ST. LOUIS — Rob Connoley has closed his acclaimed Midtown restaurant Bulrush, saying he's "become uneasy promoting a state that is actively working to harm the LGBTQ community, especially the trans community."
Bulrush had become a staple of St. Louis' fine dining scene since opening in 2019, and Connoley in April had been named a first-time finalist in the Best Chef: Midwest competition of the 2024 James Beard Foundation Awards, the top prize of the culinary world.
Connoley said that an entity tied to Ken Kranzberg, founder of TricorBraun, owns the Bulrush property, 3307 Washington Ave.
In a social media post Tuesday, Connoley said that he was an owner of a "reparative restaurant working to make amends for the harms of the past," and that he could not "continue supporting my own oppressor."
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