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Article: Bankrupt Bill Knapp's Restaurants Close without Notice.
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- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2002
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Byline: Julie M. McKinnon
Aug. 21--Bill Knapp's restaurants abruptly closed their three northwest Ohio and 26 other locations yesterday, leaving padlocked doors and explanation letters for stunned customers, managers, employees, and suppliers to find.
Some Maumee restaurant employees, who were called at home by their manager yesterday, said they suspected Bill Knapp's restaurants would close. The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in May, and employees were told Friday that shelves at the chain's food warehouse were bare, said 18-year-old Kerri Ahrens of Waterville. She has worked at the Maumee restaurant 2 1/2 years.
"I was ...