JAMESTOWN – A longtime restaurant and bar staple in the Jamestown community will not reopen following the COVID-19 shutdown.

Pal Joey’s announced the news Tuesday morning in a post on their Facebook page.

“So it is with great sadness that we share with you that Pal Joey’s will not be re-opening,” read the post. “Although our initial shutdown was mandated due to COVID, this is not the reason we are closing. After 33 years of serving our community it is just time for us to say farewell.”

The post furthered by saying how grateful restaurant ownership was for its dedicated workforce.

“Pal’s did not have employees, we had family. And most of that family has been with us from the start,” the post read. “Without you, there would have been no Pal’s. Thank you for all that you have done, for making this place like home for so many.”

The restaurant and bar first opened in 1987.