a lively flavor to the street.Īce Eat Serve, for instance, offers Asian-inspired dishes and is known for its late-night ping pong games. Nearly one mile of East 17th Avenue, between Pennsylvania and North Williams streets, gained the name “Restaurant Row” over the years as restaurants set up shop on the street, including Ace Eat Serve, Steuben's and Watercourse Foods.
The company also did not respond to a request for comment from Life on Capitol Hill. Pasquini, who did not respond for comment on the building, still owns a Tony P's restaurant in the Highlands.ĭenver property records show the building is owned by Dome Development.
Since then, the 6,800-square-foot building has sat empty. Owner Tony Pasquini said at the time that his lease was up and the landlord planned on redeveloping the property, according to news reports. announced that Uptown pizzeria Tony P's had closed after seven years. In January, a sign on the purple-painted building at 777 E.
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Two buildings tower on either side of the 700 block of East 17th Avenue, their empty windows gathering dust as the space waits to be filled, a reminder that several longstanding businesses on the Uptown street known locally as Restaurant Row have gone dark, one for more than a year.īut new restaurants also are flocking to the 12-block stretch, from a vegan eatery to a hipster diner, signs that despite high rates of turnover and some difficult challenges in finding new tenants the pedestrian-friendly street remains a popular dining destination.