Oxymoronic headline: "Popular Eatery Closes"
If it is popular, why is it closing?
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tchokie
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(In response to this post by Baltimore Hokie)
We had a great BBQ restaurant that closed for that reason.
Parent owners wanted to retire. Kids didn’t want to maintain the business.
(In response to this post by reestuart)
1y
Heck, that's why the Ukrop's grocery chain (which was a Richmond icon for close to 100 years) shut down about 15 years ago.
(In response to this post by RoswellGAHokie)
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good because the owners are always around. If they're going to be around, they may as well own it. They are the greatest asset, and there's no way to price that.
** Edited by reestuart at 7/28/2025, 4:28:06 PM
(In response to this post by RoswellGAHokie)
Yep. My favorite restaurant in Athens is a jerk chicken place.
The owner is an older Jamaican gentleman. He is a culinary artist. But nobody will be able to replicate that. Once he goes, the restaurant goes I’m afraid.
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EDGEMAN
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TIC
LOL!
(In response to this post by RoswellGAHokie)
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years ago. I think we went once after that. It had gone to crap. I'm not sure they made it a year or so before shutting down.
(In response to this post by RoswellGAHokie)
But SubStation II is coming back!
(In response to this post by reestuart)
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Or, perhaps ownership is aging and ready to retire and have not found a buyer. Or maybe they have staffing issues. Who knows.
(In response to this post by Baltimore Hokie)
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Married French couple, and from the surprisingly transparent email one of them sent out, contentious.
** Edited by WestyHokie at 7/28/2025, 4:54:03 PM
(In response to this post by MP4VT2004)
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Do you know any more about what's happening at the restaurant? We were just there for my mom's 80th, bummed to get that midnight email.
(In response to this post by OrlandoHokie)