ONTARIO
Itâs known locally for its âranch handâ burger. Lines for its drive-thru often back up onto Southwest Fourth Avenue. Its owners came to Ontario to run it. And now they have sold it to new owners.
The Davis family has owned Burger West in Ontario since it first opened in 1967, and has endured myriad challenges over the eateryâs 53 years in business. In an interview with the Argus on Thursday, co-owner Chris Kressly said the challenges added by the COVID-19 pandemic was what led to her familyâs decision to sell the business on.
âCOVID kinda put it over the top and my parents are elderly, and they need help taking care of them,â said Kressly. âItâs just gotten too much and so [itâs] that time to go on.â