Hospitality & Tourism  March 19, 2026

Roma restaurant reopens in downtown Greeley

For the past three years, Alyssa Baker pushed pizzas and her love of connecting with people at the downtown Roma restaurant. It was a special time. But the news of its impending closure last fall hit hard -— not only for the community long used to getting their favorite local pizza at the corner of 16th Street and Eighth Avenue -— but the staff.

Sharon Dunn is an award-winning journalist covering business, banking, real estate, energy, local government and crime in Northern Colorado since 1994. She began her journalism career in Alaska after graduating Metropolitan State College in Denver in 1992. She found her way back to Colorado, where she worked at the Greeley Tribune for 25 years. She has a master's degree in communications management from the University of Denver. She is married and has one grown daughter — and a beloved English pointer at her side while she writes. When not writing, you may find her enjoying embroidery and crochet projects, watching football, or kayaking and birdwatching on a high-mountain lake.

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