Stoney’s Cantina closes after two years on South Broadway

Stoney Jesseph said adios to a restaurant he opened on South Broadway in 2021.

The restaurateur, who owns three remaining Stoney’s locations around Colorado, said the one at 30 S. Broadway branded Stoney’s Cantina never made a profit.

The biggest culprit: a year of road and sidewalk construction on the bustling commercial strip.

“You can’t ride. You can’t walk down a whole block. It’s a nightmare down here. You can’t get anywhere,” Jesseph said, adding that sales fell by 60 percent once construction commenced.

“From what I hear, everyone (on the retail strip) has seen business slow down considerably,” Jesseph said.

“It doesn’t have the same walk-in traffic it used to have. It’s not the same neighborhood at night, either.”