If you have even the slightest inkling that you might crave a cinnamon roll the size of a dinner plate in the near future, well the future is now.
The Mecca Restaurant — the only place I know of where you can get a king-sized cinnamon roll — is closing its Skillman-Live Oak location on Sunday, April 27, at 5 p.m., says general manager Ramiro Aguilar.
But it won’t be gone forever. Owner Michael Sealy is shopping for a new location, although at this point 
no one knows where. Throughout the transition, Mecca will also continue to cater breakfast, lunch and dinner options, including its famous cinnamon rolls and bread pudding.
If this all seems rather sudden, that’s because it is. There was no talk of moving before the decision was announced. “It was kind of sprung on us,” Ramiro says.
Even still, it was Mecca’s decision to leave. Mecca began serving “home cooking” in 1938, and it had a 40-year run on Harry Hines, but since moving to the Skillman-Live Oak shopping center two years ago, the restaurant hasn’t been lucrative enough to handle the rent.
“Business here has been really slow,” Ramiro explains. “The rent here is ridiculously high. Our sales being low, it’s just not happening.”
For updates, follow the Mecca’s website or Facebook page.
