Lookin’ Kinda Closed There, Jilly’s

I’m pretty sure that Jilly’s, at 19th and Broadway, is no more. Apart from reports from field scouts in the first weeks of April (Jilly’s apparent last weeks), I recently came across this post from a local blogger, describing the place’s apparent last night of business. The numbers I have for the place and its owner, Bob Pierce, have been disconnected, so I regret that I have no official word.

I drove by there yesterday and found a metal grate, padlocked to the wall, sealing the door. Inside the hole where the doorknob had been was a disconnection notice from Missouri Gas Energy. Uncollected mail was in the mailbox.