

Montgomery, who has more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, shared the news about the Upper Crust’s closing, thanking everyone for their “25 years of support” and "We hope to have an opportunity to serve you in the future." In a 2021 interview with Black Enterprise, Montgomery talked about the struggles of keeping a restaurant afloat during the pandemic, as well as her recently released single and video “ Ain’t My Stuff Good Enough.” Over the past year theyve supported events for pride month and supported local youth shelters. The closure of Upper Crust comes just a few days shy of Montgomery’s 82 nd birthday. With a 30-year tenure in the restaurant industry, she saw multiple Sweetie Pie’s area locations close over the years, leaving the Delmar spot as the remaining holdout post-pandemic. Every store manager at Sweetie Pie locations has a mandate to get involved with their community.
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Louis Post-Dispatch, so the line will be on hold until the license is granted. Grotonics’ website lists her as CEO and majority owner, noting that she is “bringing her recipes and commercial kitchen success to the green market, where she is excited to offer her new Grotonics Medical Marijuana Edible product line.” An application for a cannabis license was rejected by the state of Missouri, however, according to the St. Recently, Montgomery has been looking to expand in other ways.
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The news comes a week after Montgomery’s son James “Tim” Norman was convicted of conspiring to kill Andre Montgomery, his 21-year-old nephew and Robbie Montgomery’s grandson, in 2016.Ī former backup dancer for Ike and Tina Turner, Montgomery and her family rose to national fame on the Oprah-owned network OWN with the reality series Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s. The show ran for nine seasons, between 20. Sweetie Pies Hamburger Heaven The New Spot Season 1 Episode 5 The New Spot 40K views 4 years ago Miss Robbie Remembers Her Grandson Andre Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s Oprah Winfrey. Terica Taneisha Ellis, now 39, from Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting that Norman paid her $10,000 to find Montgomery and tell Hill his location.Ī fourth person, insurance agent Waiel “Wally” Rebhi Yaghnam, was sentenced to three years in prison for helping Norman fraudulently apply for several insurance policies and file a claim on Montgomery’s life insurance policy.Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust ( 3643 Delmar) will be closing after this Sunday, September 25, according to a post on Facebook.Īccording to the post, the closure will make room for the multi-million-dollar Cochran Veteran’s Hospital expansion. The sister location that opened in owner Robbie Montgomery’s home state of Mississippi, in January 2020, remains open.

Louis, was sentenced in October to 32 years in prison. Travell Anthony Hill admitted that he shot Montgomery in exchange for $5,000. Norman was convicted in September of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit fraud. Ross gave him two life sentences, calling it “a cold-blooded, incredibly premeditated, planned execution of your nephew.” Several of Andre Montgomery’s family members, including his mother, Michell Griggs, asked that Norman be sentenced to life, the St. Prosecutors said Norman took out a out a life insurance policy worth $450,000 on Montgomery and arranged to have him lured to a street in St.
