EatBeat: PA BBQ to Close Lake Worth Store After 21 Years

TERRIBLE NEWS! You must read the entire article, click title for link. But this stands out:

Lavallee bought the building, a failing Denny’s, in 1991 and brought his version of barbecued ribs and chicken to Lake Worth. It’s remained a family favorite since, though the demographics of the area have changed since then – going downhill, he said. “It’s unfortunate, but that corridor of Dixie Highway to Forest Hill is just not coming up, he said.” An IHOP a few blocks north, another family draw for decades, also left the area.
His stores in Tequesta and West Palm Beach both have come out of the recession; the new outlet mall going in on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard is going to boost that store’s presence even more, he said.
“It’s going to be hard to look at loyal customers and say ‘bye – sorry, but we have to close.’ But we’re not the Post Office. We have to make money. It’s a business decision.”

The Denny's mentioned was closed for a long time before they bought it. I remember it being empty a while. Add this to the Dunkin' Donuts closing at Fordham and Dixie, an empty bar and many vacant lots. But, Carolyn and her dogs can still have breakfast on her porch.

The last day they are open will be next Tuesday (9/3).