Mack Sullivan tested positive for COVID-19 a few days after he fell ill on Christmas. His wife also tested positive shortly after. Willie Sullivan’s symptoms eventually dissipated, but Mack Sullivan was hospitalized for five days. He battled both COVID and pneumonia, struggling to breathe even with oxygen.. He’s dealt with heart trouble, difficulty breathing, high blood pressure, blurred vision, loss of balance and brain fog. He’s slowly getting better, Mack Sullivan said Tuesday.
“Finding reliable help is difficult. We did not want to go down the road of open, closed, open, closed, depending on my status for the day and staffing,” Mack Sullivan said. “Eight months being closed with no income was very difficult, but eight months with the business being closed is a bad image.”“I am not going to steal the thunder from the purchaser,” Mack Sullivan said. “But we fully support the new owners, their venture, and the future of the restaurant.
The Sullivan family includes their four adult children and three teenagers, four of whom they adopted. The Sullivans’ met working at Washington Diner in the early 1990s. They were married by 1994. Mack Sullivan got a loan from a friend to open the restaurant in 2000.“Our future is still up in the air. We have the funds from the sale to live and be able to figure out what we plan to do next,” Mack Sullivan said.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.