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Cafe Eccell's owners say College Station has given them until midnight Tuesday to vacate their current, city-owned location.

The written notice of their need to vacate came by mail Thursday without warning, said Costa Dallis, who co-owns the restaurant with his brother, Andreas Dallis.

The Dallis brothers said that, as they understood the matter, their lease with the city was supposed to last at least through January.

Craig Greening, a local attorney representing the brothers, said his clients had received a rent invoice for the month of January, which they paid.

However, College Station City Manager Kelly Templin, who sent the notice, said it was his understanding that Tuesday is the last day on the Cafe Eccell lease. He said the notice was not meant as a threat, but as a reminder that they needed to be out by the end of the lease.

The Dallis brothers said they're not sure what they are going to do, but that moving out on such short notice cannot realistically be accomplished.

In November, the Dallis brothers filed for and were granted a temporary restraining order that prevented the closing of a nearly $3 million sale of property owned by the city of College Station to a Houston-based development firm.