A popular restaurant will have to shut down soon and customers can’t believe the reason why.
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The Georgia Department of Transportation wants to use the land the This Is It! restaurant sits on to improve traffic in the area at Panola Road and Interstate 20 in DeKalb County.
Customers who travel long distances to eat there were stunned to learn it will be closing soon to help ease traffic.
“Aww man. Really. It ain’t nothing we can do,” one man pleaded with owner Shelley Butch Anthony, III outside the restaurant.
A customer grabbing lunch inside the business was just as stunned.
“Disappointed. Because this is an establishment that has been here for quite a while,” Mark Sommerville said.
Other customers said the restaurant is being forced to shut down.
“Didn’t have a choice. I think that takes away a lot. If someone doesn’t have a choice,” Connie Culpepper said.
“The real customer base don’t even know what’s going on right here,” Anthony told Channel 2′s Tom Jones .