RALEIGH - Finch’s Restaurant will remain open until the end of the year before making way for a Department of Transportation street improvement. 

 

The restaurant's owner planned to close the restaurant this fall when DOT replaces the Capital Boulevard bridge over Peace Street. However, DOT will begin the project by building a bridge over Wade Avenue, thereby giving Finch's Restaurant a few more months before its building will be demolished. The three-year construction project will begin after Labor Day DOT spokesman Steve Abbott told the Raleigh News and Observer. Abbott said drivers won’t experience major disruptions. Crews aren’t redoing the ramps that carry traffic between Capital Boulevard and Wade Avenue. The major detours and delays will come next spring when workers begin to replace the bridge over Peace Street. 

 

Finch’s has been at its Peace Street location for nearly 70 years. The eatery will  reopen in January on Chapel Hill Road in Durham.