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Dispatches: Three Restaurants Close in One Week
Two long-time establishments, and a newer one, closed at the end of the summer.
In the past couple of weeks, three local restaurants have shut their doors: in Manomet, the in the Jenney Grist Mill and the , Music and Bar downtown.
Visitors to Foppiano's, an Italian family restaurant with a 1930s and 40s theme and decorated with images of movie stars, will find the following message posted on the door at 690 State Road: "To All Our Customers After 12 Years Foppiano's Is Closing And Would Like To Thank You All For Your Patronage."
"We didn't get the customers," Edward Nadolny, the owner of Foppiano's, said.
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He said the restaurant was previously seeing 900 guests each week, before dropping to between 300 and 400. As a result of this loss of business, he was unable to meet the costs associated with running it.
Foppiano's began at 499 State Road. A fire occurred at this location in December 2006 and Nadolny relocated up the road.
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The restaurant closed at the end of August, Nadolny said.
Another Plymouth institution, Run of the Mill Tavern, has also closed. This family restaurant and pub, located at 6 Spring Lane, opened in 1999 and offered entertainment. A sign at the entrance reads: "Under New Ownership Closed for Renovations New Restaurant Opening Mid-Late October." It also states that this new restaurant will honor Run of the Mill Tavern gift certificates through the end of the year.
Owner Mary Ann Howarth could not be contacted. Thomas Whyte, the owner of the building where the restaurant was located, said he did not know why it closed.
Lastly, the Guru Indian Grille, at 56 Main St., had its final day on Sunday, Sept. 4, according to a posting on its Facebook page. The posting thanked customers and added that the business had been sold.
Alishba Panjwani, the owner, could not be reached. An employee at the restaurant pointed to high rent and utility costs as part of the reason for the closing and said that it may reopen in another, smaller location.
Guru, which opened in 2008, was both an Indian restaurant and a nightclub, which featured belly dancing and live music on the weekends.
Prior to Guru, 56 Main St. was Shangri-La Cuisine, and before that, Namaste Fine Indian Cuisine.
