There are some sad closures on the horizon, including Pete’s University Park Cafe, which is set to serve its last meal on November 9, and brewery favorite Call to Arms, which will shutter next month. But another upcoming loss has stirred up a surprising reaction.
Over the weekend, a Nextdoor post from a resident of the Southmoor Park East neighborhood alerted the community that the Chili’s at 3625 South Monaco Street Parkway would be closing on November 12, and dozens of comments flowed in.
The news was confirmed by another neighbor, Virginia “Ginny” Bacon; she talked to the manager, who “was not very happy because the employee who leaked the information was not supposed to do that,” she says. But the information was already making the rounds on social media…