Elk Grove Bowl is closing in Elk Grove Village, IL after nearly 60 years and three generations of family ownership.
"We want to retire and it's really not any more complicated than that," owner Chris Beckord said."It's been a great run, but it's time to move on and do other things."
Like so many other family-owned businesses that have recently shut their doors, the next generation is not interested in taking over the family business. Best childhood friends Jim McCormack and Wayne Tocki decided to come back for one last game and a beer.And the last time Tocki was here 36 years ago, he met his wife. Returning after decades brought back a flood of childhood memories for both men.
"We would walk here, we were that close," Tocki said."Spent our summers here after school bowling, playing pinball."After the bowling alley closes, the building will be torn down. The property was bought by the Village of Elk Grove Village for redevelopment.It's all better sweet for Chris Beckord, whose wife's family has owned Elk Grove Bowl since 1962.
"There is a great staff here, they get along so well together," Beckord said."They are fun to be around, the customers are fun to be around. That will the hardest thing."
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