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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Zack Miller

Beloved Big Guys Sausage Stand closing counter service due to pressures from pandemic and beyond

Big Guys Sausage Stand owner Brendan O’Connor, right, and line cook Jose Franco, in grey, prepare orders while customers wait for their orders at Big Guys Sausage Stand in Berwyn, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. The shop, which opened in 2012, is set to close its counter service “indefinitely” on September 24 and will focus on providing catering services, according to their Facebook page. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

“It’s not just one thing,” Brendan O’Connor, the owner of Berwyn’s Big Guys Sausage Stand, said just before checking with a staff member to see whether another employee had shown up. “If it was, we’d overcome that.”

On Friday — after two years of coronavirus pandemic-related adversity — O’Connor announced he’s halting counter service at the beloved west suburban eatery at 7021 Roosevelt Rd., switching to catering Sept. 26.

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