NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Nashville pizza restaurant that said it planned to close after Monday has received a temporary reprieve, according to the owner.
312 Pizza owner Kimberly Wolff said the restaurant decided it would have to close after Monday following several months of slower business.
But she said community support, including unspecified help from Mayor Freddie O’Connell, will allow the restaurant to remain open for at least a couple more weeks.
Wolff said 312 Pizza had decided the day before the video was posted that Monday would be its final day.
“Through some divine intervention and the help of some amazing people in this community, one of them being the mayor, which we’re very grateful for, some help that he was able to give [us] to at least extend our stay here for a couple more weeks while we figure out what’s going to happen,” Wolff said.
The restaurant also directed supporters to a GoFundMe campaign and asked people to dine there, donate if they can, and share the message.
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312 Pizza, which says it opened in Nashville in 2014, serves Chicago-style food and describes itself as a family-run business. In the fundraiser, the owner said the business had struggled in recent months after a slowdown in customer traffic.
Nashville restaurant 312 Pizza says it received a temporary extension after announcing plans to close following a slowdown in business. The restaurant is seeking community support as it determines its next steps. (Google Earth)
The campaign says the owners have tried to find ways to bring more customers through the doors but reached a point where they may have to close.
The restaurant’s temporary extension does not mean it has secured a long-term path to stay open.
Wolff said Nara Nashville, the Nashville Area Restaurant Alliance, planned to release an 18-minute podcast with additional context about the restaurant’s circumstances.
“Hopefully we can stay here and be a part of the community and continue bringing some Chicago food to Nashville,” Wolff said.
