The Mill on Prescott announces closure
Daily drinks are doomed
After over twenty years in business, residents of the College View neighborhood and the Union College community were saddened to learn earlier this week that the Mill, an iconic local coffee and tea shop known for its granitas, iced herbal teas and more, will be shutting its doors in a few short weeks.
The company’s top executives stated during a press conference at an undisclosed location that the difficult decision was reached after the recent opening of their newest location in Omaha on March 15, 2023. The extraordinary costs of the new location meant that costs had to be cut somewhere.
“While it is unfortunate that we can no longer provide our delicious drinks to the College View community, the low amount of sales since the pandemic make it no longer affordable to keep the location open,” stated one leader. “We encourage our customers to drive to one of our other excellent locations such as the one in Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket, which has much more convenient parking than our previous location.”
“I’ll really miss the chai lattes I get from the Mill,” said Evan Majors, a sophomore, when he heard the news. “I always have such great conversations with the barista and the other customers.”
Annelise Jacobs, Student Association president-elect and senior, could care less, however. She has disliked the Mill for several years. “I prefer Dunkin’ Donuts; their service and drinks are better and more affordable.”
“I am shocked and saddened by the unfortunate closing of the Mill,” Stacy Stocks, Union College Dean of Students, shared, “It was such a fun place for students to meet up and study! We are grateful they have decided to donate all of their cafe furniture for use in our lobby and community rooms.” She’s not the only one worried. In fact, Student Success is considering using grant money to shuttle students downtown – they estimate that the Mill’s closure could impact students’ study habits so much that the college’s average GPA could drop by an entire point.
Something even more concerning is coming; however, as the popular fast food chain, McDonalds, has laid its eyes on the soon vacant premise. This has caused popular student activist and sophomore, Joshua James, to get involved.
“We can’t control a small business moving out of town, but there is no way we’re letting fast food pop up across the street from our campus,” he said. “This not only will kill the local economy but endanger the health of our students with these greasy, non-vegetarian meals.”
James is staging a community-wide protest to try to stop the takeover. He invites concerned students to reach out to him for details via text message at (402) 937-1135.
By: Charles Metz