Struck Café down for the count
Not so quiet whispers of the Strucks shuttering have been circulating since around the New Year. Yesterdays T&G finally confirmed that the restaurant, long viewed as one of Worcesters most exclusive dining experiences, is no more. Seems that back taxes will go down as the death blow, with one of the owners Jeffrey Cotter of Auburn, listing the following in his personal bankruptcy filling.
$51,000 in payroll taxes owed to the federal government and $52,000 in meals and payroll taxes owed to the state Department of Revenue.
While the city mourns the loss of yet another local business, I would like to cut the line in pointing out that the Struck failed the moment they moved locations, the newer spot being mostly forgettable. Debt may have been the final nail in the proverbial coffin, but the food and service were never really that hot and those are qualities people tend to appreciate in a restaurant. So while we race and jump on one of two band wagons to point out that either:
a.) all business fail in Worcester
or
b.) Worcester doesn’t support good business
Sometimes it’s equally fun to pretend that many of the business we like to think are great, are actually quite terrible and deserve to go the way of the proverbial dodo.
But what do I know?
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I’ve always been a fan of the “all chains fail in Worcester” group (we killed a McDonald’s! on Main Street!), but maybe that’s just me.
I didn’t like that the Struck didn’t give you choices (or enough choices).
sorry to see them go, jeff knew how to mix a great martini, never should have left chandler and june , no restaurants left on the west side except the tired Nancy Changs!!