Zak's Place in Hinsdale Closing Its Doors Saturday Night
One of the restaurant's owners said disagreement with the owner over rent contributed to the closing of the restaurant, which has served Hinsdale since 2007.
Updated at 12:03 p.m. Friday Zak's Place owners announced Thursday that the restaurant will be closing down this weekend after serving its contemporary American cuisine to diners at 112 S. Washington St. in downtown Hinsdale for five years. "All of us at Zak's Place have made great friends, had fun times and created many wonderful memories with you," reads a Thursday night Facebook post from Yamandú Perez, one of the restaurant's two owners. "But, sadly we can no longer afford the costs of doing business, so we've decided to say farewell." Perez's co-owner, Matthew Van Valkenburgh, said the restaurant's owners said the their first five-year lease ended in August and they were unable to lock down a long-term lease with the owner. "We …
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mike rummler
11:25 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012
Hinsdale is great. Period. My husband and I were married in Hawaii and were concerned about finding a place to live that would welcome a gay couple. When we lived in Jefferson park so many people gave us issues. I grew up in Jefferson park and attended a catholic Schiller and my husband is from nearby saugnash. We even had friends who were police officers in the 16th district. Lots if anti gay … more ›