It’s been closed for months, but Chaffee’s beloved home for pies and fruit jar drinks will reopen Thursday morning at 11.
Earl Northrup tells 2 On Your Side he’s finishing preparations for his big reopening today. Last fall, he closed his landmark eatery to travel and enjoy retirement. But Earl said he got bored and couldn’t stand to be away from his restaurant.
Earl’s first opened on Route 16 in Chaffee back in 1956.
Hopefully he starts to groom someone else to take over. One of the articles I read said he now plans to retire at 75 which is less than 2 years from now.
Any place that has boots on the legs of the table, drinks in a jar and inexpensive food is fine by me.
Any word on what happened to him donating the land to Houghton College?