UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:49 pm CT
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White Fence Farm has been an institution in Will County since for 67 years but has fallen on hard times like other restaurants. (Patch file photo )
ROMEOVILLE, IL For more than a year, Laura Hastert kept the doors of her family s White Fence Farm restaurant closed, struggling like every other restaurateur with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The third-generation owner of the Will County institution that has been open on Route 66 since 1954 did so while other restaurants were reopening, knowing that she was better off safe than sorry. Although the business had found a way to keep its head above water thanks to its four takeout locations that kept producing White Fence Farm s famed fried chicken and corn fritters as the pandemic continued Hastert estimates the business lost about $2.4 million over the past 12 months.