Ole Store closed; to reopen under new owners in a month

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  1. Well I’m getting very curious here, so I hope somebody has some info! I’ve heard a name thrown around by two unrelated sources and it’s not Rippley’s…

    Also, on the county assessor site it claims Rippley owns it, but shows the last sale date as March 2005 — when Todd Byhre and Lindsay Byhre took the place over.

    February 26, 2007
  2. Cynthia said:

    I am going to go through withdrawal if it isn’t opened back up soon……

    Could we simply have a self serve bar…..?

    February 26, 2007
  3. Griff Wigley said:

    Sean, I’d doubt that Rippley would buy the business; just the building. And it happened recently so the details probably aren’t all up to date on the county site.

    February 26, 2007
  4. Sean, I’d doubt that Rippley would buy the business; just the building. And it happened recently so the details probably aren’t all up to date on the county site.

    Yeah, I don’t expect Rippley to be involved with the business either, but what I’d heard implied that the potential new owner would be purchasing the building and business.

    February 26, 2007
  5. Anne Bretts said:

    We ran a story a few weeks ago in which the owner laid out the difficult circumstances he faced in keeping the restaurant open, and confirmed that the building was for sale.
    http://northfield.org/node/2457

    February 26, 2007
  6. Stephanie Henriksen said:

    Makes me sad to see the store changing hands so often. Lots of nostalgia connected with the place.

    February 27, 2007
  7. Ross Currier said:

    I heard yesterday that the new owner, LaVerne Rippley, is indeed looking for someone to operate the restaurant. Those with such a fantasy, and some experience, should follow up.

    February 28, 2007
  8. Griff Wigley said:

    I do have some info on this but negotiations are still in progress.

    I’m being extra careful, having stumbled in the past:

    Retraction: Ranch House not sold
    http://northfield.org/node/781

    February 28, 2007

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