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86-ing The Pike

Nothing lasts forever, and The Pike Restaurant -- on Bethlehem Pike in "downtown" Spring House -- will wrap things up Tuesday (10/30) night after 56 years. "I'm just tired," said owner Anne Pappas O'Brien, whose parents John and Alice opened in 1951. She says she got a great offer from a developer for the property, which includes the house in which she grew up and raised four children. The house and the diner-type restaurant will be leveled, she says. So far, she has found jobs for 15 employees -- including her daughter-in-law, the banquet manager. The property's buyer is working with Lower Gwynedd Township on a new use, which will include condos and, she hopes, a new, smaller restaurant that she wants to run. (So she's not THAT tired; restaurants are in her blood.)

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