After serving Farmville’s art enthusiasts and music lovers for almost two years, The Mad Hatter – the big lime-green cinder block building at 208 N. South Street next to Macados — is shutting down.
Over the summer, business hours and employee hours were shortened.
Food and coffee is still being served, and the art on the ground level is being sold in silent auction format. No further live music has been scheduled.
It has not been announced where Tuesday trivia night will take place after October 31st.
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Heartbreak! They had a good run and served the LU community well.
It is a shame that small businesses don’t get the support that chains do, even with such great personal service, diverse menu, and wonderful staff. Sorry to see you go.
Hell of a run, standing ovation.
what the hell?! why??? that really freaking sucks.
Is summer break poison to downtown Farmville businesses? Just Desserts never reopened after closing this summer.
Many other downtown stores have closed or relocated to The Shops @ College Park. How many of these can be rightly blamed on the recession, and how many result from location/parking, service and/or marketing problems?
Farmville does not help the small business, with taxes reaching 13% and a recession they have no chance. Shame look around you all that’s left is chain food stores and expensive furniture. This town could be so much more, It could be a shoppers dream at christmas. I guess the town makes a lot of money from the college and just doesn’t care anymore, it’s making it’s money.