THE DALLAS POST
Sunday, December 14, 2008
RUMORS
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that have been with us since day
one,” Boylan said. “A year later,
they are still showing up on a reg-
ular basis. They've kind of taken
us in and made us feel like part of
the community. I can’t say how
much that means to not only the
restaurant, but to my family and
me. We've made some really
great new friends.”
“The plans are to keep attempt-
ing to move forward, changing
and doing whatever we have to
do without sacrificing quality to
make the dining experience fun
and affordable,” Boylan said.
Bill Kammerer, who opened
the former CuVenee in the Dallas
Shopping Center along with his
wife, Christine Mazza-Kammer-
er, on December 1, 2007, says he
also dealt with rumors of closing
long before the couple shut down
their business on October 4.
CuVenee experienced much
think about going out of business
until two weeks before we did. It’s
something I didn’t foresee.”
Kammerer says he tracked the
rumors to a local restaurant own-
er who said there was a misun-
derstanding because of a “For
Lease” sign in a neighboring win-
JONATHAN J. JUKA/ FOR THE DALLAS POST dow to CuVenee. But the rumors
The CuVenee Restaurant & Bar didn’t cease.
A combination of the rumors
and a poor economy forced the
Kammerers to close CuVenee.
“It’s really become impossible
to maintain a small local restau-
rant,” Kammerer said. “I would
never do it again.”
Kammerer now works at
Ruth’s Chris Steak House at Mo-
hegan Sun. He and his wife are
in the Dallas Shopping Center
recently closed its doors. Its
owners had been dogged for
several months before it closed
by rumors that the restaurant
was going out of business.
months it was open. Kammerer
says he and his staff frequently
turned people away in the winter
season because every table and
every seat at the bar were full.
The business held christenings,
showers and even wine dinners.
“Our first few months were ac-
tually fantastic,” Kammerer said.
“Business was great. Come
around June and the summer
months, it slowed down as ex-
pected. That’s when the rumors
started that we were closing.
“One of our biggest challenges has been for the
past several months, we've been fighting this ter-
rible rumor that we're going to close. I've never
experienced anything like this.”
Kevin Boylan
Thirty-One Lake Street
business was very good. The ren-
ovations were done by private in-
vestors along with my own capi-
tol. The banks at the time told us
they would refinance us in the
spring of '08 once we had the new
appraisals done. But no bank
would refinance it.”
Castrignano opened Dominic’s
On The Lake, the former Da-
expecting their first child, a girl,
in December.
Dominic’s On The Lake at Har-
veys Lake closed on September 5
after owner Dominic Castrigna-
no could not get a bank to refi-
nance his loan.
“We had done close to
$1,000,000 in renovations,” Cas-
trignano said. “Our first year in
success during the first few There was even a date. We didn’t
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