Received an email last week from well-known local restaurateur Eddie Neill, informing me that Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub (601 North Grand Boulevard; Web site) is switching to summer hours. The Grand Center restaurant is no longer open for lunch and will be open for dinner only before or after theater and/or symphony events.If you have questions about the hours for a specific evening, call 314-601-3922. You can also read my review of Wm. Shakespeare's from January of this year.
​Just received a note from restaurateur Eddie Neill informing me that Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub (601 North Grand Boulevard) has closed. It had been operating on greatly reduced "summer hours." Wm. Shakespeare's opened only last fall in the teeth of the economic downturn, and despite generally positive reviews (including from yours truly) couldn't overcome the recession and the curse of Grand Center.