The cupboards are bare. The carts stacked neatly. A goodbye chalked on the well-worn sidewalk.
The Nutley family locked the front door of Ed’s Way grocery store one final time Sunday.
After more than 30 years of business, the father-son team of Ed and Mike Nutley retired from the business, selling the community cornerstone store, after their property was zoned by the village to become a 10-unit townhouse.
“On my last night at Ed’s Way, after turning off the lights and locking the door for the last time, I’m going home, put on a Dean Martin record, open a Bud Light and have a toast for the good times we had,” Ed Nutley told Forest Park Review’s John Rice.
He hung the “gone fishing” sign on the glass door Sunday. Perhaps the Bud Light was on ice, waiting for him.
One thing is certain: Ed’s Way will never be forgotten.
The village in February renamed that piece of Beloit Avenue “Ed Nutley Way.”
Catch you later, Ed.
