Passersby have been stopping and staring in disbelief at the papered-over windows of Toscana this week. The Italian restaurant closed for good last Sunday evening, hanging a sign on the door that reads, "due to state of our economy, we are no longer able to stay open."
"They always seemed so busy!" said a commenter on the Concord Patch Facebook page.
The restaurant is the second business in Todos Santos Plaza to shut down in recent weeks, after the clothing store Sway closed in August due to lack of business, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"sprouts-shutters-build-a-bear-moving"} -->. Other storefronts in the plaza have remained empty for months, as the . Small, local businesses