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December 23, 2019

Two Worcester restaurants close

Photo | Grant Welker C'Mondz, a restaurant on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, closed after just four months in business.
Photo | Grant Welker Wild Willy's Burgers closed after roughly a decade in business on West Boylston Street.

Two Worcester restaurants, a newcomer and a relative longtimer, have closed: C'Mondz Restaurant on Shrewsbury Street and Wild Willy's Burgers on West Boylston Street.

C'Mondz opened in July, taking the place at 156 Shrewsbury St. of Meze Estiatorio after the Greek restaurant moved a few doors down to 166 Shrewsbury St. It was also previously the home of Porto Bello restaurant.

C'Mondz posted a farewell note to patrons on Facebook in November. A for-lease sign went up at the site in mid-December. Owner and executive chef Christ Mondzali, who relocated the restaurant from Framingham, didn't return a message seeking comment.

C'Mondz's closure comes as change has come to two other nearby Shrewsbury Street restaurants: Simjang will close at the end of the month to soon be replaced by a Mexican restaurant by the same owners, and the Parkway Diner eliminated dinner hours.

Meze's new space a few doors down most recently hosted The Usual and Chameleon in quick succession. That space also previously hosted two other Worcester restaurants moved elsewhere in the city: The Fix Burger Bar and Mezcal Tequila Cantina, both owned and operated by Niche Hospitality Group.

Wild Willy's, which was located near the Greendale Mall for roughly a decade, closed in December after first posting a note to patrons on the restaurant's front door saying it was closed unexpectedly because it ran out of food. The restaurant has not reopened. A message left for the owner was not returned.

Wild Willy's has other locations under separate owners in Watertown; Rochester, N.H.; and York, Maine. The Worcester restaurant's closure comes about five months after the long-vacant Barber's Crossing restaurant three buildings down was demolished after sitting vacant since 2006.
 

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8 Comments

Anonymous
December 24, 2019
I worked at wild Willy's from 2007-2014. The original owners were amazing and loved working there! When they sold is when I left, for personal reasons. But I went back about a year ago and worked there shortly for a new owner. Things definitely had changed, and with the prices going up I'm not surprised.
Anonymous
December 24, 2019
I always enjoyed Wild Willy’s as well. I think they tried to change it too much with the table service. The original owners were great. Wish they would come back.
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