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. 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.
