According to a Facebook announcement posted on Sunday afternoon, Rick Bayless’ Wicker Park spot, Fonda Frontera, has closed. Calls to the restaurant directed to a voicemail system.
“We want to say a huge Thank You to all of you who’ve been our guests at Fonda Frontera in Wicker Park over the last 3 years,” read the post, signed by Bayless. “We’ve made some of our most delicious creations there (I’m thinking about those Wood-Oven Mussels with Roasted Garlic & Tocayo Beer!) and we’ve hosted some truly memorable events.
“So it is with a particularly heavy heart that we have to report that the era of Fonda Frontera in Wicker Park has reached its end. We appreciate your support and we know you’ll be pleased with the new Frontera projects you’ll be able to enjoy in the spring.”
The space originally housed Xoco Bistro, a concept that never really took off in Wicker Park, before it was reconcepted into Fonda Frontera in fall 2016. The spot was marketed as a Mexico City-inspired spot, with less of a focus on tortas and more attention paid to entrees like cochinita pibil, carnitas and the like.
We will update if more information becomes available.
Fonda Frontera, 1471 N. Milwaukee Ave., 872-829-3821, www.fondafrontera.com
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