Iconic Hometown Restaurant, Obsolete Dining Concept?

Musings on food and generational differences

When I visited my family in Flemington, New Jersey back in July—which also inspired this post—I found out that one of the town’s oldest and most well-liked restaurants, a bar and grill called Jake’s, had closed after 29 years in business. (It actually closed a year ago, but I had not learned until this recent visit.) Open since 1991 and a familiar fixtu…