PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — The new operators of the beloved Dixie Restaurant in Petersburg have spoken for the first time about why they stopped making payments to the couple that sold them the restaurant, resulting in a contentious lawsuit.
Frannie and Charlie Rawlings operated the Dixie for more than a decade, until they sold it to Savannah and Dylan Yeargin. The Yeargins said they believed they bought everything under the Dixie brand, but in a recent legal filing, they claim the restaurant actually belongs to the same person who owns the building.
The Yeargins said the Rawlings only leased the building and the operations of the Dixie from that landlord…