![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The cafe is scheduled to reopen on June 1. The historic restaurant immortalized in Marc Cohn’s ode “Walking in Memphis” stopped serving food after the virus descended. Near the complex that holds the Gold Strike, Roadhouse and Horseshoe casinos, the ramshackle Hollywood Cafe sits closed. Just off the road leading to The Fitz Casino and Hotel, wading birds and a herd of cows shared a green field, perhaps basking in the silence that comes with the lack of activity. Barriers blocked cars from entering parking lots, with signs telling visitors to go away. Last week, the parking lots at most of the casinos looked like desolate concrete landscapes. The commission noted that adjusted gross gaming revenues dropped from about $45 million in February to $29 million in north Mississippi in March - numbers that don’t take into account revenues and jobs lost at restaurants, gas stations and other businesses whose fortunes are also linked to the industry. Mississippi Gaming Commission and state labor reports show about 4,300 people - including one-third of all employed residents in Tunica County - were working in the county’s six casinos and one in neighboring Coahoma County in March before the pandemic hit. ![]()
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