WATCH: With fewer federal diners, Elvis-themed Lakewood cafe is feeling a hunka-hunka burnin’ pain
We’ve heard from many federal employees struggling to make ends meet without a paycheck, but there are also ripple effects of the partial government shutdown that go beyond the people who are not getting paid.
Take Nick’s Cafe, a mom-and-pop eatery where Elvis is still king — and where the usual lunch crowd from the nearby Denver Federal Center has thinned out considerably.
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