Denverites aren’t going out to eat as much this year

Denverites are spending less at restaurants compared to other U.S. cities.

In September, spending at restaurants in Denver was down 6.7 percent from last year, according to credit and debit card data collected by Bank of America, the nation’s second-largest bank.

That’s the biggest decline among 20 of the largest U.S. cities, Bank of America data shows.

Overall spending at restaurants across the U.S. is basically flat from last year. Cleveland, Minneapolis, Tampa and Atlanta had higher restaurant spending.

Denver’s decline was by far the biggest, more than triple the decline in cities like Austin, Boston, Houston and Washington, D.C.

Denver’s restaurant scene has taken several hits recently.

Two decades-old Denver restaurants, including the Pub On Pearl in Washington Park West and th