El Pelón Taqueria, a cheap-eats Mexican staple in Fenway’s restaurant row, shut down abruptly two weeks ago after nearly 30 years in the neighborhood.

The restaurant announced its closure with a social media post on November 24.

“After 25 years and good memories, it’s with a heavy heart that we have decided to close our Fenway location,” it wrote. “This was a difficult decision. For now, we plan to consolidate our efforts at our Brighton location. We will continue to offer Catering and Delivery throughout the city.”

“We want to express our gratitude for all your support throughout the years,” the restaurant’s post continued. “You have made this journey incredibly special, from celebrating proposals to anniversaries and all in between. This is not a goodbye. We hope to see you at the Brighton location.”

According to Monty Gold, the building’s landlord, El Pelón’s last day was November 23.

“He’s out of there,” Gold said last Wednesday, referring to El Pelón’s founder and owner Jim Hoben. “All the food is gone.

I saw rugs coming out of there today. He had cameras taken out recently. He said he was going to close it up by Thanksgiving, but I was away over the weekend, and I came back to find out that he must have closed up last Saturday.”

El Pelón’s picnic tables and sign were still up outside the restaurant on Wednesday. Inside, however, was dark. The silver chairs were stacked on top of the tables, and a large Casella garbage bin was placed near the front. The restaurant’s hours were still painted on the glass, and its social media announcement was also typed out and taped to the inside of the door.

Gold said that Hoben had not given him any more detail about the decision to close than he had posted on social media. El Pelón did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

“He just wanted to consolidate,” Gold said. “He’s got another spot up in Brighton. He was with me probably as long as Thornton’s was, 30-some-odd years. He was with me before the fire, and he came back after the fire. It was just time. It’s okay with me.”

Thornton’s Fenway Grille, another Fenway restaurant row classic popular with Red Sox crowds, also closed suddenly in late October. Gold said at the time that the restaurant’s owner simply wanted to retire.

“I think it’s just a strange coincidence,” Gold said.

El Pelón and Thornton’s were both original members of the neighborhood’s mini restaurant row on Peterborough Street. After a four-alarm fire destroyed much of the row in 2009, Gold said Thornton and El Pelón were the first to return to his building, along with Rod Thai Family Taste, situated between both restaurants that have since closed.

Gold said he has not yet formally listed the El Pelón location, but that a couple brokers had expressed interest. He’s committed to keeping both El Pelón and Thornton’s as restaurants, but he hasn’t decided what kind of cuisine he would put in.