ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) \u2013 In the past few weeks, several Rochester businesses announced on social media that they will close their doors. Most recently, EGGFLIP.ROCHESTER wrote its last day is on Friday, June 26.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe struggle is so painful to just talk about sometimes,\u201d said Sammi Loo, a Rochester entrepreneur with close to two decades of restaurant experience. \u201cThe struggle nowadays is so real that sometimes it just made me feel like should we continue doing what we\u2019re doing?\u201d<\/p>\n
Loo is the owner of Mezza9 Cafe and Dessert\u2014a business on 3rd Street SW that is set to close at the end of this month. Filled with pink flowers and a whimsical atmosphere, she opened this shop in 2022 with the intent of bringing comfort to people downtown.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter all the long medicals and after the checkup, you want a place that calms you down and switches your everything that\u2019s going on in your life,\u201d Loo said. \u201cThe bleeding was a lot in the funds\u2014the cost and opening it. Every month, I\u2019ve been just going negative and negative.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marrow and Yuma Fritas also announced their closures. According to Loo, no one cause led to this difficult decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeside the rising cost of the food, there is also the payroll,\u201d she said. \u201cProperty tax and insurance have doubled since we opened, and going out to eat now is more like a privilege than just like randomly like, \u2018hey, let\u2019s go,\u2019 because there\u2019s a lot of things now, and it\u2019s so different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Loo is a supporter of the transformation Rochester is undergoing. As a message to the city and its leadership, She said a support plan is necessary for small businesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday, EGGFLIP opened for eight months and they are closing,\u201d she said. \u201cThink how tough it is to open a business and after eight months and they are closing it? The struggles?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTalk to us,\u201d she continued. \u201cHave a meeting. Have a roundtable. Tell us your plan. Tell us how you can support. Not just, \u2018I want to support\u2019 or \u2018I want to help.\u2019 That doesn\u2019t make sense anymore. Those three words do not work for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the business owner also posted on social media, stating January was one of the hardest months she has ever experienced in her nearly two decades of running small businesses.<\/p>\n
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