[ale] Melton's Is Closed (for now)

Michael H. Warfield mhw at WittsEnd.com
Wed Nov 16 11:06:59 EST 2011


On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 10:43 -0500, Cameron Kilgore wrote: 
> What does the AJC article say about its closing?

http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-restaurateur-tells-how-1227581.html

> A Decatur-area restaurant is closed and is looking at more than
> $100,000 in out-of-pocket costs due to rats its owner contends invaded
> his space from a business next door.
> 
I seem to recall last month that they were doing a whole lot of work
just next door to Melton's and the workers were dressed like they were
dealing with some rather unpleasant cleanup inside.  Looks like some
small grocery store or some such.  I wonder if it's related.

Kinda looks like it is:

> Eventually, the shopping center owner brought in a pest specialist who
> traced the problem to openings where rodents were entering the
> building, and to the Pet Supermarket next door, where rats had gotten
> into pet food, Melton said.
> 
> Things got so bad, Melton said he hired a lawyer, went to court and
> got a judge’s injunction shutting Pet Supermarket down on Oct. 20. The
> court ordered the store to remain closed until it eradicated the rat
> problem.


Mike

> --Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Stephen R. Blevins <
> stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Per AJC this morning, Melton's App and Tap, the site of most of our
> > meetings-after-the-meeting, is voluntarily closed.
> > --
> > Stephen R. Blevins
> > stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com
> >
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