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Late last week, both the restaurant world and the Milwaukee community suffered another loss to the coronavirus.

Gloria Robinson, co-owner of Nino’s Southern Sides, passed away from complications of COVID-19. The news was shared by her husband in a post that’s been shared fairly widely on Facebook.

Robinson opened Nino’s Southern sides at 4475 N. Oakland Ave. with her husband Odell and Valerie Daniels-Carter in December of 2014. The following fall, Daniels-Carter opened Nino’s Express, a satellite location at 3070 N. Martin Luther King Dr.

I did not know Gloria well. But the occasion on which I did meet her was memorable. I’d called the restaurant ahead and stopped in to interview her for an article. I arrived without expectation, but what I experienced was true grace. She was welcoming and kind. She greeted me with a hug and bid farewell the same. She made me feel like family.

I was not the only one. In a world where we can only mourn losses and celebrate lives through videos, phone calls and social media, the community has done well in offering insights into Robinson’s character, her love for people and her talent for making everyone feel loved and welcome.

Here are just a few of those posts.

Rest in peace, Gloria. Milwaukee will miss you.