Island Soul Rum Bar & Soul Shack, a beloved family-owned Caribbean soul food restaurant known for their signature oxtail stew and rich gumbo, is fighting to keep their doors open in Seattle’s Columbia City.
Theo Martin, owner and visionary behind Island Soul, said the restaurant is struggling to keep up with loan payments after the closure of their Kirkland counterpart earlier this year.
“We already paid off almost more than half of the loan in less than three years by selling property,” Martin said. “And they basically said, sell the rest of your property.”…