After an abrupt closure due to a variety of legal reasons involving – well, you can read all about that business here – The Abbey is back in business.

Here’s a statement from The Abbey’s owner, Brian Metzger:

After an unexpected interruption to our regular service, we are thrilled to announce that we are OPEN today as of 4 p.m. for regular hours.  My family, staff and I would like to thank everyone for your support and encouraging comments, texts, calls, posts and emails. We are a local, family-owned and family-friendly business that works very hard each and every day to offer fun, fresh, and seasonal food together with excellent service. But we made an error and are working to correct it. The Abbey is a restaurant I built for my family and for our community; in fact, I named it after my daughter, Abby, and the success of each of our restaurants is of the utmost importance to me. As always, I’m grateful to our incredible team of dedicated staff who have been understanding and are ready to serve up outstanding food with exceptional service. So please, come join us tonight to experience our new and incredible menu – we’re still taking reservations for this weekend, including Mothers Day brunch and dinner. Thank you Tucson, and thank you Southern Arizona!

If Marion Barry can get re-elected, surely The Abbey can be forgiven.