When pub owners Kyle and Tena Wildfang abruptly shut their Wildfang’s Grill House in Springfield last week, they told customers on Facebook: “Life has presented us with a new opportunity that will lead us on a different path and onto new adventures… we are excited to embrace what lies ahead.”
What they didn’t disclose: Their “new adventures” include a journey into U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Oregon to stave off creditors to whom the couple owes $7 million.
Creditors have long been trying to seize the Wildfangs’ real estate due to the couple’s failure to make mortgage payments. The Wildfangs’ biggest property is Lane County’s most prominent unfinished house: the vacant teal vapor-barrier-wrapped mansion in an overgrown field on the east side of Interstate 5 near Coburg. The couple’s bankruptcy reorganization filing in April has put those foreclosure efforts on hold…