McKinnon's will be closing

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I just came home from McKinnon's.  I spoke with the guy in the Deli counter.  They will be sadly closing somewhere early next year.  Jan 2 earliest, but maybe into Feb or March.  The owner is 75 years old, no energy to restart.  They're not selling it, and the rent is too expensive for someone else to pick it up.

So sad.

edit, Dec 3: There's apparently a sign in the store's window saying they are not closing. There's another post in this davis square community discussing that.

Comments

[nomacmac.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why the owner wouldn't try to sell the business. It would certainly be hard to make it successful, but it seems like there must be someone out there who would like to try. I will admit that I don't know anything about selling a business, but it seems like it would be easier to have someone take over an existing business (including keeping employees), than having to deal with terminating employees, selling the fixtures, etc.