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Community Rallies For 'Legendary' 75-Year-Old Morris County Restaurant Community Rallies For 'Legendary' 75-Year-Old Morris County Restaurant
Community Rallies For 'Legendary' 75-Year-Old Morris County Restaurant Bill's Luncheonette has been a Chester institution for 75 years, though the restaurant has seen better days. The restaurant — which has previously served as a post office, vacuum repair outpost, and general store — announced on Friday, Aug. 30 that it would be closing for the foreseeable future.  A fundraiser has raised more than $20,575 as of Thursday, Sept. 5, a day after its launch. "The decades have taken their toll on our beloved, fourth generation family-owned luncheonette," Bruce & Meaghan Button, who own the restaurant and organized the fundraiser, said. "Our equipmen…