Chicago Restaurant Closings

Rosebud on Taylor Closes After 50 Years, Will Become a Private Event Space

By Naomi Waxman January 2

Duk’s Red Hots’ Replacement Wants to Sell Alcohol

By Ashok Selvam December 20, 2023

Chicago’s Saddest Restaurant Closures of 2023

By Ashok Selvam December 18, 2023

Thalia Hall Gastropub Dusek’s to Close After 10 Years in Pilsen

By Naomi Waxman December 14, 2023

Goose Island Closes Its Doors on Clybourn After 35 Years

By Ashok Selvam December 11, 2023

Chinese American Stalwart Mee Mah Is Closed After 40 Years

By Naomi Waxman December 11, 2023

Valhalla Is Leaving Time Out Market and Bringing Its Tasting Menu to Wicker Park

By Ashok Selvam December 6, 2023

Voodoo Doughnut Announces an Opening Date for First Chicago Location

By Ashok Selvam December 5, 2023

What Led to the Demise of a Chicago Queer Bar Icon

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam December 1, 2023

A 57-Year-Old Suburban Pizza Legend and Two More Closures

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam November 30, 2023

Khmai Fine Dining, Rogers Park’s Decorated Cambodian Restaurant, Will Take a Hiatus

By Naomi Waxman October 31, 2023

Smoque BBQ Is Opening a Sandwich Stall With Smoked Italian Beef and Hot Dogs

By Ashok Selvam October 16, 2023

Mott St Owners Close Logan Square Sibling Second Generation

By Ashok Selvam October 3, 2023

Union Workers File Lawsuit Against Signature Room Days After Restaurant Closes

By Ashok Selvam October 2, 2023

Boka Bids Au Revoir to Le Select After 10 Months in River North

By Ashok Selvam October 2, 2023

The Signature Room, the Sky-High Relic Inside the Former Hancock Tower, Closes

By Naomi Waxman September 28, 2023

Fire May Keep Le Bouchon Closed For a Month

By Ashok Selvam September 15, 2023

Fancy Plants Vegan in Lincoln Park and Four More Restaurant Closures

By Ashok Selvam and Naomi Waxman September 6, 2023

Angry Crab, Once a Cajun-Asian Sensation, Will Close After Eight Years

By Ashok Selvam August 22, 2023

Northwest Side Italian Icon Ristorante Agostino Closes After Nearly 38 Years

By Bob Chiarito August 4, 2023

Self-Serve Beer Bar Tapster to Close in Wicker Park

By Ashok Selvam July 28, 2023

Nico Osteria, Gold Coast’s Lauded Italian Restaurant, to Close After a Decade

By Ashok Selvam July 24, 2023

Owen & Engine, the British Pub Known For Its Burger, to Close After 14 Years

By Ashok Selvam July 14, 2023

Radio Room Closes Two Years After the River North Reboot

By Naomi Waxman June 30, 2023

Uptown’s Vegan Jewish Replacement for Kal’ish Closes After Four Months

By Naomi Waxman June 26, 2023

Dos Urban Cantina to Close After Eight Years in Logan Square

By Ashok Selvam June 23, 2023

Pearl’s Southern Comfort, an Ode to New Orleans in Edgewater, to Close After Eight Years

By Naomi Waxman June 22, 2023

John’s Pizzeria, One of Chicago’s Oldest, to Close After Nearly Seven Decades

By Ashok Selvam June 20, 2023

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20 of Chicago’s Most Beloved Closed Diners

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam June 16, 2023

Wherewithall, James Beard Winners Johnny Clark and Beverly Clark’s Second Restaurant, Closes

By Ashok Selvam June 15, 2023

No Big Bad Wolf, But 3 Little Pigs Chinese Temporarily Closes

By Ashok Selvam June 9, 2023

Brass Heart, Chicago’s Tiny Yet Mighty Tasting Menu Restaurant, Has Closed After Five Years

By Naomi Waxman and Ashok Selvam June 8, 2023