The Hill, a longtime neighborhood bar in Ephrata, is closing next week as its owner looks to leave the restaurant industry. The last day for the Hill is Saturday, May 29, ending a 19-year run for owner Jon Speros, who had been looking to sell the restaurant for several years. âEven though we weathered the pandemic storm, this past year was a very hard year and was the deciding factor to move on,â Speros wrote in a post on the restaurantâs Facebook page. Speros, who owns the restaurant property at 415 E. Main St., had been trying to sell it together with the restaurant liquor li...