This just in from reader Mark P.

I found out the Plaza Deli at La Cumbre Plaza is closed. Larry (the owner) and who operated this business for 40 years, told me a couple of weeks before Christmas, that he planned on one day just locking up and walking away. He wanted to retire and trying to sell the business fell flat. This closing happened shortly before Christmas. The place looks like just that, he locked up at the end of the day and retired. You can see lights in the soda cooler still on, cases of stacked sodas and the same selection of chips just sitting there gathering dust. Ran into a security guard there a few days ago and he said the place hasn’t been open for a few weeks. Sad to see it go. I’ve been a customer there since 1988.