The Penny Road Pub, a staple for food, drink and live music in South Barrington for nearly 50 years, will close Jan. 31. A “Farewell to Penny Road” concert is scheduled for Jan. 22.
Penny Road Pub, a live rock ‘n’ roll venue nestled among the trees of the Barrington area for nearly 50 years, will close its doors at the end of January.
But General Manager Kelly Cunningham said Monday that the shutdown may not be permanent. The building’s relatively new owner hopes to buy time to work with Cook County on getting the property rezoned for the improvements he wants to make, she said.
I things work out as planned, Penny Road Pub could return but even better, she said.
“There is hope,” Cunningham added. “He has some beautiful plans for it.”
The combination of a new owner along with the loss of some of the property’s grandfathered rights, COVID-19 and the cost of the planned improvements have created financial issues that make it easier to shut down and handle one thing at a time, Cunningham said.
The pub’s grandfathered 4 a.m. liquor license probably won’t return, as Cook County doesn’t give them out anymore, she added.
“That was our bread-and-butter, so to speak, for many years,” Cunningham said.
The news of the imminent closing was announced on social media Sunday.
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