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Highland Park Diner in bankruptcy

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Written by Randy Garbin

At one time, we considered the Highland Park Diner to be if not the best, certainly one of the best diners in the entire world. During its heyday under the stewardship of Bob Malley, you could count on one of the best meals in one of the most stunningly preserved diners on the landscape. Bob sold the diner several years ago after a storied twenty-odd year run, and we certainly miss him. The diner may still be as great as ever, but apparently, it's financial situation needs some serious help. We hope that Mr. Zissis can get the diner back on its feet and soon.

After a previous bid to reorganize under Bankruptcy Court supervision was dismissed less than a year ago, the Highland Park Diner again is asking for the court's protection from creditors.

The new filing comes as the prominent local eatery faces a foreclosure action filed by its previous owner and as it struggles with state and federal tax woes.

Its previous owner, Robert Malley, who in the early 1980s revived it as a restaurant, retired and sold the business to its current owner, Evangelos Zissis, several years ago.

Zisco Restaurant LLC, which does business as the Highland Park Diner, filed its most recent Chapter 11 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Rochester on Dec. 28. The filing states that Zissis is the corporation's sole member. The petition lists Zisco's current assets at $145,800 and liabilities at $446,923.

In 2006, Zissis inked a $127,500 mortgage on the restaurant property at 960 S. Clinton Ave. with Malley's real estate company, Malcro Corp.

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