A 2-Michelin Star Restaurant in Chicago's Trump Tower Is Closing

[Miles Archer]

https://www.tastingtable.com/dine/national/sixteen-chicago-trump

Sixteen, the fine dining restaurant inside Trump Tower in Chicago's River North district, will shut its doors at the end of next month, Chicago Mag reports. The high-end, two-Michelin-star spot will hold its last service on April 28 before closing to be retooled into what's being described as a more casual (but not more affordable, per se) concept. The closure comes a few months after the city lost another Michelin-starred kitchen, Grace, as chef Curtis Duffy was unable to negotiate a buyout from his stakeholders.

"This has been in the works for longer than most people might realize," Nick Dostal, Sixteen's chef, says.

But despite Dostal's statement, sources tell Eater Chicago that being associated with the Trump name had caused the restaurant to see profits drop as much as 40 percent in recent months, hence the "reconcepting."

Dining rooms located inside Trump towers have been a topic of controversy since the 2016 election: Jean Georges in NYC was the site of a protest in January of 2017, while José Andrés famously shelved plans to open a location inside Trump's D.C. hotel. The replacement for Andrés's restaurant, Sushi Nakazawa, is already being described as Washington's most polarizing restaurant.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They might as well open a McDonalds and a KFC.

[DonCoquixote]

2. Money cannot buy class

and frankly, Trump is having to learn again why the posh set sees him as vile.

[mountain grammy]

3. Great view.

[mopinko]

4. they cant rent the 1st flr retail spaces, either.

the asshole got a property tax reduction because of it. ok, well really, he got it the old fashioned way- by hiring an alderman's law firm that specializes in screwing all of us. they claimed it was because the "sight lines were wrong". like someone else designed the spaces.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. The Trump brand is toxic