Biasetti's closed ?

I was all set for to report back on my $13.99 slab of ribs Tuesday night at Biasetti's when I was met instead by a "closed today" sign on the door,no other info. The same sign is still posted there today, no info on answering machine. Has anyone heard anything?
Is the end finally here for this neighborhood fixture ? I sure hope not, a good relish tray is hard to find these days.....
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Biasetti's
1625 W. Irving Park Rd

Well this would be tragically sad if true...but unfortunately, they really brought it on themeselves...new owners totally obliterated everything that gave it it's kitschy charm, and replaced with the typical Bennigan's style decor....plus raised prices enormously.....made my blood boil when I saw what they did....used to be 90 minute waits for tables on Sat. night....now, you can just breeze right in to a half empty restaurant..

The one and only reason we still went occasionally is to hang with Stan Zimmerman, the long time bar organ player...what a great character...and of course Bonnie the hostess (and RIP Buddy the Bartender)..
I will mourn it's loss for these very very nice people....

Biasetti's, loved by Ira Glass and North Side pols, great at creamed spinach and gratin potatoes, generous with the relish tray, and home of the best North Side baked ribs (tallest midget tho that is) seems to be very much and permanently closed. Love the food or hate it, it's a shame to see it go. Long live Orange Garden and Diner Grill.

Biasetti's has been closed for several months. It was sold, I think twice, and the scuttlebutt was that the newest owners never got it off the ground

grandmai

Yes, I live around the corner. I bumped this now that the place looks RIP as opposed to maybe just one-foot-in-the-grave. Surprised some of the old-timers never eulogized the place. Maybe it just wasn't that good, but I think it was, once.

After the last owners decimated the menu, the only reason to go was to hang at the bar with Stan and his crowd of regulars. It was great fun-- Stan would tell their stories, they'd sing, drinks would be bought -- but the food wasn't any good.

I've had a lot of fun and good food over the years at Biasetti's. The staff and the surroundings made you feel welcome and relaxed. (A heavy hand with the pour helped too). Buddy the bartender, Stan (and before Stan, the late Lonnie Simmons), along with the 20 and 30 year serving waitstaff ensured a good time. Alas, in 2001 the longtime owners, the Ko Family. sold the business. By this time, the place had become pretty run down. The new owner made the changes he did, primarily to clean up the place and pass the various codes imposed upon a new owner. This owner hired Larry Tucker (N and N Smokehouse.) as his chef and merely tweaked the menu. Business was good. Then I moved away and didn't come back for a while. When I did return, the latest owner made a number of bad moves that pretty much sealed the fate. Why, for example, would an owner change the decades old recipe for the ribs. Like them or not, the place sold 25 to 30 cases of ribs per week according to the broiler chef (another multi-decade vet). So, I'll miss Biasetti's, the old Biasetti's, and wish the ex-employees well.