Mystique Restaurant and Lounge in downtown Carson City closes
Mystique Restaurant and Lounge, located at 318 N. Carson Street downtown, has closed permanently, owner Yvette Barrett said Tuesday.
The restaurant closed Saturday, Jan. 7, she said, and will not reopen.
"I'm devastated," Barrett said. "Carson City never really took to us."
Barrett said rent in the two-story building, located between Telegraph and Proctor streets, had become too high during slow periods of business.
She also said overhead costs to the restaurant had also become too much for her to keep the doors open.
The restaurant was staffed by nine employees, Barrett said.
Mystique had been open about 13 months, holding a soft opening in December 2015 before a grand opening ribbon-cutting in January of last year.
Mystique was the third restaurant to occupy the space since B'Sghetti's made the change-over to Sassafras in June 2011.
Sassafras would later leave the space in 2015, reopening at the Carson Hot Springs Resort.