A few weeks after opening for takeout only, Mister Sizzle's in Hamburg has closed its takeout business. Construction inside the restaurant has also paused. Mister Sizzle's opened its second location in Hamburg on Oct.
10 for takeout and delivery while construction continued inside the restaurant space, which was formerly home to Juicy Burger. A week later, Mister Sizzle's part-owners John Pantalena and Misha Wagner of Connecticut Street Hospitality Group sued the restaurant's other owners , Casey and Chris Casas, for allegedly mismanaging funds and violating an operating agreement between both parties. The Casases called the lawsuit “factually inaccurate” and “baseless," adding that it is the result of a “disagreement about how to grow the business.
" “It is full of mischaracterizations, and outright lies,” Casey and Chris Casas said in a statement. Mister Sizzle's has paused takeout service and construction at its Hamburg location. For a while, both Mister Sizzle's locations remained open.
Now, Mister Sizzle's original Connecticut Street location is still open while the Hamburg location is on pause. A stop work order was issued that halted construction in Hamburg, according to Chris Casas. New York State Supreme Court Judge Deborah H.
Chimes signed an order Oct. 29 temporarily prohibiting the Casases from withdrawing Mister Sizzle's funds except for the purpose of day-to-day restaurant operation without first receiving approval from Connecticut Street Hospitality .