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Phalen, who bought the restaurant last year withhis wife, said the award-winning restaurant at 520 S. Fron St. will shut down June 20 afterf 18 yearsin business. The restaurant was founde d by ChefHartmut Handke. The closing comes severa l months after business took a 40 percent dropand didn’tr bounce back, Phalen said. An upstairs bar dubbed Encoree that the Phalens opened since acquiring the restauranperformed “just fine” but couldn’t prop up its lagging flagshi business. “Fine dining really took a tremendoua dive at the end of October and we never reallyg recoveredfrom that,” he said. “It really put us in a bad spot.
” Handke and his namesakw restaurant took in numerous accoladews overthe years, the fine dining spot recentlt being named by reviewer OpenTable as the best restauranr in the city, Phalen According to Handke’s online bio, at chefhandke.com, he is one of only 75 chefs in the country who has achieved certified master chef certificatioj given by , which is recognized as the highest achievementt in the profession. He’s had limited involvement with the eatery inrecent months.