The Foster family has owned and operated The Viking Den restaurant for the past 38 years. The oldest continuously operating restaurants in Stafford, closed its doors Dec. 30. The planned expansion of Highway 90 claims another victim in the wake."We lost all of our parking space" "The spread of the road was closing in on us and leaving us six parking spaces," said Vicki Bellamy, one of the Fosters' daughters. "Back in the '50s and '60s you could park on the side facing Avenue E. Then they widened Avenue E and curved it and took away the parking on that side." "Where are our customers supposed to park?"She reflected to a scene in the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" when a small restaurant closed and dispersed the entire community." The closing of The "Viking Den will have the same impac...
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