When your favorite restaurant closes

When your favorite restaurant closes, it’s woeful. Most art can be enjoyed long after it’s created. Paintings sit in galleries, books wait on shelves, sculptures stand for years. Not so with food.

Imagine if your favorite band broke up and then deleted all their music. That’s what it’s like when your favorite restaurant closes. Imagine all their songs disappeared from streaming services and iTunes. Their CDs and records didn’t spin anymore. You’d be left to just reminisce. You’d tell friends about how amazing their songs were, and what they sounded like. You’d be met with muted enthusiasm—only fair from people who never heard them. 

As time went on you’d start to wonder, Were they really as good as I remember? Am I just romanticizing the past? Eventually, you’d find new favorite artists. You’d move on. But somewhere, deep within you, a longing would remain. 

This is what it’s like when your favorite restaurant closes. Go support your favorite local restaurants this week.