Business & Tech

Wet Willie's Daiquiri Bar Closes Their Doors

Downtown restaurant, bar and club closes.

After just one year, Wet Willie's Daiquiri Bar is closing their doors.

The owners, Josh and Tonia Collins are creative entrepreneurs and being boxed in by the rules and guidelines set by the franchise helped to make their decision they said. 

The establishment was crowded as an after hours club on the weekends, but apparently it was just not enough to keep the frozen drink bar and grill going.

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Josh Collins was the winner of Vetrepreneur of The Year. Chosen out of 15,000 vet's nationwide. Last year he was on the front cover of 'NaVOBA Magazine' which has over three-million military members nationwide.

The franchise owners, Stachel and CEO Dickinson opened their first restaurant, which in those days was nothing but a bar, on St. Paddy's Day in 1990. One lucky day in history because now, Wet Willies has 14 locations with a 15th under construction, two others with leases and plans in the works for 20 locations total by the end of 2012.

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