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Please & Thank You closes its Frankfort Avenue coffee shop in Louisville

Three jobs were eliminated and three workers transferred; the NuLu and Prospect stores remain open.

Location: Louisville, KY
Key date: Closed October 19, 2026
Reported: Reported October 20, 2026
As of: October 22, 2026

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Please & Thank You closed its Frankfort Avenue location in Louisville on October 19, 2026. Co-owner Matt Argo told the Courier Journal the shop lacked enough customer traffic.

Three jobs were eliminated and three workers were transferred to other locations. The company's NuLu and Prospect stores continue to operate.

What is confirmed

The Frankfort Avenue location closed October 19, 2026, per the co-owner.
The co-owner attributed the closure to insufficient customer traffic.
Three jobs were eliminated; three workers transferred.
NuLu and Prospect locations remain open.

Dates and scope

Six workers were affected in total, but only three positions were eliminated.
This is one location, not the whole business.

Sources

Corrections and updates

No corrections to date. Updated as of October 22, 2026.