Restaurant at historic Gamble Mill in Bellefonte closes after 4 years in business
A restaurant inside a historic Bellefonte site has seemingly closed its doors for good.
Creekside at the Gamble Mill, located within the recently remodeled mill at 160 Dunlop St., is now “closed out of business,” according to its website. Signs posted at the restaurant’s closed-off entrance over the weekend similarly indicated its closure.
The exact circumstances surrounding the restaurant’s closure are unclear. Creekside at the Gamble Mill’s website has already been scrubbed to display only its closure announcement, though its Facebook and Instagram pages remain active without any recent posts. The restaurant’s phone number is still connected as of Monday afternoon.
Restaurant management did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Centre Daily Times.
An on-site auction seeking to liquidate the restaurant’s equipment and other items is already scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Thursday, according to True Blue Auctions.
Opened in 2021, Creekside at the Gamble Mill offered a wide-ranging menu featuring international cuisines with locally sourced ingredients. Chef and owner Michael Marx told the CDT he hoped the restaurant would help make unique and adventurous dishes more accessible to everyday diners.
The latest menus for the restaurant posted over the spring and summer featured Korean fried chicken platters, Cajun po boy sandwiches, bison burgers, smoked salmon potato pancakes and house-made vegetarian lasagna. Creekside at the Gamble Mill also offered a brunch menu on Saturdays and special offerings for some holidays and Penn State’s graduation weekends.
Creekside at the Gamble Mill’s apparent closure is the second shakeup inside the mill this year.
Smith & Front, a boutique offering exotic houseplants and gifts, moved out of the Gamble Mill to open a larger shop in downtown Bellefonte this fall. Other aspects of the mill’s business, including its lodging services and the Republic craft cocktail bar, have not announced any changes.
The Gamble Mill has received substantial renovations since brothers Jon and Chris Virgilio purchased the property in June 2019. The mill, built in 1894 with roots tracing back to 1786, sat unused for years before the brothers fixed it up and expanded its usable square footage inside to house boutique lodging, storefronts and dining options.
This story was originally published September 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM.
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