With no explanation, Keenan House, atop Ossining's Main Street, has closed only a few short months after it celebrated an official grand opening.
Owners simply posted the above on their Facebook page, illiciting a stream of shock and surprise from patrons and even employees.
Apparently the staff, of which there are about dozen members, were no more in the know of what was coming than patrons.
One employee, who spoke to Patch anonymously, said there had been a spat between two staff members on Saturday night, a night they described as the busiest they've seen there yet. A waiter walked out, so owner Steve Vescio was reportedly down one staff member in an already slim crew.
He and his wife attended to guests to keep the place open that night but this one employee speculated that the place was proving "too much work for him at the moment."
Vescio has a full-time job with a construction company and two small children. Employees say he bought the building and spent all the money to renovate it into Keenan House with the intention to turn it around and resell it.
But, certainly, this employee wonders, an open, and thriving business sells better than a closed one. "Why not persevere for a few months? In my view it's unfair to the workers and the community who supported it and worked so hard to make it as good as it is."
"It's a sad thing for everyone and the community," they said. "It was the rock of that street and the hope of the new Ossining."
Vescio has not yet been reached for comment.
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