Everyone who wanders through Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood sees the empty Esquire Theater and asks, “why don’t they do something with it?” Now, the 1938 movie palace is about to be reinvented — as a steakhouse.
Chicago's Esquire Theater
DelFrisco’s Restaurant Group plans to open a DelFrisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in the theater at 58 East Oak Street, a stone’s throw from North Michigan Avenue.
According to Crain’s Chicago Business, the steakhouse will have an entry on the first floor, and seating on the second and third floors, for a total of 23,000 square feet.
DelFrisco’s, based in Dallas, specializes in these monster steakhouses, with outlets in New York, Las Vegas and elsewhere. Continue reading