The Anvil Club restaurant in East Dundee will be closing July 30. The prospective new owner plans to turn the restaurant, once a private dinner club, into a Mexican restaurant and bar.
The Anvil Club, an iconic East Dundee restaurant, will be closing its doors for good on July 30.
Though a sale is pending, the restaurant’s prospective buyer plans to transform the storied dinner club into a Mexican restaurant.
“I think it will be a great addition to the community and to downtown life in East Dundee,” said buyer Colin Hegarty, who owns Maple + Hash in West Dundee and Pingree Grove.
Hegarty said he envisions a family-friendly restaurant serving traditional Mexican food with a bar featuring high-end tequilas. Hegarty, who opened Maple + Hash in West Dundee earlier this year, hopes to open the new restaurant before the end of the year.
The Anvil Club announced its closing Wednesday on social media.
“I’m so sad because it’s not just part of the history of the town, it’s part of my history in the town,” said Sarah Brittin, an East Dundee trustee who was a member of the Anvil Club for a few years and has hosted many celebrations there, including one recently for her father’s birthday. “I think a lot of people will feel that way.”
The restaurant first opened as a private dinner club in 1956 when a group of prominent businessmen decided they wanted a place for fine dining without having to drive to Chicago.
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My family and I have been members of the Anvil Club since 1978. My wife and I were shocked to hear the restaurant was sold. It sounds like the new owner thanks I am tequila. Will save the day. He needs to change his brand of cigarettes. A Mexican restaurant in East Dundee will bring the town down a few notches. I think that in my heart of hearts, a Mexican restaurant most likely die within a year or so. Or turn into what most Mexican restaurants turn into our cheap cheap joints. And you think expensive liquor is going to save the day. I doubt it. So long Anvil Club, it’s been a hell of a ride.
From a very loyal customer of over 40 years.
Tom, you’re a typical owner, who knows not what he does, and plays with many loyal peoples lives, and typically ruins them.
Good job Tom R
I agree that Tom R sold us out and this was an awful decision