IRVING PARK — Cozy Nook Restaurant & Pancake Home’s new Irving Park location is formally open.
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant at 4048 N. Pulaski Highway opened Monday, proprietor Peter Iatrides mentioned in an e-mail. Prospects can count on the identical menu because the diner chain’s different areas. The restaurant will likely be open 6 a.m.-3 p.m. every day, Iatrides mentioned.
“We’re excited to be in Previous Irving Park and can do our greatest making Cozy Nook a neighborhood staple,” he mentioned.
The diner is situated on the former website of the Salvation Military Irving Park Corps Neighborhood Heart. Iatrides purchased the property in 2018 to be able to demolish the prevailing constructing and exchange it with a restaurant, however these plans had been delayed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, he mentioned beforehand.
The town authorized a allow in July 2021 to construct the restaurant and add a car parking zone, drive-thru lanes, sidewalks, utilities and lighting. Work started final spring, in keeping with metropolis data and neighbors.
The unique plan was to open final fall, however these plans had been once more delayed till this week. Iatrides declined to reply questions on the newest delay.
Cozy Corners’s authentic location in Logan Sq. opened in 1977. Since then, the diner has expanded to Hermosa, Edgewater and Norwood Park.
After a short closure on the finish of 2013, the unique Logan Sq. location reopened in 2014 with new indicators, renovated inside and expanded seating.
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