{"id":508085,"date":"2026-06-19T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508085\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:02:08","slug":"end-of-an-era-as-much-loved-limerick-chipper-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508085\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an era as much-loved Limerick chipper to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It will be the end of an era in Limerick this weekend as a much-loved fish and chip shop in the city has announced it is to close after 60 years in business.<\/p>\n<p>Famous for its traditional Italian fish and chips, the Golden Grill on William Street will close its doors tomorrow evening.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on RT\u00c9&#8217;s News At One, Owner Diana Nardone said the idea of the business started in 1914 when her grandparents on her father\u2019s side moved to Ireland, setting up different businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has always been a Nardone business [in Ireland] since then but unfortunately I will be the last,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Listen: End of an era for Limerick&#8217;s Golden Grill chipper<\/p>\n<p alt=\"The End of an era for Limerick's golden grill chipper\" class=\"tpe\" data-description=\"Diana Nardone, Proprietor of the Golden Grill restaurant and takeaway in William Street, Limerick. \" data-embed=\"rte-player\" data-id=\"22622848\" data-ot-category=\"C0004\" data-title=\"Diana Nardone, Proprietor of the Golden Grill restaurant and takeaway in William Street, Limerick. \" id=\"22622848\">We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.<a class=\"blocked-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/regional\/2026\/0619\/1579348-limerick-chipper-closing\/javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"OneTrust.ToggleInfoDisplay()\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manage Preferences<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms Nardone said she is &#8220;heartbroken&#8221; that she has to pull the shutters down one last time.<\/p>\n<p>She said that her health is not well and as a result has to close her business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been a pleasure being in business. I have enjoyed it. I\u2019m not really looking forward to retirement but unfortunately, I have to,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grill has had famous faces eat there as well as dignitaries from abroad during its six decades of business in Limerick city.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nardone said the chips were always made fresh from potatoes and were always washed, cut and peeled by hand, one by one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We make up our own vinegar and that is what people love, plenty of vinegar \u2026 and that is the only way to eat a bag of chips,&#8221; she said, adding that the salt comes first, followed by a shake and then the vinegar is added.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nardone said she is &#8220;dreading&#8221; closing the business tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will have lots of memories \u2026 beautiful memories, beautiful people, I made great friends all through the years,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will be the end of an era in Limerick this weekend as a much-loved fish and chip&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-508085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}