Another Thayer Street Business Closing, Citing Parking
Monday, December 12, 2016
Another business is closing on Thayer Street, after at least two business closed next to Brown University earlier this year, citing the new parking meters as impacting customers.
A store employee confirmed the closing on Sunday, with sources saying the decision was based on the decline in customers due to parking meters, as well as the high rent of the commercial district.
In June, GoLocal reported "Multiple Thayer Street Businesses Closed Due to Parking Meters:"
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTMultiple former Thayer Street businesses are saying that they closed due in part to the addition of parking meters by the City of Providence -- and dozens more in the commercial area by Brown University on the East Side are calling for their removal.
Latest for Au Bon Pain
The "cafe bakery" which was started in Boston in 1978, has grown to over 300 locations worldwide, according to its website.
The Thayer Street closing follows the shuttering of the Harvard Square location this past spring, as the Boston Globe reported in March.
In Providence, Au Bon Pain still has locations in downtown Providence on Westminster Street and at Rhode Island Hospital.
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