Businesses along University Boulevard, one of the main commercial streets near the University of Arizona, are feeling the effects of the summer slowdown — but their outlooks vary heading into fall.
Danny Mannheim has owned Espresso Art Cafe since 2004, with coffee at the center of his sales. While business has always slowed in the summer and picked back up when students return, Mannheim said recent years have been different.
“What is different in the last few years is the foot traffic on the street is way way down from what it used to be,” Mannheim said.
“Our rent is literally insane,” Mannheim said…