An award-winning local restaurant is closing its doors.
Prairie Plate, which is about 5 miles northwest of Waverly, said on its Facebook page that it will be ending its 8½-year run at the end of the month.
Prairie Plate is a farm-to-table restaurant that grows most of the produce it uses on its own organic farm, with its meat, dairy, grain and other products sourced locally. Navy veterans Jerry and Renee Cornett opened the restaurant in April 2014.
It has been named multiple times to the "Good Food 100," a list of the sustainable restaurants in the U.S.
"It's been an amazing 8 years sharing our tables with you and celebrating weddings, anniversaries, 80th and 90th birthdays, family reunions, and so many more events with family and friends," the restaurant said in its Facebook post. "We hope we have inspired you to continue to enjoy seasonal eating and celebrating the world-class products that Nebraska farmers, ranchers, and artisans continue to offer."
The post described the closing as a "difficult decision" but did not give specific reason.
The restaurant will be open the final two Fridays and Saturdays in October from 5-9 p.m.
Lost restaurants of Lincoln
King’s Food Host
Diners placed orders by phone from their tables at King’s Food Host, 1315 N St. This file photo is from 1958. The restaurant, which began as a State Fair booth and grew to 140 locations in the U.S. and Canada, closed its last location in Lincoln, at 923 South St., in 2001.
Journal Star file photo
The Knolls County Club
The Knolls County Club opened its golf course in 1963 and the restaurant three years later. The club was private, but the restaurant was open to the public. It closed in 2015.
Journal Star file photo
Tony and Luigi’s
Chef Dennis Barratt (from left), assistant Lewis Prue and manager Dave Harrison at Tony and Luigi’s in a 1982 photo. The restaurant was founded in 1945 and grossed $6.50 on its first day. It closed in 1993.
Journal Star file photo
P.O. Pears
Scott Mercer (left) was helped by Bob Scura and Kurt Cameron of Grand American Fare chain in assembling décor for P.O. Pears, popular with college students in the 1980s and '90s. It closed in 2008.
Journal Star file photo
Crane River Brewpub and Café
Clint and Shelly Burge hang a 26½-foot-long quilt on the north wall of Crane River Brewpub and Café in downtown Lincoln in December 1992. Shelly Burge worked on the quilt for 319 hours. It depicts sandhill cranes on the banks of the Platte River. The restaurant closed in 2003.
Journal Star file photo
Acme Chili Grill
Acme Chili Grill at 14th and O streets, shown the year it closed in 1963, served enough chili during its 54 years “to float the state Capitol,” according to the Lincoln Star.
Journal Star file photo
K’s Restaurant
Paul Bruner entertains in 1979 in the Simba Room during dinner hour at K’s Restaurant, which was in the Piedmont Shopping Center on South Cotner Boulevard. Lions were a part of the restaurant’s décor. It closed in the early 2000s.
Journal Star file photo
Tony Domino’s Italian Village
This 1960 file photo of Tony Domino’s Italian Village restaurant at 5730 O St. was taken when the Legionnaire Club announced it was buying the building. The Italian Village, founded in 1936 at the same location, was rebuilt in late 1951 after a May fire destroyed everything but the building’s brick walls. Smoke from that early morning fire killed the restaurant’s custodian as he slept in the boiler room.
Journal Star file photo
Arturo’s
In 1979, the Taco Hut, 233 N. 11th St., officially changed its name to Arturo’s. The Mexican restaurant was forced to move in 1987 when the city condemned it with other businesses to make way for development that didn’t happen.
Journal Star file photo
Bishop Buffet
Bishop Cafeteria, which opened in Lincoln in 1956 at 1325 P St., moved into Gateway Shopping Center in 1972 and was renamed Bishop Buffet, shown here in 1985. It closed in 1996.
Journal Star file photo
Tastee Inn and Out
Tastee Inn and Out, 1530 N. 48th St., opened in 1949 and was known for its loose-meat sandwiches and onion chips. Shown here in 1982, the drive-in restaurant closed in 2014.
Journal Star file photo
Lincoln restaurants that have closed in the past year
Sebastian's Table - September
Sebastian's Table, 8340 Glynoaks Drive, has closed, but a new concept, a pizza restaurant, will be replacing it.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo
Red Lobster - September
Red Lobster, 6540 O St., closed in September.
Journal Star file photo
Valentino's - October
Valentino's announced in October that its Grand Italian Buffet at 70th and Van Dorn streets would permanently close.
Journal Star file photo
Praire Plate - October
Prairie Plate, a restaurant on a family farm near Waverly that serves local food, closed at the end of October.
Journal Star file photo
Taco John's - October
Taco John's, 4700 Vine St., said it was closing temporarily because of a lack of workers.
Mead Gruver, Associated Press file photo
Dino's - November
Dino's on 84th Street near Van Dorn celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017 but announced it would close in November 2021.
FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR file photo
Nitro Burger - January
Nitro Burger opened its first standalone restaurant at 2050 Cornhusker Highway in November 2019 and closed at the end of January.
Journal Star file photo
La Paloma - April
La Paloma, which has been in Lincoln for more than 30 years, including 12 years at its current location near 84th and Holdrege streets, closed in April.
La Paloma Facebook page
Burrito Express - April
Arizona-based Burrito Express closed its location at 831 N. 48th St. in the spring.
Burrito Express Twitter page
The Parthenon - June
The Parthenon closed its restaurant in the Edgewood Shopping Center and transitioned to catering and running its Kouzina food truck. Pictured are Parthenon owners Mike Kazas (left) and George Kazas.
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Rutabagas - December
Rutabagas opened at 1434 O St. during the COVID pandemic and closed at the end of December.
LARRY L. KUBERT, For the Journal Star
Big Sal's - June
Vince Di Salvo owned Big Sal's Pizza with his son Steve. The restaurant closed at the end of June.
Journal Star file photo
Brewsky's South - December
Basketball fans fill the Brewsky's on South Street for the NCAA Tournament in 2014. The restaurant and bar across from Bryan West Campus closed at the end of December.
Journal Star file photo
Boxcar BBQ - June
Boxcar BBQ on Havelock Avenue closed in June but reopened in July as a food truck.
Pat Sangimino, Journal Star file photo
Juice Stop - May
Juice Stop at 1217 Q St. closed at the end of May. Juice Stop has several other Lincoln locations open.
Journal Star file photo
Grannyweavs - June
GrannyWeavs Soul Food & Catering closed on June 30.
Journal Star file photo
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