~ Cafe du Bois CLOSING .... Notice Posted

Also remember that Cafe Du Bois changed hands several months ago.... New management caused me to not return. It changed and not for the better. I liked it better when Tony and his crew were running it.

I really don't need a lecture as to why YOU are closing. It's YOUR business, YOUR marketing responsibility and YOUR customers to please and retain.

1meow2meow: That might be the real issue. Nice, blame the customers when a newbie owner can't keep up the quality and tradition. I'm even less sympathetic now.

The "notice" seems a bit more like a lecture on how the community didn't support them, so as punishment, they are reducing hours, and taking away brunch until they close. We really didn't need a snooty novella about it all. A simple "unfortunately we have decided to close, effective April 15. Thank you for 14 wonderful years." As far as intense marketing, I saw an occasional ad, and that's about it. Did they really reach out to the community, say they way Rigo's or So Chocolate has done? Did they interact with people here?

Is Tony completely gone? I thought he and CJ were wworking together.

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>> Cafe du Bois did an Amazon local offer a while back which was a really good deal.  Then before all the takers had a chance to use the offer, the restaurant retracted it.  Food is/was delicious, service good, but apparently marketing efforts not so much.sh56: Honestly when a restaurant starts using groupon and amazon local to drum up business that is never a good sign. A restaurant needs M-Th business to stay open but the groupon deals usually just end up being used on fridays and saturdays which does the exact opposite of the intent. It reduces profit not improve sales. They are right they needed return business and most people in this area didnt see them as a weekday place. We are a fickle group and statistics show a preference for chain places.