This well-loved West Loop restaurant – hailed by the Chicago Tribune as 'one of Chicago's greatest restaurants' – was opened 22 years ago by Paul Kahan, who has since become one of the city's best-known chef-restaurateurs.

The Hakkasan in Shanghai, the chain's only operation in China itself, has also closed in response to the coronavirus's effects on business. There are 11 other outposts of the chain – three more in the U.S., two in London, and one each in five other cities in Asia and the Middle East. The decision was made 'To preserve the long-term stability of our business,' according to a company statement given to the San Francisco Chronicle. (For a longer list, covering a wider range of places, see the most recent edition of our 50 Popular Restaurants That Won't Reopen After the Pandemic.)Īs the variety and quality of these now-gone establishments suggests, when it comes to restaurants, COVID-19 is an equal opportunity destroyer.Ī statement signed by Caggiano's husband and daughters on the Biba website announced 'Our last day was Friday, May 8th, 2020,' explaining that 'Our beloved restaurant community has been shuttered and with the uncertainty of what the future holds, we are unable to wait out this storm.'Īn upscale 170-seat Chinese restaurant, which cost a reported $7 million to build, Hakkasan closed permanently in late May after eight years of serving black cod with Champagne and honey, black truffle duck, and other luxurious specialties. These are iconic eating places with dedicated followings, illustrious histories, and often celebrated names attached. Indeed, the coronavirus has already claimed numerous restaurants opened by such culinary celebrities as Wolfgang Puck, José Andrés, David Chang, Daniel Boulud, Charlie Palmer, and the late Paul Prudhomme.Īs 24/7 Tempo continues to track the demise of restaurants around the country, we have assembled a special list of particularly notable (and unfortunate) closures in some 15 states and the nation's capital. The crisis, however, has also dramatically affected restaurants of other kinds – local staples that had been in business for generations, splashy new places with celebrity clienteles, restaurants run by famous chefs.

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