A Thai restaurant in Ellsworth that tried to raise $25,000 through an online GoFundMe campaign to pay its back taxes has gone bust.
The Bangkok Restaurant had been in business in Ellsworth since 1987. It had operated at 78 Downeast Highway for roughly the past 10 years.
A foreclosure auction on the property had been scheduled for Friday, Feb. 16 -- but apparently it has been postponed, according to the online auction listing on the Central Maine Auction Center website. The 1.25-acre property and 3,100 square-foot restaurant together have an assessed value of $736,000, according to the city's online assessing database.
When the auction may be held is not clear. I emailed the auction company to find out but have not heard back from them.
The restaurant was behind by about $21,000 on its property taxes in early 2017, according to the Bangor Daily News, and was hoping to raise $25,000 in donations through a GoFundMe campaign. More than 100 people donated to the campaign, but fundraising fell short with only $9,000 being raised toward the $25,000 goal.
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