

Funke’s restaurant, on the second floor, will open afterward. It should open when the hotel doubts in spring. The unnamed restaurant on the 11th floor will have LEYE chef Hisanobu Osaka leading the kitchen. The second restaurant will be Japanese, an “all-day experience” that will be handy for guests inside the 192-hotel inside the tower. Hisanobu Osaka is planing an all-day experience. Much like Boka Restaurant Group is partnering with New York chef Daniel Rose on an upcoming River North French restaurant, don’t expect Funke set up residence in Chicago and to trade Southern California sunshine. “It is a privilege to be working with two champions of hospitality in the great city of Chicago.” “I’m incredibly excited about this project with Lettuce Entertain You at the St Regis,” Funke says in a statement to Eater Chicago. Eater named it one of the Best New Restaurants in America. Funke’s Felix opened in 2017 and focused on Venice. As Eater LA describes, Funke is “known for handmade pasta and a deep reverence for Italian food.” The LA Times raved about the Roman pasta at Mother Wolf, which opened in January in Hollywood. Regis announced they were turning to the city’s largest restaurant company, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. Regis Chicago, one of the largest skyscrapers in the city, began their search for a group to run the skyscraper’s two restaurant spaces.

After plans with Alinea Group fell through, the operators of St.
