Melton's Doing Well After Rat Fiasco

is doing just fine after an issue with rats temporarily shut it down in late 2011.

That's the word anyway, according to a profile of the business in the Saporta Report written by Michelle Hiskey. (Hiskey has also contributed to North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch. Her might still be my favorite thing ever on this site.)

The restaurant is still in the middle of their lawsuit against next door, which they claim was the source of the rat infestation which wiggled its way into their restaurant briefly, the story said.

From the story:

Every day, they think about their lawsuit against their neighbor, Pet Supermarket, which is in the discovery phase in DeKalb County Superior Judge Daniel M. Coursey Jr. If a resolution comes at all, it will take a while. At stake for the Meltons is $250,000 – their lost revenue and debt for repairs.

Take away the litigation, and the Meltons still represent the psychological struggle for so many of us in middle-class Atlanta and America. Despite hard work and diligence amid economic distress, our standard of living and hope in the future have gone from security to struggle. We come face-to-face daily with this reality: forces beyond our control can quickly shut us down.

It's a nice story, so check it out. (It's longer too. A good check-in with Melton's.)