By SCOTT CHERRY Restaurant Critic on Aug 11, 2011, at 2:59 PM Updated on 8/11 at 2:59 PM
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Nuhad and Sam Farhood show off a billboard advertising po' boy sandwiches at their first restaurant, Antone's.
Nuhad and Sam Farhood will end 43 years of serving customers their signature po’ boy sandwiches and Middle Eastern fare when they close Cedars Deli on Friday.
The restaurant, 2606 S. Sheridan Road, will be open 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will be serving mostly sandwiches, Sam Farhood said.
Sam Farhood said Nuhad had heart surgery about six months ago, and they both were in an auto accident about three months ago.
“My back still hurts, and we are both up in our 70s now, so it has been hard to keep going,” Sam Farhood said. “Now we just want to relax and work in our garden.”
The Farhoods, natives of Lebanon, opened their first restaurant in 1968 to go with a small Middle Eastern grocery market. Then the restaurant was called Antone’s, a franchise selling po’ boy sandwiches.
In 1976, the Farhoods dropped the franchise and launched Cedars Deli & Catering, featuring traditional Lebanese fare.
“When we first started we sold the po’ boys for 50 cents,” Sam Farhood said. “That was a long time ago.”
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