Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – It was just starting to make a name for itself — especially as this is the 100th year of historic Route 66.

The Springfield Business Journal reports the restaurant known as “The Fountain” on 9th Street is now closed, after just a year in operation.

“Tom Hart, who also owns ‘The Stadium’ smokehouse…his daughter was helping him run that.  He has decided to focus on his primary business at ‘The Stadium,'” says Michelle Editor, Executive Editor, on the WTAX Morning Newswatch.

Ownbey says Tom Hart just didn’t have time for both, and would love to see a new owner take over and make it thrive.

“For awhile, they also had been a vendor out at The Railyard,” said Ownbey.  “Maybe they were spread a bit too thin there.  They had a lot of different things going on at the same time.”

The location of “The Fountain” is the former location of the iconic “Sonrise Donuts.”