no more capitol room

If you remember my previous post, Save The Capitol Room, a concerned group of shoppers tried to persuade Hudson Belk at Crabtree Valley Mall to keep The Capitol Room cafeteria, a Raliegh fixture for over 32 years, open. I was one of them. Despite our best efforst, the following appeared in the News & Observer today.

The Capital Room cafeteria at Crabtree Valley Mall's Hudson Belk will serve its last San Francisco chicken today. But at what time is the question. Store operations manager Ronnie Davis said the cafeteria, which more than 3,000 people hoped to save by signing a petition, will stay open today as long as there's food left to serve.

Belk is closing the cafeteria to use the space to add more women's apparel and better compete in the crowded department store scene.

Well, we tried.