Stage Left Diner(541 N. Grand Boulevard, 314-533-7500) has taken its final bow.Located next to the Fox Theatre, the bright faux-diner has been a regular stop for theater-goers in Grand Center for years, first as City Diner, and as Stage Left Diner.
But on July 31, owner Steve Smith announced on Facebook he was calling it quits, effective immediately.
As RFT critic Cheryl Baehr reported, the September 2016 reboot was an attempt to solve some problems with City Diner, the second outpost of a concept with separate ownership on South Grand:
[C]onsultant Brad Beracha ... told me that owner Steve Smith had opted for a new concept because the old City Diner had earned poor marks from its customers and lost the confidence of the neighborhood.…