Yes, the owner essentially blamed Covid-issues, which is fine, and perhaps contributed, or at least made operations difficult....Packchem91 said:Yes, the owner essentially blamed Covid-issues, which is fine, and perhaps contributed, or at least made operations difficult. But yes, heard he stood to also sell and make $$ -- and more power to him.wolfman18 said:Yeah sucks to see Prices' go. I heard they owned the land that the restaurant was on. Rumor is they're going to sell it. If they do, they'll make a nice chunk of changePackchem91 said:
Glad this thread came back around, though after only having a protein shake for lunch, seeing Tootie's picture is making me slobber.
Also....almost every Charlottean has heard this, but the last month has been painful for the ol'time favorites. Both Prices' Chicken Coop and Zack's Hamburgers have closed. Small family run operations, myriad of reasons decided to move on. Whatever other reasons we want to assign to why both closed...one sure thing, family-run restaurants is difficult business!
For Zack's, I read that the owner basically said he was tired. Always there, never a break. Hard to blame someone for that. And two, thats likely a pretty $$ property as well nowadays.
Them being close to uptown probably didn't help. Being in the restaurant arena, I know quite a few places like Prices (primarily takeout) that made more money last year than they ever have. Operations were strained for sure as everyone else.
Have to grind to be in that space, for sure. Not for everyone.
