{"65859":{"#nid":"65859","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hoping for a \u2018Resurrection\u2019: Junior\u2019s Grill Closes its Doors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis isn\u2019t the first time Junior\u2019s Grill has had to shut its doors, and owner Tommy Klemis is hopeful that it won\u2019t be the last.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll I\u2019m asking for is for someone to help me find a way to keep Junior\u2019s going for another 37 years, so I can be around when we celebrate our 100-year anniversary,\u201d Klemis said. \u201cI would be a part of any initiative that gets us there.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grill has a long history of being \u201cresurrected\u201d \u2014 as Klemis likes to say \u2014 in the 1960s and again in the 1990s, which is why he is hoping for one more miracle. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn early April, Klemis came to the conclusion that he couldn\u2019t afford to keep Junior\u2019s open. April 21 was the \u201cbreak-even\u201d day in terms of the restaurant\u2019s expenses and revenue, so his intention was to quietly close and make a formal announcement to the campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut news got out. Although Klemis wanted to avoid the publicity that would come with a public closing, he now thinks that the outpouring of support from Tech\u2019s community may be for the best.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKlemis has been an important member of the Tech family for most of his life, said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThrough the way that he related to thousands of students, faculty, staff and alumni over the years, he has become a cherished part of the Junior\u2019s tradition,\u201d Peterson said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Rich Steele, acting executive director for Auxiliary Services, conversations will soon get under way with Klemis to decide the future of Junior\u2019s.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor now, Klemis\u2019 first priority is ensuring that his former employees are taken care of. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThen, maybe I\u2019ll start a weekly card game with [former Junior\u2019s icon] Anne, or I would love to be a greeter at Chick-Fil-A,\u201d he said. \u201cBut even as the doors to Junior\u2019s close, there\u2019s always hope that it will come back. We\u2019ll just have to wait and see.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis isn\u2019t the first time Junior\u2019s Grill has had to shut its doors, and owner Tommy Klemis is hopeful that it won\u2019t be the last.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This isn\u2019t the first time Junior\u2019s Grill has had to shut its doors, and owner Tommy Klemis is hopeful that it won\u2019t be the last."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-04-29 14:02:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:38","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65860":{"id":"65860","type":"image","title":"Coke Machine at Junior\u0027s","body":null,"created":"1449176884","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:04","changed":"1475894585","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:05","alt":"Coke Machine at Junior\u0027s","file":{"fid":"193263","name":"juniors_coke.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/juniors_coke_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/juniors_coke_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4707050,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/juniors_coke_0.jpg?itok=Arrm-8BW"}}},"media_ids":["65860"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12982","name":"Junior\u0027s closing"},{"id":"8112","name":"Junior\u0027s Grill"},{"id":"11997","name":"Tommy Klemis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}