"The restaurant space home to noodle-and-rice mainstay Wares is on the market. Owner Johanna Ware is hoping to close the NE Sandy restaurant, focusing exclusively on her critically acclaimed flagship Smallwares. Ware decided to give up her casual counter-service spot for her own mental health. A year after reopening Smallwares, her original restaurant, the chef says balancing both businesses has been a strain. “Originally, I didn’t want to say, ‘I’m closing my place,’ but fuck it, I know my food is good,” Ware says. “It’s just too much... I’m just over my limit with stress.” The restaurant hasn’t closed yet — in fact, there’s no closing date on the books so far. Ware and her tiny team are holding out until she finds a new tenant for the space, someone to inherit her equipment and the tiny restaurant counter within NE Sandy’s Zipper building." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
