Restaurants
Suicide Locations
published May 1, 2009
Where only the daring would open a restaurant
1355 Hornby St.
Currently: nothing. In 2006, Rare revamped Bis Moreno into a more inviting room, with cooking as mature as it was young. Chef de cuisine Colleen McClean led a small, all-female, lab-like kitchen reflecting the best of what was locally available. It lasted 25 months, then went the way of…
2003 Bis Moreno
2002 Mr. Greek Taverna (never opened)
2001 Zinfandel’s
1998 Etoile
1981 Massimo Ristorante Italiano
1979 La Maisonette
1265/1269 Hamilton St.
Pinky’s opened at 1265 in 2008. Pink ponyskin barstools, tufted leather banquettes, and flocked wallpaper screamed next-gen steakhouse. It closed a year later. Next door, Charm Modern Thai’s red walls, gilded mirrors, and plush banquettes are meant to banish memories of…
2007 Flite
2007 Lucky Diner
2006 Diner
2005 LK Dining Lounge
1809 W. First Ave.
Mon Bella Ristorante’s casual new “bistoria” (opened in November) breathes new life into a revolving space. Can former Rare chef Brian Fowke’s delightful hodgepodge of a menu, mostly French and Italian comfort foods on small plates, forestall the fate that awaited…
2007 Industry
2004 Vintropolis
2001 Tarsus
1999 Sienna
1992 Carpaccio’s
