By Rigoberto Hernandez, Mission Local
Eduardo Reyes realized a longtime dream back in 2001 when he bought a Guatemalan restaurant on Mission Street.
Now, after 11 years in business, Reyes, the owner of Acaxutla, will close his Mission Street restaurant at the end of the month after failing to negotiate a new lease with his landlord. Reyes isn’t the only one having to pack up his business.
At least two other struggling businesses left Mission Street this year. Mil Colores, a clothing store, and General Merchandise, an electronics store, left this year after their respective landlords declined to sign a new lease. Gaby Salas, the owner of Charanga, told Mission Local last year that she had to close because her landlord also declined to renegotiate a lease.
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