 running into a pandemic buzzsaw the milk street cafe has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in hopes of reshuffling its deck to pay off its debts the 40 year old hot spot finding it's tough to come out a winner from a health crisis that robbed most of its customers milk street was forced to shut down during the initial stages of initial stages of the pandemic and then stutter stepped its way back open still on the hook for state and federal loans as well