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New page: '''Copeland's of New Orleans''' was a cajun-style restaurant located at 400 East Chase Street (along Gregory Street's "restaurant row"). It was the only Pensacola location of the [...
'''Copeland's of New Orleans''' was a cajun-style restaurant located at 400 East [[Chase Street]] (along [[Gregory Street]]'s "restaurant row"). It was the only Pensacola location of the [[Wikipedia:Copeland's|Copeland's]] chain founded in 1983 by [[Wikipedia:Al Copeland|Al Copeland]], who also started the [[Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits]] restaurant chain. New Orleans lawyer [[Tom Cerullo]] and his wife [[Cindy Cerullo|Cindy]] opened the franchise location on [[November 10]], [[1999]].<ref>"Cajun cuisine comes to restaurant row." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 10, 1999.</ref>
==Closure==
Citing financial hardships, the Cerullos closed the restaurant in June [[2007]]. It reopened briefly on [[June 24]], to the surprise of employees who were already seeking new jobs, and closed again on [[June 27]].<ref name="assault">"Woman claims assault by ex-workers." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 3, 2007.</ref> Cindy Cerullo said that when she arrived to pass out final paychecks on [[June 29]], she was "poked, pushed [and] shoved" by former employees, one of whom threatened to follow her home to "finally get a piece of (her)."<ref name="assault"/> She also claimed that employees had broken into the restaurant and ransacked food, alcohol and other items.
On [[July 6]], thirty boxes of documents, including sensitive personnel information and customer credit card receipts, were recovered from trash bins behind the [[Dollar General Store]] at 400 North [[Navy Boulevard]]. Cindy Cerullo said she and her husband had hired two independent contractors to dispose of old computer equipment and broken furniture from the restaurant's [[Fairfield Drive]] storage unit, but that they expected to have all the documents returned to them. "There was no point in us hiring a professional shredder because we weren't ready to shred the documents at that time. I was going to speak to our accountant, keep what we needed and ask how to dispose of the rest of them."<ref>"Documents from Copeland's to be turned over to police." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 8, 2007.</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Defunct restaurants]]
[[Category:Cajun restaurants]]
==Closure==
Citing financial hardships, the Cerullos closed the restaurant in June [[2007]]. It reopened briefly on [[June 24]], to the surprise of employees who were already seeking new jobs, and closed again on [[June 27]].<ref name="assault">"Woman claims assault by ex-workers." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 3, 2007.</ref> Cindy Cerullo said that when she arrived to pass out final paychecks on [[June 29]], she was "poked, pushed [and] shoved" by former employees, one of whom threatened to follow her home to "finally get a piece of (her)."<ref name="assault"/> She also claimed that employees had broken into the restaurant and ransacked food, alcohol and other items.
On [[July 6]], thirty boxes of documents, including sensitive personnel information and customer credit card receipts, were recovered from trash bins behind the [[Dollar General Store]] at 400 North [[Navy Boulevard]]. Cindy Cerullo said she and her husband had hired two independent contractors to dispose of old computer equipment and broken furniture from the restaurant's [[Fairfield Drive]] storage unit, but that they expected to have all the documents returned to them. "There was no point in us hiring a professional shredder because we weren't ready to shred the documents at that time. I was going to speak to our accountant, keep what we needed and ask how to dispose of the rest of them."<ref>"Documents from Copeland's to be turned over to police." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 8, 2007.</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Defunct restaurants]]
[[Category:Cajun restaurants]]