'Right Time' As Peppercorns Restaurant Set To Close Aug. 1

HICKSVILLE, NY — A popular Hicksville eatery is shutting its doors after four decades. Peppercorns on East Marie Street will close on Aug. 1, the restaurant announced on Instagram.

Since opening in 1983, Peppercorns "welcomed thousands of guests and employed a few hundred people. It has turned into Hicksville's 'Cheers,'" a reference to the long-running sitcom where "everyone knows your name."

The owners said surviving 40 years in a building that is more than 130 years old is an "accomplishment of which we can all be proud of."

Based an opportunity from their landlord, it's the "right time and the right move to make," the Instagram post stated.

While the eatery is in its final weeks, until Aug. 1 it will be "business as usual."

"We can’t thank you all enough for the many years of love and support," the owners wrote.