Chalfont Tavern Pizza & Restaurant has told customers it plans to close its doors in December, just months after opening under new ownership at 4 N. Main St. The restaurant said it will remain open until the closure, encouraging regulars to stop by one more time before the business shuts down.
According to the Bucks County Herald, the restaurant is owned by Rosa Jimenez, who held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 9, 2026, to mark the rebrand of the space into Chalfont Tavern Pizza & Restaurant. In the announcement of the closure, the restaurant told customers, “we are still OPEN and look forward to seeing you until then!”
As PHILADELPHIA.Today reported, Chalfont Tavern sits at the corner of Route 152 and Butler Avenue in Chalfont, and the business will close in December 2026 after about a year under new ownership, per that outlet's report. The Bucks County Herald says Jimenez officially took over ownership and operational control in January 2026, then held a February 2026 ribbon-cutting to rebrand the restaurant.
A Building With a Revolving Door
Before Jimenez's restaurant, the address was home to Leonardo's Pizza & Pub, which Jimenez told the Bucks County Herald had operated in the same location for 12 to 13 years before relocating into the larger space once occupied by Pop Inn. Per PHILADELPHIA.Today, Leonardo's Pizza & Pub had opened in early 2023 in a building dating from the 1700s, moving from a smaller storefront in the shopping center behind the building. That outlet also reported that police charged the Leonardo's restaurant owner with indecent assault in an incident involving an employee in 2024, and that new management took over about a year after those charges were filed.
Before Leonardo's moved in, the address belonged to Pop Inn, a retro bar and restaurant that closed at the end of its run after four years in business.
Pop Inn's Pandemic Struggles
Pop Inn's closure came down to the pandemic's lasting toll on the business. “We were not able to recover from the pandemic, simple as that,” the owners said, according to Patch. The bar had built a following with its geek-culture decor, including Star Wars and Harry Potter items, before shutting down by early 2023. Patch's report on that closure noted Pop Inn had operated for four years before succumbing to pandemic-era struggles that the business said it never fully overcame.
The restaurant says it will remain open through the rest of 2026, giving Chalfont diners a final stretch of pizza and tavern fare before the Main Street address changes hands yet again.
