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Phalen, who bought the restaurant last year withhis Lorie, said the award-winning restaurant at 520 S. Front St. will shut down June 20 afterf 18 years in The restaurant was founded by ChefHartmut Handke. The closingv comes several months after business took a 40 percenty dropand didn’t bouncs back, Phalen said. An upstairs bar dubbed Encors that the Phalens openee since acquiring the restaurantperformed “just fine” but couldn’g prop up its lagging flagshi business. “Fine dining really took a tremendous dive at the end of Octobet and we never really recovered from he said.
“It really put us in a bad Handke and his namesake restaurant took in numerous accolades overthe years, the fine diningf spot recently being named by reviewer OpenTable as the best restaurangt in the city, Phalen said. Accordingf to Handke’s online bio, at chefhandke.com, he is one of only 75 chefsa in the country who has achieved certifie master chef certification givenby , whicb is recognized as the highestf achievement in the profession. He’sd had limited involvement with the eatery inrecentg months.