Recently, the neighborhood Cuban-Mexican restaurant, Cafe 28, had to sadly close its doors. The owner, Rick Miranda, explains that they simply were not getting enough business which made this past year very difficult in terms of staying open. At one point, they had to forfeit their liquor license due to being behind in fees. Miranda does hope to reopen and maybe relocate, but for now it looks like Cafe 28 will no longer be in service.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/stew/chi-cafe-28-to-close-feb-25-but-hope-remains-20130222,0,1212469.story
For a business to be successful, it must have a steady amount of customers. Cafe 28 struggled with keeping their doors open because of many obstacles which led to slow business. For example, the construction nearby probably prevented local customers from wanting to walk over to the restaurant and it probably limited the amount of available parking. It saddens me when business have to close, and in this case, a business that has been open for almost two decades! There are so many jobs being lost along with this closing like all the cooks, waiters, bussers, hosts, and the chef. I hope they are given another opportunity to reopen their phenomenal business again sometime in the future.
I agree. It makes me so upset when I see privately owned restaurants or stores struggling to stay open. People invest so much of their lives into these places that it is so upsetting when one of them can't stay open any longer. I hope that they can reopen in the future!
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that a long appreciated restaurant closed because of financial problems. There was a similar situation that happened in Hyde Park. A really nice restaurant with amazing raspberry lemonade called Park 52 closed early this year because there was construction outside and it wasn't getting a lot of customers. It's always sad when a good restaurant is forced to close.
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