CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- After 57 years, the end has come for Jeri's Grill, an old-school diner near Lincoln Square.
The counter is bare. The booths are empty.
And on the window outside, a note from the owner: "To all my Jeri's Grill FAMILY, it is with a very heavy heart, after 57 years of wonderful and crazy times we are announcing that Jeri's Grill has come to an end."
The note adds: "Unfortunately the past can no longer survive in this post pandemic world."
Noel Steere, a Lincoln Square resident, walked by and took some photos of the diner, home of "Ham on the Bone."
He says it's a "kick in the gut" to see Jeri's and other old places close down.
"It's like 20 years of change is happening in the space of one or two years. You know, some places are going to go away as time goes on. But this is just the beginning, and I'm really not looking forward to what's about to happen."
There's a gofundme page for the Jeri's Grill employees out of work.
