Lincoln restaurant news: Closings, openings and more

The sound of burgers sizzling on a grill has been replaced with the sound of silence as Five Guys Burgers & Fries seems to have left Lincoln.

The popular hamburger joint at 2525 Pine Lake Road is closed for what a sign on the door says is maintenance. The sign tells customers to visit Five Guys locations in Omaha.

Remember Pier One at SouthPointe?

Who didn’t like wandering through the aisles of eclectic housewares, candles, fragrances and seasonal decor?

A Facebook post intended to be what the owner of a Lincoln restaurant says was a political joke backfired.

On Presidents Day, Sultan’s Kite labeled the post "Happy Trump Day from Sultans kite Mediterranean Grill.” The post went on to describe "vibrant flavors of the Mediterranean" and listed customer favorites like falafel, shawarma and gyro.

Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year as it is often called, falls on Tuesday this year when the Year of the Fire Horse, which comes around every 60 years, is ushered in.

Eating specific food during the New Year is supposed to bring luck. For instance, eating fish will increase prosperity. Dumpling and spring rolls will bring wealth. Noodles will increase happiness and longevity.

A Lincoln Pizza Hut appears to have closed as part of a national move to shut down about 250 stores.

Lincoln has seven Pizza Hut locations, according to the company’s website. A restaurant at 2662 Cornhusker Highway is no longer included in that list. The location, near the corner of Cornhusker Highway and North 27th Street, is also listed as permanently closed on Google Maps.

The Belmont neighborhood is getting a new sports bar in a familiar spot.

Cornhusker Bar & Grill opened Friday at 1445 Cornhusker Highway in the former space of the Tack Room Bar and Grill, which closed in 2022.

The sign is up and the anticipation is building, but cookie lovers will have to practice patience — proving once again that all good things come to those who wait.

That instantly recognizable pink crumbl sign went up earlier this month near 27th Street and Pine Lake Road and people were speculating when some of their favorites, like the pink sugar or celebration cake cookie, would be available on the south side.

One of Lincoln's favorite gameday spots is shuttering its doors.

Single Barrel, which was inside the Graduate Hotel in the Haymarket, announced it was closing down "for the foreseeable future" Friday in a Facebook post, as the hotel shifts to a Hilton-operated restaurant.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will soon have more options at the Nebraska Union when those study cravings hit.

The university announced Monday it is adding two new restaurants this fall — Sossy, which will serve slow-cooked barbecue, and Choolaah, which will be the union's first Indian restaurant.

A brewing company that started on a farm in Broken Bow is chugging right along in Lincoln's Haymarket.

Cody Schmick founded Kinkaider Brewing Co. — named after the Kinkaid Act of 1904 — in the Custer County town in 2014, before opening a location in the Haymarket in 2018.