Krispy Sicilian Foods, an Italian restaurant located on 650 Middle Turnpike, closed earlier this month after nine months of operation. The restaurant was located about a mile from the University of Connecticut Storrs campus.
The restaurant was opened by its owner Kristin Pinkston earlier this year with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Feb. 15.
“I think what happened was that [the restaurant] opened before the apartments,” Michael Taylor said, the manager of the property.
The apartments Taylor referred to are The Standard at the Four Corners, a student housing complex located just a half mile away from the property on Storrs Road. The apartments opened in mid-August this year and include 392 fully furnished units with 890 beds, according to a statement from Landmark Properties, the real estate firm that operates the complex.
Taylor attributed the premature closing of the restaurant to be related to poor timing. Krispy Sicilian opened about six months before the opening of The Standard.
“She expected college business,” Taylor said.
Taylor said the property was once home to a bank many years ago but remained vacant for years before Krispy Sicilian opened.
The owner of Krispy Sicilian, Kristin Pinkston, declined a request for comment.
She should have called it the Krispy Sicilian whore and she would have still been in business