A south Winnipeg restaurant known for its deep menu and engaging hospitality will close next month after more than 40 years in business.

Maxime’s Restaurant and Lounge announced on social media on Thursday that the owners have decided to retire “after much deliberation” and have sold the land and building.

The Bekios family is planning to close the Worthington neighbourhood restaurant — located at 1131 St Mary’s Rd., just north of Abinojii Mikanah — in the third week of November.

“We have enjoyed so many years of success and our family’s journey has been one of extreme love and labour,” the family said in the statement. “We love the restaurant and our Winnipeg community and all that you have represented in our lives all these years.”

A Bekios family member told the Free Press on Frid

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