Tab’s Cafe Closes In Alton After Family Loss
Tab’s Cafe, known for Philly steak sandwiches and chicken dishes, has closed as its owners step back to grieve and consider their next chapter.
ALTON — Tab’s Cafe, the restaurant Tabitha Craig-Robinson and her husband, Dan, opened in 2022 at 400 State St. in Alton, officially closed Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, after a family loss, slower business and the strain of operating the cafe as a two-person team.Craig-Robinson said Dan recently lost his younger brother, who died suddenly. Dan is 51, and his brother was 50.“My husband’s youngest brother passed away,” Craig-Robinson said, adding that the loss “took...
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