UPDATE: Popular Monroe Restaurant Closes, Moving to Newtown

UPDATE: While the Rustic Grille is no more after closing a few weeks ago, owners John and Sandy Kantzas plan to reopen in Newtown at 71 South Main Street. The name of the new restaurant will be Eggs & Co. The eatery will be opening soon.

We’ll continue to update this story.

Original post: The Rustic Grille located at 494 Main Street in Monroe has abruptly closed its doors.

A Monroe Patch reader sent us a picture of the business and a “Closed” sign on the door, and on Yelp it says the restaurant is now closed.

The listed phone number for the business is no longer operational. It’s unclear why the Rustic Grille closed, but the eatery was popular on Yelp with 4 out of 5 stars received.

In 2012, the Rustic Grille was voted by Patch readers as the top place to eat breakfast in Monroe.

Among the comments favoring Rustic Grille at the time were:

Rustic Grille all the way. The ICON is back!! Way to go John and Sandy. — John R.

And the winner will now and always be John and Sandy’s RUSTIC GRILLE. I may not be able to get there any more, but I still remember the great food, the great people and great conversation. How I miss you, as always Cowboy or Tex or whatever. — Paul G. Littlefield

We’ll continue to update this store.