{"id":42509,"date":"2025-11-23T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/42509\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:00:07","slug":"beloved-millvale-restaurant-to-close-after-90-years-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/42509\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Millvale restaurant to close after 90 years \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">MILLVALE, Pa.  \u2014 A long-time staple restaurant in Millvale will soon be closing its doors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Millvale Mayor Brian Spoales on Facebook Saturday announced that the owners of The Grant Bar Inc. have decided to close after 90 years. The last day of operations will be Nov. 29. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The building was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/grant-bar-lounge-listed-sale-15m\/ECHD4ROJEVBHLPV2GHW7K67B3A\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/grant-bar-lounge-listed-sale-15m\/ECHD4ROJEVBHLPV2GHW7K67B3A\/\">listed for sale back in August<\/a>, and at the time, a representative for the business said operations would continue as usual for the time being. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if the property had been sold when the upcoming closure was announced. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Mayor Spoales calls The Grant Bar \u201cmore than just a restaurant,\u201d referring to it as an \u201cinstitution\u201d and \u201ccornerstone\u201d in the community that\u2019s been a gathering place across three generations of families. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u200b\u201cWe join the entire community in mourning the loss of this historical landmark. As the owners rightly noted, the memories created within those walls\u2014the milestone celebrations, the quiet family dinners, the shared laughter\u2014are woven into the fabric of our borough\u2019s history. That legacy is permanent,&#8221; Spoales wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Spoales went on to thank the restaurant\u2019s owners and staff for \u201cmaking our borough a better, richer, and more delicious place to live.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILLVALE, Pa. \u2014 A long-time staple restaurant in Millvale will soon be closing its doors. 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