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Originally Posted by Patiently Watching
They are indeed closing, however the circumstances are not quite as your suggest 'mozart'.
The owner has been ready to get out of the business for a while, which combined with staffing problems has sealed the fate of the place. There have been some huge theft and other criminal issues on the part of some staff members and he's just going to focus on other business.
Not a money thing except that the headaches are not worth the money the place makes. It's pretty sad for town as there aren't a lot of other options.
The same person owns both sides of the building (and the restaurant as well) is in the real estate business and will be renting the space out sometime before next summer, but it might sit empty for 6 or more months... The brick oven pizza/Italian place is going into the other side of the building and the owner is going to take his time finding the other tenant.
This is the real story.
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I knew they were in deep trouble after my first and last visit this season. We arrived at the new "restaurant" which is right next door to the old "restaurant". I asked what was the difference and was told there weren't any differences. It was very strange. We wound up sitting in the new restaurant and the meal was good but nothing memorable and certainly it wasn't "outstanding".
I was fascinated that both establishments were called the "restaurant" doing the same thing side by side. I thought having one called the "pub" or the "bar" and having a different slant on things would have made more sense. Clearly, the owner of these places failed marketing 101 and likely business 101. The good news is that they put a fair amount of money into the buildings so someone will eventually open new eating establishments. Restaurants are like golf courses usually a couple of entrepreneurs need to get their clocked cleaned before the business is marked down enough to make it a viable for a successful owner.