“We’d love to have you for a staycation - that income will help us pay our bills until we can reopen the restaurant,” restaurant leaders said in the post.įans of Longman are also encouraged to donate to the restaurant’s employee relief fund, which has raised $12,355 as of Thursday afternoon. “We, collectively, decided to close for a couple of months, to we could reopen strongly in early 2021,” Toalson said.Ī post shared by Longman & Eagle Longman’s kitchen will remain closed for the months to come, the restaurant’s bottle shop, web store and six-room inn will remain open. In an email, owner Pete Toalson said staying open through the winter would’ve “likely put us in a precarious financial position, risking a 2021 opening.” We can’t thank every single staff member enough for their extremely hard work this year,” the post reads. But we do have the absolute best team, and when they say they’re ready to call it, we trust them. “This is hard news, we know, and we wish things were different. It was Longman staffers who ultimately decided the restaurant should close, according to the post. The closure comes a little more than two weeks after Longman reopened the restaurant’s sausage shop, and pivoted to only offering delivery and pickup in an effort to slow the virus’s spread. ![]() “We didn’t make this call lightly, but want to make sure that once the pandemic is over, we can welcome everyone back to the same old Longman you know and love,” the Longman team wrote on Instagram this week. The owner hopes to reopen the restaurant sometime in early 2021. will remain closed through the winter, according to an Instagram post. The popular farm-to-table restaurant and whiskey bar at 2657 N. LOGAN SQUARE - Joining numerous other restaurants and bars across the city, Longman & Eagle has closed indefinitely as Chicago continues to regress in its fight against coronavirus.
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