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2026 · survey size, closings first
The closing: The year's documented closing is a corridor chain's: the Hooters on Day Road, open since 2003 with a closure and reopening inside its course (2011–2015), shut permanently on March 3, 2026, in its parent company's bankruptcy — a dated end, printed first as this section's rule requires.
The standing map: What stands, at a line each and without recommendation: West End Bakery on Seventh Street, in its third ownership era, on its five-day week. Bonnie Doon's last stand at 2704 Lincolnway West, seasonal, serving another maker's ice cream under its own name. Doc Pierce's at Main and Lincolnway, in its fiftieth year. Hacienda in the brewer's mansion and on Grape Road. Papa Vino's at Edison Lakes. Martin's at Heritage Square, refreshed in the summer of 2026, and on Bittersweet Road. The Mishawaka Market on Sundays at Ironworks Plaza, May to September. And the newest documented form of the city's table: the Victory Roll Cafe at 711 West McKinley Avenue, a board-game cafe of more than eight hundred games that opened on October 16, 2025, in the Tribune's account — coffee and sandwiches served across the game tables, a restaurant whose room is the point. The map is a survey, not a guide; the histories above are the section's substance.
Sources:
- The Sun, from WSBT (March 2026) — the Mishawaka Hooters' permanent closing on 3 March 2026; opened 2003; the 2011 closing and 2015 reopening; the parent company's bankruptcy.
- South Bend Tribune (30 December 2025) — Victory Roll Cafe, 711 West McKinley Avenue: the board-game cafe's grand opening of 16 October 2025; more than eight hundred games; the coffee and food service.
- The entries of this section and their sources — the standing houses' present states as each is dated there.