'Very sad': Longtime Peoria restaurant closes after more than 70 years in business

Longtime local establishment Fairview Farms Restaurant has closed.

The Peoria restaurant – located at 5911 W. Heuermann Road – shared the news in a March 18 Facebook announcement. The post thanked the community for its support.

In the comments, the business wrote: “I'm very sad!!! I have to save my family!”

The announcement has garnered 825 reactions and 461 shares as of 8:45 a.m. March 19. Many in the comments thanked the business for serving the community and offered condolences and well-wishes for the future.

Fairview Farms Restaurant operated for more than seven decades in Peoria after opening in 1952 as Fairview Chicken Dinners. The establishment featured both individual and family-style meals. Customers could find menu items such as fried chicken, corn fritters and more.

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