Back in early July, one corner of one of D.C.'s busiest retail intersections—M Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown—became available.  The famous Nathans restaurant was finally closing after 40 years. The business's owner Carol Joynt had inherited Nathans, along with an astonishing amount of debt, after her husband died.
At the end, Joynt had been on [...]

Last night, famed saloon Nathans closed, and Carol Joynt ended her 12-year stint as the restaurant's owner.
In the last few days, Joynt's been asking her patrons for a "citizens bailout," saying that Nathans owes the city $22,000 in unpaid sales taxes from February, and she has no way to pay it.
(If you want the long, [...]

Last week, news broke that famed Georgetown saloon Nathans was closing after 40 years.
Then, we also discovered that Nathans' property was still on the market. If this was any old watering hole, it wouldn't matter. But Nathans was located on "one of the top 10 locations on the East Coast — you can't get much better [...]

I just reached Ronald Shapiro, a lawyer who represents the owner of Nathans' building.
He says that restaurant owner Carol Joynt terminated the lease herself, and that the Georgetown building is still available for purchase.
With the building on the market, Joynt had recently signed a month-to-month lease, according to the Washington Business Journal.
That agreement "could [...]