OGDEN — The Oaks restaurant is preparing for a new chapter after being closed since 2021. The historic Ogden Canyon landmark, that was open more than 100 years, is almost ready to welcome the public again.

“People in this community love the Oaks, and I want to bring it back — make it my own, but bring it back,” said new owner David Neal. “But that same memory of what it was that they have in their head, and that’s going to be really hard.”

Neal is no stranger to Ogden and has cherished memories of the Oaks. He grew up in Clinton and attended Clearfield High School.

As the oldest of five children, he recalls family outings up the canyon to Pineview reservoir, when stopping at the Oaks for ice cream became a special reward.

“My dad would use it as a carrot for us,” he said. “We would go

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