Port City Java Closing Its Doors

Greenville Online.com:

The Port City Java coffee shop chain is no longer open for business in Greenville.

The chain’s last three local locations — on Main Street, Mills Avenue and Augusta Road — have closed following the local franchisee’s filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, according to the chain’s corporate office and court documents.

The closings were a “total surprise” to Port City Java headquarters in Wilmington, N.C., said Frank Montano, the chain’s director of franchising.

Montano said he learned of the Greenville closings after a customer sent an email asking why the Main Street store had closed.

“We had no clue they were shutting down until yesterday morning,” Montano said Thursday.

Logo from Port City Java.