RTS shut doors. Is it temporary?

The Rolling Thunder Saloon closed its doors last week, due to the pressures of a poor economy, said proprietors Nate Lathrop and Elisabeth Springer. The business has given up its liquor license, but it is nevertheless not for sale. The owners plan to keep the building, and, if things should improve economically over the next couple of years, there is a chance that the Saloon could re-open.

Lathrop told The Record that he could no longer justify putting his own money into the business just to keep it afloat. He and Springer have other sources of income which will allow them to retain the buildi...