Glen Meadows has worked at Wally’s Restaurants since he was 12, but after 34 years running — and eventually owning — the Wally’s in East Ridge, he said it’s time to call it quits.
“This is bittersweet for me. This is all I’ve ever known,” he said by phone Tuesday. “But it’s my time.”
Meadows has sold the property and said he doesn’t know what the new owner will do with the location, but he said it will not be a Wally’s. The restaurant will close March 18.
The property is within the East Ridge Border Region Development Region which gives owners certain tax incentives for improving older properties.
“East Ridge is booming and growing, and an opportunity came along I couldn’t pass up,” Meadows said.