A BELOVED Italian restaurant has announced that it will be closing its doors after more than 40 years of business.
Angeloni’s II Restaurant and Lounge in Atlantic City, New Jersey will close next month.
The restaurant’s owner Alan Angeloni will be retiring, per the local radio station WPGG.
The restaurant – an Olive Garden rival- has been trading for 42 years and its last day of business will be on April 30.
Angeloni’s offers Italian food fanatics a variety of hearty staples ranging from spaghetti with meatballs, to homemade gnocchi, and classics such as veal Parmigiana.
Alan told the Atlantic City Weekly that the style of the restaurant hasn’t changed since it opened.
He said: “If you walked in here 40 years ago, it was exactly the same.
“When we used to have people fill out comment cards, they always said the same thing: how they loved the old-school charm of the place, how they enjoyed the classic ambiance.
“So, like my father said, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
The restaurant just offers a dinner service as it stopped its lunch menu during the Covid pandemic.
Angeloni’s is not the only restaurant business that has closed outlets.
A Bravo Italian Kitchen restaurant in Leawood, Kansas closed its doors on March 5.
And, the popular dining chain Red Lobster has shut down several of its restaurants recently.
Its eatery at the Almaden Plaza, San Jose closed permanently after 39 years of trading earlier this month.
Red Lobster still has a presence in the Californian city as its restaurant on Aborn Road is still trading.
In January, bosses decided to shut down a Red Lobster restaurant in Beachwood, Ohio.
The restaurant had been serving Americans for more than 45 years but was reportedly underperforming compared to other branches.
Last December, a Red Lobster outlet in San Angelo, Texas closed down after 38 years of business.
Red Lobster has said the closures are a normal part of the process and path to growth.
A spokesperson told The U.S Sun: “We regularly review our restaurant portfolios as part of the normal course of business.
“As a result, we have concluded that these locations are no longer right for Red Lobster.”
Last summer, the chain’s restaurant in Roanoke, Virginia was permanently closed after more than 43 years of trading, as per the local NBC affiliate WSLS-TV.
The U.S. Sun reported how pizza giant Papa Murphy’s closed 72 of its stores last year amid poor performance.
And, the beloved restaurant chain Cracker Barrel abruptly shuttered three locations.
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