On Friday, August 1, the C-VILLE reported that The Tavern restaurant voluntarily closed for one day, but soon re-opened to business. Today, The Daily Progress reports that the Tavern is currently closed while it awaits the results of the Department of Health’s inspection, and won’t be open until Wednesday at the earliest.
So what’s the deal? Which one of these competing truths is true? Did we talk to a bum who told us he thought The Tavern was still open and just take his word for it? Did the Progress talk to a different bum?
Here is the paradox explained: The restaurant voluntarily closed down on Friday, July 25 after local health department officials cited four critical health code violations, but reopened the very next day. The Tavern remained open—including on August 1 when we talked to the restaurant staff—until this past weekend, closing its doors on Saturday night, August 2, because of concern over the critical health code violations. Owner Shelly Gordon says that it will remain closed until Thursday at the earliest.
Tavern owner Shelly Gordon hopes to reopen by Thursday after another inspection by the Department of Health.