Capital City BBQ was perhaps the only barbecue, when it opened in 2015, in Lansing, Michigan. Lin Lee and her fiancé worked to diversify the menu for three years, as 50 sauces and 20 kinds of pasta and cheese were tested, before settling on a mixture of ingredients that they felt could satisfy customers. However, their emotional relationship collapsed, and they eventually separated.
Lin, 48, said her ex-fiancé recorded a voice message on the restaurant's phone, in December, saying the store would be closed for several months. This is not true. "Happy holidays from Capital City BBQ, due to the holidays, we will take leave until the first of March, and we look forward to resuming work and seeing you after this date," the message said in response to incoming calls. I wish you a happy holiday. Thank you. ” Lin said the restaurant's performance declined in the days after the voice message was recorded, and achieved less than half of its usual sales, after what happened.
Moreover, the shop owner obtained a new phone number in late December, but the old number is still on the building sign and on websites, such as "Trip Advisor". The two former fiancés met in 2011, when Lin paid her ex-fiancé, a contractor, $ 67,000 to build a restaurant on the side of a mobile phone store. Ultimately, al-Khatib demanded joint ownership of the restaurant, although Lee says she was the only one who contributed to the financing of the project. The two sisters divorced in July. But in December, Lin noticed that the restaurant's phones were not ringing, and she assumed there were technical issues.
The two betrothis met in 2011, when Lin paid her ex-fiance, a contractor, $ 67,000 to build a restaurant.