August marked the end of a longtime mainstay in Flagstaff, the Galaxy Diner. For a restaurant known for its loud mid-century charm, the closure was a quiet one, marked only by a paper sign and a locked door.
The note, which seemed to replace another sign about the how the diner was merely closed for renovations, was from the restaurant's landlord, a San Francisco-based investment company called TAM Holdings.
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