We had a great BBQ restaurant that closed for that reason.
Parent owners wanted to retire. Kids didn’t want to maintain the business.
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Oxymoronic headline: "Popular Eatery Closes"
-- Baltimore Hokie
Jul 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM ET
Baltimore Hokie
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07/28/25 12:32 PM ET
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. **
-- tchokie
Jul 28, 2025 at 02:27 PM ET
tchokie
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07/28/25 02:27 PM ET
Old owners wanting to retire.**
-- reestuart
Jul 28, 2025 at 01:02 PM ET
reestuart
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07/28/25 01:02 PM ET
We had a great BBQ restaurant that closed for that reason.
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-- RoswellGAHokie
Jul 28, 2025 at 04:18 PM ET
RoswellGAHokie
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07/28/25 04:18 PM ET
Yeah, sadly that seems pretty common.
-- MP4VT2004
Jul 28, 2025 at 04:25 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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07/28/25 04:25 PM ET
restaurants are really tough to sell also. The best ones are almost always
-- reestuart
Jul 28, 2025 at 04:24 PM ET
reestuart
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07/28/25 04:24 PM ET
Yep. My favorite restaurant in Athens is a jerk chicken place.
-- RoswellGAHokie
Jul 28, 2025 at 04:31 PM ET
RoswellGAHokie
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07/28/25 04:31 PM ET
Why are you calling the owners jerks?
-- EDGEMAN
Jul 28, 2025 at 05:39 PM ET
EDGEMAN
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07/28/25 05:39 PM ET
Yeah, we had a really good restaurant in our neighborhood that sold a few
-- reestuart
Jul 28, 2025 at 05:20 PM ET
reestuart
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07/28/25 05:20 PM ET
But SubStation II is coming back!**
-- hoosnowahokie
Jul 28, 2025 at 01:11 PM ET
hoosnowahokie
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07/28/25 01:11 PM ET
Maybe they took the jumbo shrimp off the menu?**
-- Brown Water
Jul 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM ET
Brown Water
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07/28/25 12:43 PM ET
Maybe it was the rap music they played?**
-- Brown Water
Jul 28, 2025 at 02:56 PM ET
Brown Water
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07/28/25 02:56 PM ET
A restaurant can be popular but be poorly managed and unprofitable.
-- MP4VT2004
Jul 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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07/28/25 12:34 PM ET
A place we like is closing because of a divorce among the owners
-- WestyHokie
Jul 28, 2025 at 04:53 PM ET
WestyHokie
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07/28/25 04:53 PM ET