Mack’s Golden Pheasant Restaurant at 668 W. North Ave., one of Elmhurst’s most popular restaurants, closed its doors on Sunday, Dec. 15. Billed as “The oldest continuously owned restaurant in DuPage County,” Mack’s Golden Pheasant-which opened in 1948-featured such dishes as Roast Duckling, the Bohemian Platter, the Vienna Platter (one-quarter roast duck and a piece of wiener schnitzel) and Austrian Wiener Schnitzel. According to its website, Czech immigrants Frank and Mae Mack turned a one room tavern into a full-service lounge and restaurant in 1948. The couple converted the small building on the corner of North Avenue and Route 83 into a Czech-Austrian inspired chalet. A fire in 1962 destroyed much of the building, except for the north balcony. Frank and his son, Donald, rebuilt the restaurant into its present form. The restaurant also survived a massive flood in Elmhurst in 1987. The building will eventually be leveled by a developer in order to expand the Shell gas station just east of the restaurant.