Style of Belgium closing Clifton location, leaving simply 4 spots open in area
AREA. WELL, THE BIG MAC BRIDGE PROJECT HAS PUT MANY BUSINESSES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY IN A FINANCIAL STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE. THE BUSINESSES SAY THAT THAT’S BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DINDAK SPENT THE DAY TALKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE FACING, AND SOME HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MAKE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS. DANIELLE. YEAH, ASHLEY, YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. IN FACT, TWO BUSINESSES AT NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSING LATER THIS MONTH. BUT IT’S NOT JUST IN NEWPORT. IT’S ACTUALLY OVER HERE IN COVINGTON. AND REALLY THROUGHOUT ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. WE’RE SIGNIFICANTLY OFF IN THE AFTERNOONS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SALES FROM 3:00 ON GO AWAY. THE FEEDBACK FROM GUESTS WAS, IT IS SO HARD TO GET HERE THAT THEY DON’T EVEN TRY. WE’VE SEEN THE DOWNTURN IN FOOT TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, A LOT LESS PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS. THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS HAVE BEEN A BRIDGE OVER FINANCIAL TROUBLES FOR BUSINESSES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. IT’S BEEN THIS WAY EVER SINCE THE BIG MAC WENT UP IN FLAMES. WHEN I REALIZED, OH MY GOD, NO, THIS IS GOING TO BE DOWN THROUGH FOR FIVE MONTHS, I, I STARTED I STARTED SWEATING A LITTLE BIT MORE. NICK FASOLA OWNS AMADOR, ALONG WITH BRIDGEVIEW FOOD HALL, BOTH LOCATED AT NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE. COME JANUARY 19TH, THE TWO WILL CLOSE THEIR DOORS FOR GOOD. THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN WAS WHEN THE BRIDGE FIRE CLOSED DOWN THE THE MAIN ROUTE TO GET HERE. THAT WAS JUST IT JUST MADE, YOU KNOW, AN ALREADY TOUGH SITUATION EVEN TOUGHER. AND WE JUST COULDN’T MAKE IT WORK FINANCIALLY ANYMORE. HIS STORY FELT BY MOST SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER. JUST ASK A RICH HUNT WITH ROEBLING BOOKS. VERY FRANKLY, IF WE WEREN’T HERE, I’M NOT SURE WE’D BE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS EVERY DAY. TO HIS COVINGTON LOCATION HIT WORSE THAN THE SHOP IN NEWPORT. THAT’S DUE TO THE GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC NAVIGATING THE 471 CLOSURE. I REALLY FEEL EMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. ANYBODY IN COVINGTON, NEWPORT, BELLEVUE, DAYTON IS FEELING IT, INCLUDING PARTY SOURCE. I SPOKE WITH MICAH DENNISON IN EARLY DECEMBER AND WENT BACK TODAY, ONLY TO LEARN. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THEN? WELL, NO. I MEAN, NOTHING’S CHANGED. JUST, YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN THE DOWNTURN IN FOOT TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, A LOT LESS PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS. AND EVERY BUSINESS I TALKED TO TODAY SAID THEY’RE TRYING TO STAY OPTIMISTIC. TWO MONTHS DOWN, TWO MORE MONTHS TO GO. HOPEFULLY UNTIL THAT BRIDGE REOPENS. BUT OF COURSE, WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS SITUATION FOR YOU REPORTING LIVE IN
Style of Belgium closing Clifton location, leaving simply 4 spots open in area
Up to date: 3:38 PM EST Jan 29, 2025
Style of Belgium, an Ohio-based restaurant that has quite a few eating places all through Better Cincinnati, is closing one other location.The restaurant group introduced that its location on McMillan Road in Clifton is not open for enterprise.The Clifton location has been faraway from Style of Belgium’s web site, leaving simply 4 areas open across the area.Within the final yr, Style of Belgium has shuttered eight areas, with the newest closure impacting the Beavercreek location earlier this month.The Style of Belgium eating places that stay open are in Over-the-Rhine, The Banks, Rookwood and Findlay Market.
Style of Belgium, an Ohio-based restaurant that has quite a few eating places all through Better Cincinnati, is closing one other location.
The restaurant group introduced that its location on McMillan Road in Clifton is not open for enterprise.
The Clifton location has been faraway from Style of Belgium’s web site, leaving simply 4 areas open across the area.
Within the final yr, Style of Belgium has shuttered eight areas, with the newest closure impacting the Beavercreek location earlier this month.
The Style of Belgium eating places that stay open are in Over-the-Rhine, The Banks, Rookwood and Findlay Market.
