{"id":88536,"date":"2020-05-12T02:02:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/after-35-years-downtown-durango-restaurant-calls-it-quits\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T02:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:02:48","slug":"after-35-years-downtown-durango-restaurant-calls-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/after-35-years-downtown-durango-restaurant-calls-it-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"After 35 years, downtown Durango restaurant calls it quits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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After 35 years in business, The Red Snapper in Durango announced it is closing for good.<\/span>Jonathan Romeo\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A longstanding restaurant in downtown Durango announced it will close for good.<\/p>\n

In a post on Facebook<\/a>, the Red Snapper\u2019s culinary team John Sheehan and Nancy Rowley wrote they are closing the seafood-centric restaurant at 114 E. Ninth Street.<\/p>\n

The owners declined to comment for this story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sad to announce that after serving this great community for over 15 years we are closing The Red Snapper,\u201d the post reads.<\/p>\n

Red Snapper was opened in 1985 by Karen and Rick Langhart. They owned the restaurant until 2005 when they sold it to Sheehan.<\/p>\n

The Facebook post makes no mention of financial difficulties associated with the coronavirus outbreak, which has limited restaurants to providing only take-out and delivery in Colorado.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Eno Cocktail Lounge and Wine Bar in downtown Durango and Pura Vida Caf\u00e9 in Vallecito announced they were closing as a result of the shutdown putting a financial strain on their businesses.<\/p>\n

Tim Walsworth, executive director of the Durango Business Improvement District, called Red Snapper an \u201cinstitution\u201d in downtown Durango\u2019s restaurant scene. He said the restaurant had been offering take-out and delivery on weekends.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just hard to make it on that model only,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For the past month, Walsworth said local officials have been pushing Gov. Jared Polis for a plan to reopen restaurants.<\/p>\n

Polis has said he hopes to allow restaurants to reopen by the end of May, but the governor\u2019s office has not released any sort of framework or regulations that would be associated with reopening.<\/p>\n

A spokesman with the governor\u2019s office said Polis is holding news conference at 1:30 p.m. Monday that may clarify the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re asking, what is the current thinking because that will allow restaurants to plan instead of being stuck in limbo land,\u201d Walsworth said.<\/p>\n

Walsworth said there are some financial assistance programs for restaurants, but that won\u2019t be able to keep all businesses afloat during the shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cRestaurants are the heart of any downtown, but especially our downtown,\u201d he said. \u201cBut at the end of the day, it\u2019s inevitable that some businesses won\u2019t make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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