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Last Wyoming Shari's Cafe to permanently close

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Shari's sign on the remaining Cheyenne location's building - Optopolis In the last couple years, dozens of Shari's restaurants have closed, and it appears Cheyenne's cafe, also Wyoming's last Shari's location, is the latest casualty; it will close on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 at 4 PM MT. Shari's used to have two Cheyenne locations + other history Many Cheyenne residents may recall two locations existing simultaneously within the capital city. There used to be a Shari's on Dell Range Boulevard located where what is now Smile Doctors Orthodontics. That location was built in approximately 1992 (ten years after the East Lincolnway location) according to the county property assessor. Shari's on Dell Range Boulevard was still operating as of 2011 - Google Maps Street View The Dell Range location closed in the early 2010s, being replaced by Steamboat's Steak and Smokehouse in 2013 . In spite of this closure, the older East Lincolnway Shari's locat...

Cheyenne Community Connections was deleted, returns

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Facebook logos added to the old Cheyenne Community Connections banner for context. UPDATE 11/1/2024: The old group page is back up and functioning normally. It's not clear here at Optopolis when this took place, but Tammy C., the owner of the group, told Optopolis that she was not notified and only just now discovered the old group page is back up and going again. On October 2nd, 2024, Tammy Cooley, owner and admin of a popular local FaceBook community group in Cheyenne, discovered her group was permanently deleted by Facebook. She created a new community group, which you can join here . Keep reading for more information about Cheyenne Community Connections and what happened. An overview of Cheyenne Community Connections Cheyenne Community Connections is a local group run by Tammy Cooley on Facebook. She opened the original group page about twelve years ago, and it amassed over fifty thousand members. Her group has arguably provided an unprecedented amount of value over the ye...

Dirty Dough, and Nail Salon opening at Pershing MarketPlace

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This sign can be seen on the east side of Pershing Marketplace - Optopolis Cookie chain Dirty Dough and nail salon We Do Nails are anticipated to open in a new building that recently broke ground at Pershing MarketPlace along North College Drive and East Pershing Boulevard. Recent events with Pershing MarketPlace Around the end of the 2010s , new businesses were being built at the site of the soon-to-be Pershing MarketPlace, including a second QDOBA, Dog Haus, a second DazBog Coffee, and various other businesses. Since 2019, a number of new businesses have opened in Pershing MarketPlace including but not limited to North Platte Physical Therapy (moved here), Pizza Hut (moved here), Verizon (moved here), Firehouse Subs (New Business), and Cheyenne Pack & Ship (New Business). Pershing MarketPlace plaza sign seen next to Qdoba - Optopolis The Verizon dealer/shop closed and was later taken over by AT&T. Dog Haus Biergarten closed and has since reopened under new ownership . ...