Local Restaurants: It’s a Tough Business
You probably saw the headlines this week. “Family Meal” (the restaurant owned by celebrity chef Bryan Voltaggio of “Top Chef” TV fame) is closing its Hagerstown location – after only six months in business (good grief, I think they only had their permanent sign up for the last two months). This follows in the wake of the location’s former tenant, the “Stone Wall Tavern”. I think that restaurant lasted – what – three months? Why do new restaurants seem to…