A small north Toledo eatery whose origins date back to 1923 will close Sunday, just days after being feted in a speech to Chrysler workers by President Obama...

Chet's owner Mr. Lawrence, 82, was shot twice during a robbery outside his restaurant on May 19, 2008, while attempting to help what he thought was a man with a disabled automobile.

Although Mr. Lawrence lived, his injuries left him unable to do work he'd done since buying the small restaurant in 1973 when it was the burned-out remnants of the former Chet's Hot Dog.

Chet's Hot Dog had opened in 1939, taking the place of another restaurant on the same site that had opened in 1923.

"Since I've been shot, I haven't been able to cook," Mr. Lawrence said Wednesday. "It was the economy and the smoking ban that hurt us more than anything."

Mr. Lawrence said a lack of business made the economics of paying someone to cook for his restaurant no longer sustainable. He placed the business up for sale and last week turned it over to a local real estate company. The contraction of the automotive industry didn't help either, he added.