Poppi Pays
By: Mr. Wilson on
June 6, 2012
The Journal Star called out two local restaurants on Monday for failing to pay the arena tax. The scofflaws are BBQ4U and Taqueria El Rey. Insert angry scowl here.
Before you grab your pitchforks, though, there's an important note to be made. BBQ4U is closed. A new restaurant, Poppi's BBQ, has taken over the location (and phone number), but Poppi's pays its taxes. As Nancy Hicks reported today Poppi's has nothing to do with the BBQ4U debt.
As for Taqueria El Rey, the Journal Star wasn't able to dig up any additional information because "no English-speaking manager could be reached". Translation: the LJS couldn't be bothered to find a translator. Think about that. In this city of over a quarter-million people, the Journal Star couldn't dig up one person capable of helping them communicate with the Spanish speakers at Taqueria El Rey. That's some fantastic journalism right there.
So all in all, in the entire City we've got one up-and-running tax dodger. That's not so bad. Hopefully they come clean soon. It'd be a shame if they had to be shut down for non-compliance.