Two Raleigh restaurants will not reopen

INCLUDING THE MAJORITY IN THE

SOUTHEAST HAVE REVIEWED THE

SAME SCIENCE, FACTS AND DATA AS

GOVERNOR COOPER AND REACHED A

DIFFERENT CONCLUSION ON

REOPENING RESTAURANTS."

>> TWO MORE RESTAURANTS WILL

NOT BE REOPENING EVEN AFTER

SECTIONS ARE LIFTED.

THE OWNER OF PEPPERS AND THE

TALK A REAL STAY THERE

PERMANENTLY CLOSING.

THEY OPEN FIVE YEARS AGO AND

ENJOYED A LOYAL FOLLOWING.

THE RESTAURANTS MEANT A LOT TO

THE OWNER AND TO DOWNTOWN

RALEIGH.

>> A WILL THERE IS DOWNTOWN IS

ONE OF STREET-LEVEL QUIRKINESS.

HERE, HOW CAN YOU NOT SAVE HER

A SANDWICH SHOP OR TALKER

REHAB.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A DELICIOUS BACK

STORY.

>> VIRGIL WAS A CHILDHOOD

FRIEND THAT WAS A COLORFUL

CHARACTER.

>> THE OWNER ADDED A SPLASH OF

BOTH WITH PTOSIS SANDWICHES AND

TOSTADAS AND CRAFT BEER.

>> WE TRY TO BE CHARISMATIC IN

OUR HOSPITALITY.

>> WITH THE CROWN OF OUR

SHUTDOWN, HE HAD TO GIVE AND TO

TAKE OUT AND DELIVERY ONLY AND

HE COMMENCED RATES.

>> I THINK THE ONES THAT WERE

DOING IT BEST WERE DOING ABOUT

40% OF NORMAL REVENUE AND WE

WERE DOING ABOUT 25.

>> YET, AS A TENANT OF 126 S.

SALISBURY STREET, HE COULDN'T

KEEP PAYING THE RENT WITH ONLY

A TRICKLE OF INCOME AND SO IT

CAME, THE SAD FACEBOOK POST.

>> THERE ARE 90, THE MORE THAN

400 REACTIONS ON FACEBOOK.

MY HEART BREAKS FOR YOU.

I KNOW YOUR INDUSTRY HAS BEEN

OVERSTATED.

STAY STRONG.

>> IT WAS REALLY HARD TO MAKE

THE DECISION ENTER A LOT OF

THOUGHT AND CLEAR MIND, WE

DECIDED TO CLOSE IT DOWN.

>> AS THE FOUNDER, JOHN AND

OTHER POPULAR HANGOUTS

INCLUDING THE ARCHITECT AND

LITTLE SILLY BREWERY.

THEY WILL REOPEN.

IT'S POSSIBLE HE SAYS THAT THEY

COULD OFFER TAKE OUT AT ANOTHER

LOCATION SOMEDAY.

>> HOW CAN ONE NOT LOVE LINUS

AND PEPPERS SLOGAN OR THE RED

SIGN GOING OVER A DARKENED BAR?

COLOR AND CHARACTER.

A LITTLE OF WHAT COVID-19 HAS

CLAIMED IN THE HEART OF

RALEIGH.

>>> THOSE ARE NOT THE ONLY

CLOSERS ANNOUNCE RECENTLY IN

OUR AREA.

CHRONIC TACOS HAS CLOSED ALL

THREE OF ITS RESTAURANTS AND