At 75 years old, Louis Family Restaurant co-owner John Gianfrancesco finally decided it was time for retirement. With John and his brother Albert Gianfranceso ready to hang up their hats, the College Hill staple located at 286 Brook St., served its last meal on Dec. 31 after 79 years in operation.
“It’s just physically impossible to do what we do,” John Gianfranceso told The Herald. “I love the business, but it takes everything we got.”
Louis Gianfrancesco started the restaurant in 1946 and then passed it down to his sons, John Gianfranceso and Albert Gianfranceso, who ran the restaurant until its doors closed…