Amarillo Closing 2023

The restaurant business can be tough. If you don't have a following you are dead to the water. Sometimes even when you are busy all the time there are other things that contribute to your lack of success.

It all started with a simple closing of a restaurant on Halloween. OK, some places give their staff off for some holidays so maybe this wasn't so crazy. That one closed day didn't necessarily mean things were not looking up for a restaurant that a lot of us loved.

It seems as of recent going to one local restaurant has been hit or miss. Will they be open is the main question? When there was a sign posted giving the staff off for Halloween we thought that was kind of different.

The gates are closed. Our childhood is gone. The Tascosa Drive-In, the last drive-in theater standing in Amarillo is closed. They had their last showing over the weekend. That part of our life is over. Or is it?

Amarillo has a lot of businesses that come and go. It is just the way of the world. We also have many that have come and stayed. We have many memories of going there. We don't think that they can ever go away.

Some stores seem like they have been going out of business for years. Yes, I am looking at you Judy's Card Cottage. They have been closing forever. Then there are other stores that come and go in a flash.

It really does seem like every time we turn around there is another restaurant closed. It happens in Amarillo. It happens in Canyon. Heck, it happens all over. You would think as often as it happens it would get easier.

This one stung. I got a text earlier telling me that one of my favorite places to eat in downtown Amarillo closed. When I worked in the area we would walk there at least once a week if not more.

When you live in Texas you expect to have plenty of places to get a good steak. There are several places all over Amarillo for a juicy cooked to perfection meal. The problem is when you have a lot of good places the mediocre will not last long.

Restaurants come and go here in Amarillo. So when one that has been open for many many years abruptly closes it's doors there are questions. What happened? Are they closed for good? Will we ever get to have that deliciousness again?

You plan and you plan for your big day. I mean if you have ever been married you know how much you have to have prepared. You know how many deposits you have to put down.

First, when I say that Amarillo waited a long time to get a Panera Bread we really did. We first heard about it coming to Soncy right before the Pandemic. Then of course, like everything else it was put on hold. A long hold.