TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka cafe that closed when its owner was diagnosed with cancer will reopen this Friday.
Pedro Concepcion, 26, closed the Boca Cafe after announcing in August that he is fighting stomach cancer.
The new owner is James Weckerling, a nurse who said he has wanted to own his own business.
WIBW reports Weckerling intends to keep the same menu and not make many changes at first but eventually he plans to add some menu items and expand the business.
Boca Cafe is a gourmet sandwich restaurant that serves Mediterranean cuisine with a Hispanic flair. It was opened for less than a year in the city’s College Hill area before Concepcion was diagnosed. He plans to move to Chicago to be near family.
