The Wycombe House Closes Its Doors Earlier Than Expected

WRIGHTSTOWN, PA — The Wycombe House closed its doors earlier than expected after Friday night's dinner service due to a record breaking turnout of diners. The restaurant was originally scheduled to close permanently at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31.

In an email blast to its customers, the restaurant wrote, "We regret to inform our valued customers that the Wycombe House will be closing as of this evening (Friday). Despite our expectations to last until Sunday, Friday night's business proved to be a record breaker and we are currently out of almost every item. We apologize for the abrupt change in plans, but we cannot open the doors and do not have the necessary items to provide great food and service.

"We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to every one of our customers for their kind words and heartfelt tributes to our staff, chef, cooks, bartenders, and support staff. We know this restaurant was a lifelong dream of our owner, Jerry Driscoll, and although it will not be the legacy he had hoped to leave to his family, it was still an adventure he would not trade."

Driscoll announced on Wednesday that he would be closing the restaurant permanently on New Year's Eve at 6 p.m.

"It is with great sadness that we announce the closing," wrote Driscoll in a "farewell" posted on Facebook. "We want to thank all of our wonderful guests and employees for supporting us over this past year. What began as a 142-seat restaurant on a sleepy stretch of Mill Creek Road grew into a place that has welcomed tens of thousands of guests and employed some truly wonderful and friendly people over the past year.

"We are extremely humbled that so many embraced our restaurant, the food and the charm and that we were able to last as long as we have," Driscoll wrote.