Site of eatery with 'World's Most Insulting Closing Notice' razed

[TexasTowelie]

A crew from Atkinson & Associates Builders is closing a bizarre chapter in Amarillo restaurant history with the demolition of a structure that most recently housed the Sava! Italiano eatery.

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The building had been vacant since September 2013 when Sava gained notoriety for the way it went out of Amarillo.

A photograph of a sign trashing Amarillo posted – or not? — inside a window of the closed doors of the Italian eatery went viral, with Grub Street calling it the “World’s Most Insulting Closing Notice.”

Sava co-owner and executive chef Mark Coffman denied posting the Sava-branded note, which read: “You sorry (expletive), rednecked sacks of goat sperm had no idea what you had here! Good luck with your prepackaged frozen (expletive) food in this town. ... We are off to make money in a town whose average IQ is above room temperature. CIAO!!!”

Read more: http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2014-08-25/site-eatery-worlds-most-insulting-closing-notice-razed

Related thread:
Texas Monthly gives Italian eatery the Bum Steer Award for insulting community in closing notice
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107814115

[Ilsa]

1. It's Amarillo. Probably well-deserved. nt

[Javaman]

2. +1 nt

[blogslut]

3. That location has been nothing but failed businesses since the late 70's.

Which is kind of odd because it's right off I-40 in the relative center of the town. Thing is, the site requires the business within to be one of two things: 1. Tourist-friendly, 2. Fast and cheap for nearby High School students. The old adjacent mall is gone and there's nothing surrounding that location but other restaurants - no offices or stores to speak of. In short, it's a shit place to open a fancy sit-down restaurant of any kind.

There are several wonderful Italian restaurants in Amarillo serving fresh, original dishes, just not anywhere near the omnipotent Olive Garden, which has the McItalian crowd all sewn up.

[meathead]

4. I used to be in the restaurant biz, you nailed it!

Any lease where multiple restaurants have failed should never be considered. Also, I live in a town that has a world class steakhouse, but otherwise won't support fine dinning. You have to know what the local market will bare. My town supports Olive Garden and Golden Coral... Thank God I'm 20 minutes from great restaurants in Houston