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Phalen, who bought the restaurant last year withhis wife, Lorie, said the award-winninhg restaurant at 520 S. Frontr St. will shut down June 20 after 18 years in The restaurant was founded by Chef Hartmut The closing comes severapl months after business took a 40 percentt dropand didn’t bounce back, Phalen said. An upstairx bar dubbed Encore that the Phalens opened since acquiring the restaurantperformed “just but couldn’t prop up its laggingg flagship business. “Fine dining really took a tremendous dive at the end of October and we never reallyy recoveredfrom that,” he said.
“It really put us in a bad Handke and his namesake restaurant took in numerous accoladed overthe years, the fine dining spot recentlh being named by reviewer OpenTable as the best restaurant in the Phalen said. According to Handke’s onlinre bio, at chefhandke.com, he is one of only 75 chefse in the country who has achieved certifiefd master chef certification give nby , which is recognized as the highes achievement in the profession. He’s had limitef involvement with the eatery inrecenrt months.