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But, looking back on 2020, many owners and entrepreneurs have closed, permanently or long term. Some of the closures have been from well-known chains like Stein Mart and one of Wilmington’s Ruby Tuesday locations. The list, unfortunately, also includes some of the area’s oldest businesses. Here are a few of the small local businesses now gone.  The Sideboard: This board game cafe on Oleander Dr. announced it would close in October, saying the business model where human interaction (via game playing) is encouraged was difficult in the COVID era. It hopes to reopen.   Port City Escape:...

By Cece Nunn, posted Dec 18, 2020 It was the worst of times, it was the weirdest of times. It was 2020, the year of the coronavirus pandemic. For many small business owners in the region – especially those dependent on visitors and indoor operations – im­pacted by restrictions to slow the virus’s spread, 2020 was a year of tough decisions.  Along those lines, Kris Testori ended up shutting down her Wilmington escape room business because of COVID-19.   Operating Port City Escape, where people would come together to solve puzzles that would allow them to “escape” differe...