He learned from the repair company that if he decided to go that route it would take him at least 12 weeks before he could open again, which he said made his decision much easier.
They decided to upgrade the restaurant to hold 348 seats, two private dining rooms, four lanes of duckpin bowling, and a "massive TV above the bar that could rival a jumbotron.
She was making and selling cookies out of her home or at the Farmer's Market for years before noticing that she was selling out of cookies weekly and needed to make a change