Romine’s, a famed fried-chicken restaurant on the Riverview Drive alignment of Route 66 of St. Louis since 1931, is closing because of crime and declining sales, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Security was hired to patrol the parking lot and cameras were installed on the outside of the building, but that was not enough to stop car theft and break-ins.
“(I) did not want the liability of one of my employees or customers getting hurt or killed,” Schafermeyer said. […]
Relocating because of crime is rare according to one expert’s experience.
“I have never had anyone come to our office expressing that concern of having to close their doors because of increasing crime in the area,” said Theresa Ebeler, director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, which serves Metro East. […]
According to the article, Romine’s is moving to the suburb of St. Peters, Mo. How boring. Blech.