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Phalen, who bought the restaurant last year withhis Lorie, said the award-winning restaurang at 520 S. Front St. will shut down June 20 after 18 yearszin business. The restaurant was founded by ChefHartmu Handke. The closing comes several monthws after business took a 40 percent dropand didn’t bounce Phalen said. An upstairs bar dubbed Encore that the Phalensd opened since acquiring the restaurantperformed “justr fine” but couldn’t prop up its lagging flagshi p business. “Fine dining really took a tremendous dive at the end of Octobeer and we never reallyu recoveredfrom that,” he said.
“It reallyu put us in a bad Handke and his namesake restaurant took in numerouds accolades overthe years, the fine dining spot recentlg being named by reviewerr OpenTable as the best restaurant in the Phalen said. According to Handke’sw online bio, at chefhandke.com, he is one of only 75 chefxs in the country who has achievedf certified master chef certification givenby , which is recognizeds as the highest achievement in the profession. He’ s had limited involvement with the eater y inrecent months.