‘Tears will be shed’: US-style diner Dan Ryan’s to shut down Pacific Place venue in Hong Kong after 27 years

Dan Ryan’s Chicago Grill will shutter its flagship Pacific Place restaurant in Admiralty, Hong Kong, in April.

The American-style family diner will close as landlord Swire Properties considers improvement options for the mall. The move comes amid an ongoing decline in retail sales in the city.

Merritt Croker, chief executive of Windy City International, which runs Dan Ryan’s, told the Sunday Morning Pos t he was proud of making Dan Ryan’s a success after 27 years in business in Admiralty.

“We were more successful than we thought we would ever be. We worked really hard to make it authentic,” he said.

“Dan Ryan’s in Pacific Place does great sales. It’s not only the DNA of the restaurant scene, but the DNA of the company because it started everything.”

Commenting on the closure, Croker added: “Seeing this one close is sad for us, but it’s part of our business [strategy] going forward and Swire’s plan to reposition the mall.”