From the News-Gazette:

The doors are locked up, and some loyal customers are wondering whether the Jolly Roger is closed for good.

The restaurant operator, Michael Timpone, couldn’t be reached to answer the question, and city officials say they’re just as much in the dark as the customers.

A sign on the restaurant says it’s closed for the holidays and renovation, but so far there’s no building permit on file for any significant work at the restaurant, according to the city’s Community Development department on Friday.

“It says they’re closed for remodeling, but I think they’re closed for good,” Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing said. “It’s really sad. It’s a family business.”

Longtime customer, Kathy Wallig, said she called the Jolly Roger a couple of weeks ago to order a carry-out lunch and was put on hold for a long time – then someone picked up the phone, said they were out of pizza dough, and hung up on her. And she wasn’t even going to order pizza, she added.

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