- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
INDIANAPOLIS — At least two local businesses in downtown Indianapolis’ Fountain Square neighborhood are closing their doors for good this month.
“It’s been really hard this year specifically,” said Kristina Mazza, owner of Hoagies and Hops – an authentic cheesesteak restaurant located inside Chilly Water in Fountain Square.
Mazza said she made the difficult decision to close the business’s Fletcher Place location on Friday, December 31 due to staffing challenges, higher costs, and declining foot traffic.
“We are extremely grateful for the experience we had serving our amazing downtown customers,” said a social media post shared on Monday.
The restaurant along Virginia Avenue marked the second location for Hoagies and Hops and had only been open for ten short months. Mazza said the newest location opened back in February in the midst of the pandemic.
“I mean obviously we took a gigantic risk,” said…
