Rebel Restaurant off Brighton Boulevard and Wynkoop Street will be closing its doors Aug. 4 after about three years of business, co-owner and chef Bo Porytko said.
Porytko said the closure is “100 percent” a result of nearby construction, which he said cut business nearly in half, just as the restaurant’s owners were preparing to begin paying off their investors. The restaurant opened in July 2015.
“It wasn’t just the fact that they made it harder for us to do business,” Porytko said. “They also raised our taxes by about $1,000 a month and we were basically paying for the thing that was killing us.”
The restaurant is known for its eclectic mix of unusual dishes, with influences from Asia, Eastern Europe and American regions. Though the menu changed at least once a month, a few staples remained constant: the pierogi of the day, as well as a meal of pickled vegetables, beef jerky and a half-pig-head bossam served with butter lettuce and rice.
The building has been purchased by jazz-club Nocturne, whose owners plan to convert the space into a more casual “punk rock” style restaurant, Porytko said.
Meanwhile, Porytko said he and Dan Lasiy — co-owner and chef — plan to take a break from the restaurant business following the closure of Rebel.
“We haven’t really been able to leave for the last three years and we’re going to take a mental health break,” Porytko said. “We don’t have any definitive plans but ever since we announced we’re closing, we’ve had an outpouring of support so I don’t think it’ll take long to figure out our next project.”
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