Updated at 10:45 a.m.
Today, instead of putting on their chef coats and sharpening their knives, immigrant restaurant workers across the country will stay home as part of a national "Day Without Immigrants" strike — and at least one restaurant in town is closing its doors to stand in solidarity with its employees.
Chef and restaurateur Ben Poremba announced yesterday, via his personal Facebook page, that he will be shuttering his Botanical Heights hotspot, Nixta(1621 Tower Grove Avenue; 314-899-9000), in support of the larger action and as a sign of respect to his workers.
"Chef Tello [Carreon] — himself an immigrant from Mexico — came up to me and said that there is information circulating on social media, especially in the Latino community, about this plan for a strike," Poremba explains.…