Dickey’s Barbecue Pit closed abruptly in mid November, with an eviction notice from Fifteenth District court posted on the franchise’s door. The notice gave the tenants twenty-four hours to evacuate, and the restaurant put up its own closing notice and voicemail that day. We were unable to reach Will Kaufman, the last-known owner, but Dickey’s answering machine announced, “Unfortunately we are permanently closed. Thank you, Ann Arbor, for all your support.”
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In another sudden closing, Former Vintage, whose summer opening we covered in our October issue, vacated its spot on E. Liberty just a couple weeks into October. Owner Jordan Werthmann, who opened the Nineties-style used clothing store as an expansion of his first Royal Oak store, did not return our call. The Royal Oak store remains open.
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