Family Style Italian Dinners and Cocktails
at Unbeatable Prices
Mac’s Old House is reopening under new ownership!
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Dinner Menu
Frequently Asked Questions
Last Updated 01/26
When did you close?
We closed our doors on Sunday, June 22, 2025.
Why did you close?
After 42 incredible years, Owner Gary Noe and Manager/Head Chef Rick Cook are retiring.
is mac’s reopening?
Mac’s has officially been purchased by Joe Martinez and Ron Harrison. We’re thrilled to share that their goal is to preserve Mac’s as much as possible, with some much-needed updates along the way. They’re aiming for a June 2026 reopening—exactly one year after closing!
As many of you know, the building needs major improvements, including bringing everything up to 2025 code. This is no small task, and we’re incredibly grateful that the new owners are committed to taking it on while honoring the history of the building.
When Mac converted his home into a bar on St. Patrick’s Day in 1956, and later a restaurant, none of us could have imagined how special this place would become. Gary Noe didn’t purchase the restaurant until 1983, and only then did the menu change into what everyone knows and loves today. Mac’s has needed a tune-up for quite some time and we’re all very excited to see the renovations and improvements (including expansion and more takeout options!!!)
Former head chef and manager Rick Cook will be lending his support and passing along all of Mac’s classic recipes.
We always did our best to keep prices as low as possible, and we know the new team is striving for that as well.
We all want the legacy of Mac’s to live on and be as successful as it can be. We’re looking forward to the future and cannot wait to see what 2026 has in store!!
MAC’S OLD HOUSE WILL BE REOPENING IN 2026 UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP!
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Hours
PLANNED REOPENING IN JUNE 2026
Location
3100 E. 18TH ST.
ANTIOCH, CA 94509
OUR HISTORY
Mac’s Old House is a 100-year-old historic treasure in Contra Costa County.
In 1983, current owner Gary Noe purchased the restaurant—but that’s not where the story of Mac’s begins.
The original owner, Floyd “Mac” McKinney, built the house with his father around 1925. While still living there, Mac converted part of his home into a bar, officially opening it on St. Patrick’s Day in 1956. 17 years later, he sold the business and retired. Mac eventually built a small house behind the restaurant, where he lived until his passing in 1994.
Ten years—and a few owners—later, Gary purchased the property and reopened Mac’s Old House on August 5, 1983. Mac remained a loyal customer, visiting almost daily for a cocktail and dinner—always sitting at the same table. Today, his picture and obituary hang above that very spot.
Together, Gary and Manager/Head Chef Rick Cook transformed Mac’s into the beloved institution it is today. Rick began his restaurant career in 1969 at the age of 15, working at Bertola’s in Oakland. By the time he was 22, he was managing it. Opened in the 1930s by Louie Pasquinelli, Bertola’s was a popular family-style Italian restaurant known for its quality food and cocktails at fair prices, with multiple locations throughout the Bay Area until the 1990s.
Gary envisioned Mac’s Old House with the same welcoming atmosphere that Bertola’s had. Louie generously shared his family recipes—including the now-famous minestrone soup—and other secrets to Bertola’s success, including one of his former managers: Rick Cook.
Gary hired Rick before even opening and they both got to work to turn Mac’s Old House into the restaurant that we know today. Although they briefly considered renaming the restaurant “Bertola’s,” they decided to keep the name Mac’s Old House in honor of the iconic neon sign—and the man they had come to know and admire, Mac McKinney.
Mac’s Old House was an immediate success, and Gary and Rick went on to run it together for 42 years. After more than four decades of serving the community, they made the heartfelt decision to retire and close Mac’s doors on June 22, 2025. Thank you for being part of the journey and for making Mac’s such a lasting success.
Mac’s Old House was purchased in 2025 by Joe Martinez and Ron Harrison with the goal of preserving the Mac’s legacy. We look forward to the future and are excited to see what 2026 has in store!
