Several Taco John's across Northern Colorado have shuttered over the last few years, due to financial struggles, staffing, and supply costs. It's hard to see such a favorite fade away after decades of success, coming out of Wyoming.
McWhinney has had its fingerprints in many of the real estate developments in Northern Colorado and the Denver Metro. Their initial success had nothing to do with real estate.
It's not terribly surprising there are a lot of pizza joints, as pizzas can feed many, come in so many different varieties, and are relatively inexpensive to purchase and to create