Durham restaurant facing foreclosure, owners ask community for help

COPA's owners said they've been struggling to survive post-pandemic, and they are in desperate need of legal assistance.

"The pandemic, our now sky-high interest rate from our Small Business Administration mortgage, and the sharp increase in the cost of doing business mean that we urgently need legal assistance to hold off foreclosure," the owners said on Facebook.

"Even as we struggle, we remain committed to our mission of cultivating relationships from the soil to the table. As a dear friend said to us recently, COPA does not belong to Roberto and Elizabeth—COPA belongs to the community," the Facebook post read. "Without community, nothing we do matters."