Chubby Chicks, a Black-owned brunch spot in Center City, will close its doors in the coming days.
Chef and owner Shakeira Turner said in an Instagram video Monday that her restaurant at 1113 Walnut St. would close “by next month” but did not provide a specific date. She said the decision was spurred by harassment she has received since before she moved Chubby Chicks from Blackwood, New Jersey, to its larger space in Philly in December.
“Unfortunately, we have to move out of this location,” Turned said in the video. “This the most devastating thing, I think, that ever happened to me in my life.”…