Show-Me's, Controversial Suburban Restaurant, Goes Out Of Business (VIDEO)

A controversial suburban Chicago restaurant known for its scantily-clad waitresses and the community outrage it attracted has closed its doors after being open for less than a year.

Show-Me's, located at 1126 E. Ogden Ave. in Naperville, closed abruptly on Wednesday. A restaurant franchise investor, Jay Madipadaga, told the Daily Herald that mechanical issues and management problems forced the business to close.

(Scroll down to watch a video report on the eatery's closing.)

But Naperville Patch reports that the restaurant's closing arrives on the heels of months of scrutiny from community members concerned about how the Missouri-owned business's provocatively-dressed employees reflected on the rest of the west suburban city. The city had previously asked the business to institute a stricter dress code for its waitresses -- who wore tank tops and short shorts -- and close at midnight each day. The city also forced the business to refrain from installing outdoor seating.

Madipadaga added to the Daily Herald that he didn't feel his business was ever given a fair shake by the community, though he admitted they probably should have done more research before putting down stakes in the relatively socially conservative city.

"I don't think we got a fair chance from people," he said. "But we didn't know a whole lot about the neighborhood, and that was probably our mistake."

Naperville Mayor George Pradel admitted to the Chicago Tribune that he spent more time handling issues around Show-Me's than any other restaurant in the city, but that most of those issues arose from community members "calling in all the time and saying this and saying that, and most of it was unfounded."