Web update: Green River Cafe to close today
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After three years of serving East Lansing a selection of vegan, vegetarian and organic food, the Green River Cafe, 211 MAC Ave., will close its doors for good today.
The closure is a result of recent declines in business, which can be attributed to students leaving for the summer and the economic downturn, said Green River employee Grace O’Connor.
Green River Cafe opened in September 2006, and the owners Jim and Josephine Jabara opened a second location at the Lansing City Market in May 2008.
The Lansing location will remain open and will continue to serve the same menu, O’Connor said.
“We will have our Lansing City Market location taking all of our recipes and goods over there,” O’Connor said. “We feel bad that this is going under, but the rent is too high with such a small number of customers.”
The owners confirmed the restaurant’s closure but declined comment.
For more on this story, please read Monday’s print edition of The State News.
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I remember
(06/12/09 10:45pm)Report
Bring back the Dog Pit! I was the 2nd to last person that got his name on the wall
Joshua Vincent
(06/14/09 11:21am)Report
It was best when that was Brother Gambit, I wish things could last in East Lansing, MI character is driven out by corporate folks. The article I posted below spells out how it feels to a local to see the businesses close. Green River Cafe is the first place I went to eat with my wife, back in our active Spartan days. Sad to see it go, but I liked what was there when was growing up.
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Whaw, whaw, whaw
(06/14/09 8:45pm)Report
And … another one bites the dust!
billy jo bob
(06/15/09 7:39am)Report
just another example of how “green” businesses aren’t sustainable…and how liberals are morons. just like a battery car that goes 30 miles…who wants a meatless burger?
Kham
(06/15/09 4:32pm)Report
Ha it was the incredible RENT BILL that makes these places go down. Have you seen how much that place rents out for? Or for other places in that area? it in the thousands.