This Asian restaurant in Raleigh is closing soon. Here’s its last day
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- Spring Rolls is closing its Raleigh location after 12 years.
- The restaurant’s landlord decided not to renew Spring Rolls’ lease.
- Restaurant closes Dec. 27; Durham location will remain open.
An Asian restaurant in Raleigh is closing soon after more than a decade at its current location.
Spring Rolls, which also has a location in Durham, was not given the option to renew its lease after 12 years at its current location, restaurant manager Ryan Wright told The News & Observer in a phone call.
Its last day at 5433 Wade Park Blvd. in Raleigh will be Saturday, Dec. 27, Wright said. The restaurant will be open regular hours daily until then, including Thursday, Dec. 25.
This closing date is sooner than the one Spring Rolls previously announced. In late November, Spring Rolls shared on social media that its “last and final operating day is New Year’s Eve.” But in a post Sunday, Dec. 21, Spring Rolls said it had to “vacate on December 31st.”
Spring Rolls calls itself an “Asian bistro and sushi bar,” serving Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and more.
Why is Spring Rolls closing?
The landlord, Tennessee-based MAA, decided not to renew the restaurant’s lease.
“We sincerely appreciate having Spring Rolls as a tenant over the past twelve years; however, after careful consideration and internal discussion, we have decided not to renew the Lease Agreement,” MAA wrote in a Nov. 3 letter to the restaurant shared with The N&O.
The letter does not cite specific reasons why the lease would not be renewed. Stacey McInnis, a senior vice president of commercial with MAA who signed the Nov. 3 letter, did not respond to an email and phone message from The N&O.
For the foreseeable future, fans of Spring Rolls will have to travel to Durham to eat at the restaurant. It does not have a new space.
“It’s like a bad breakup,” Wright said. “You don’t want to rush into something without doing your research.”
The restaurant, which employs around 10 people plus some members of the owner’s family, will be selling all of its inventory, Wright said.
