![]() ![]() The restaurant was a welcoming location for older people eating breakfast, neighbors stopping by for lunch with friends and people who live in the nearby Irving Park YMCA, neighbors said. “I’m going to miss them, really miss them. It didn’t matter what section we sat in,” O’Sullivan said. “We would walk in the door and the all the waiters and waitresses knew my name, my husband’s name, my children’s names, our orders. Meredith O’Sullivan said she had been going to Golden Nugget at least once a month for the past 20 years. We just hope that customers go to our other locations. “It hurts us to have to close a location. ![]() ![]() I’ve worked for Golden Nugget for the past 34 years. “Literally, my heart is in my stomach still. Other signs told customers where to find longtime servers Diane, Nancy and Odette. “We were still busy there on the weekends, but you can’t subsist a restaurant on just weekend sales.”Ī sign advertising open positions for servers, a host and people to take delivery orders was still on one of restaurant’s windows Wednesday, but Guzman said staffers have been moved to other locations. Our sales there were in the dumps,” Guzman said. “I will be honest, people aren’t eating out like they used to or ordering like they used to. Guzman closed the location Sunday and is looking to lease the space to someone else, she said. She also said the restaurant only employed about five people, and she had trouble finding new workers. about five years ago, and business hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels, owner Cathy Guzman said. Irving Park Road, was once one of the chain’s 24-hour spots, long popular with the breakfast and late-night crowds, neighbors said. It first opened in 1970.īut the hours changed to 6 a.m.-10 p.m. OLD IRVING PARK - A beloved Northwest Side location of the Golden Nugget Pancake House closed this week after struggling for years with dwindling customers, reduced hours and fewer employees. ![]()
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