{"id":31997,"date":"2026-09-25T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/31997\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:25:10","slug":"ct-restaurant-with-over-40-years-of-history-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/31997\/","title":{"rendered":"CT restaurant with over 40 years of history to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A restaurant in South Windsor has announced their last day of service, according to the business website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a heavy heart, we have made the difficult decision to close Lena\u2019s restaurant operations, with our final day of service being September 26, 2026,\u201d according to the website.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the end of the restaurant\u2019s long history in the town, which opened all the way back in 1982, according to the business website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite our continued efforts, ongoing kitchen staffing challengers have made it increasingly difficult to sustain our restaurant operations at the standards we expect,\u201d according to Lena\u2019s Restaurant &amp; Bar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to close operations at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As tech industry issues doomsday threats about AI, CT lawmakers say states must step up<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sincerely thank our loyal customers, employees, and everyone who has supported Lena\u2019s throughout its journey,\u201d Lena\u2019s Restaurant &amp; Bar went on to say.<\/p>\n<p>Customers say they enjoyed the restaurant for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch Delicious Food!!! First place my husband brought me to 14 years ago! We celebrated our 14th anniversary there tonight. Wonderful staff, incredible food and cozy\u201d environment, one posted in a review.<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cWent in for a quick lunch. I ordered a tomato basil slice and a pasta fagioli. Both hot and both really good. Was in a rush so so happy that I was in and out. Very nice visit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lena\u2019s Restaurant &amp; Bar is located at 655 John Fitch Blvd in South Windsor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A restaurant in South Windsor has announced their last day of service, according to the business website. \u201cWith a heavy heart, we have made the difficult decision to close Lena\u2019s restaurant operations, with our final day of service being September 26, 2026,\u201d according to the website. It marks the end of the restaurant\u2019s long history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3273,399,3447,9834,1744,1746,1745,26252,11,1743,7,8],"class_list":["post-31997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-restaurants","tag-bar","tag-business","tag-close","tag-closing","tag-connecticut-news","tag-ct-news","tag-hartford-courant","tag-lenas","tag-local-news","tag-max-image-preview","tag-restaurant","tag-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dnc\/117331195566967599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}