The owner of Mi Scuzi Ristorante Italiano has filed for personal bankruptcy, providing some possible clues behind the abrupt closing of the popular locally owned Italian restaurant at the Millcreek Mall on Aug. 20.

Michael Farsace, who relocated Mi Scuzi from the city of Erie to the mall in the summer of 2024 , filed an emergency petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Erie on Sept. 5.

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