The Original Ninfa’s Uptown temporarily closed amid rent dispute

The Original Ninfa’s Uptown employees came to work Aug. 25 to find the locks on the restaurant changed without their knowledge. 

Niel Morgan, owner of Ninfa’s parent company, Legacy Restaurants, was shocked by the move, he said. A note on the door cited delinquency of rent payment as the reason for the locks being changed. 

Ninfa’s Uptown is at Blvd Place, owned by Houston-based Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR). Jim Mastandrea, CEO of Whitestone, said in a statement that Ninfa’s “declined…