Less than a year since Johnny’s Dock reopened at Thea Foss Marina and Landing under new ownership, the restaurant has closed again and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Roy Kissler, a majority owner of the waterfront property on East D Street, confirmed in a phone call Tuesday that the restaurant closed last weekend. The tenant, which went by the name Johnny’s Dock Seafood and Grill, had fallen behind on rent and other payments, according to Kissler. He said the situation began to slip about six months ago but recently grew so dire that he and his co-landlords decided to break the lease.
The main restaurant owner, Gurinderjit “Gary” Purewal, “just was absolutely running the restaurant into the ground,” Kissler told The News Tribune…