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Frontenac Grill on Lindbergh Reportedly Closes

No word on why the business shut down, but a new restaurateur is already expected to take over the location, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, theΒ Frontenac Grill atΒ 731 S. Lindbergh Boulevard closed. The Post article in the paper's "Off the Menu" sectionΒ cites George Mahe of St. Louis Magazine as the source of the information.

No word on why the business shut down.

(Read the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article here.)

The restaurant in the formerΒ Coco’s building at Old Frontenac Square was openedΒ by the late Mike "Talayna" Faille. Β The Post-Dispatch explained the eatery wasΒ originally going to be namedΒ Ol' Blue Eyes until copyright issues arose.

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As previously reported by Patch, part of Faille’s dream was having his restaurant be reminiscent ofΒ Frank SinatraΒ andΒ the Rat Pack’sΒ Las VegasΒ heyday. The Sinatra estate attorneys thought otherwise.

Mahe adds that restaurateur Mike Del Pietro ofΒ Sugo's SpaghetteriaΒ andΒ Β Tavolo VΒ will take over the space, the Post article states.

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