The meals will end at Handke's Cuisine on June 20, 10TV's Lindsey Seavert reported.
The restaurant's founder, master chef Harmut Handke, sold the eatery last year. The new ownersare blaming the economy for the restaurant's closing, saying that business is down more than 40percent in the past six months.
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Handke's Cuisine is the third high-profile fine-dining establishment to shut down in recentmonths. RJ Snappers in the Short North closed its doors in October, and Thom's on GrandviewBoulevard became a victim of the sour economy just last month.
Richard Rosendale, who operates restaurants in the Short North, understands why diners arestaying away from high-end establishments.
"They are not really concerned about where they are going to eat Friday night as they are thecondition of their retirement package," Rosendale told 10TV News.
Rosendale said he has changed his menu to have more bistro fare at lower prices in order to keepcustomers. The lower prices appear to be attracting more diners, Rosendale said.
Handke's Cuisine won numerous awards, including being named the state's top restaurant fouryears in a row in Zagat surveys earlier this decade. The restaurant has been in business since1991.
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